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		<title>Setting the Bar High for FDA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D. To say that Rick Pazdur faces enormous challenges in his job is an understatement. To say that he faces each day with energy, insight and resolve still falls short of the mark. It’s my privilege &#8230; <a href="http://blogs.fda.gov/fdavoice/index.php/2013/06/setting-the-bar-high-for-fda/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.fda.gov/fdavoice/index.php/2013/06/setting-the-bar-high-for-fda/</link>
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		<title>MedWatch: Improving on 20 Years of Excellence</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D.  This week FDA is proudly commemorating the 20th anniversary of MedWatch, a program which collects and reviews reports from health professionals and consumers about possible problems with drugs, medical devices and other products regulated by &#8230; <a href="http://blogs.fda.gov/fdavoice/index.php/2013/06/medwatch-improving-on-20-years-of-excellence/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.fda.gov/fdavoice/index.php/2013/06/medwatch-improving-on-20-years-of-excellence/</link>
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		<title>Hurricane Season Is Here – Be Prepared</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Pat El-Hinnawy Bottles of water? Check. Food for the family? Check. Dad’s blood pressure medicine? Check. Grandma’s heart monitor? Check. It’s hurricane season again.  Anyone who lived through or watched Hurricane Sandy last year knows the horrific consequences that &#8230; <a href="http://blogs.fda.gov/fdavoice/index.php/2013/05/hurricane-season-is-here-be-prepared/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.fda.gov/fdavoice/index.php/2013/05/hurricane-season-is-here-be-prepared/</link>
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		<title>FDA Cracks Down on Flu Product Scammers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Gary Coody, R.Ph. The severity of this year’s flu season has brought out the scammers promoting fraudulent flu products. Through our careful monitoring of the Internet, FDA has identified numerous untested and unapproved products being illegally marketed with deceptive &#8230; <a href="http://blogs.fda.gov/fdavoice/index.php/2013/02/fda-cracks-down-on-flu-product-scammers-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.fda.gov/fdavoice/index.php/2013/02/fda-cracks-down-on-flu-product-scammers-2/</link>
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		<title>Celebrating African-American Contributions to Public Health</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Jonca Bull, M.D. As a medical doctor and director of FDA’s Office of Minority Health, I am highly conscious of health disparities in the United States. Certain racial and ethnic populations respond differently to some medical products. FDA ensures &#8230; <a href="http://blogs.fda.gov/fdavoice/index.php/2013/02/celebrating-african-american-contributions-to-public-health/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.fda.gov/fdavoice/index.php/2013/02/celebrating-african-american-contributions-to-public-health/</link>
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		<title>FDA is asking the public to send in ideas for combating drug shortages</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Valerie Jensen FDA has made progress over the last year or so in preventing and resolving shortages of important drugs &#8212; including chemotherapies, anesthetics and antibiotics. Nevertheless, the agency believes that even more can be done and is therefore &#8230; <a href="http://blogs.fda.gov/fdavoice/index.php/2013/02/fda-is-asking-the-public-to-send-in-ideas-for-combating-drug-shortages/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.fda.gov/fdavoice/index.php/2013/02/fda-is-asking-the-public-to-send-in-ideas-for-combating-drug-shortages/</link>
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		<title>Flu Vaccines Still Available; Supplies Being Monitored</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D. There is still time to get an influenza vaccine that could protect you during the remainder of the 2012-2013 flu season. FDA has approved influenza vaccines from seven manufacturers, and collectively they have produced an &#8230; <a href="http://blogs.fda.gov/fdavoice/index.php/2013/01/flu-vaccines-still-available-supplies-being-monitored/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.fda.gov/fdavoice/index.php/2013/01/flu-vaccines-still-available-supplies-being-monitored/</link>
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		<title>World AIDS Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By: CDR. Steve L. Morin, R.N., B.S.N. World AIDS Day has been observed in the United States on December 1 since 1995. When I look back at early World AIDS Day observances, I remember them as a way of raising &#8230; <a href="http://blogs.fda.gov/fdavoice/index.php/2012/11/world-aids-day/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.fda.gov/fdavoice/index.php/2012/11/world-aids-day/</link>
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		<title>FDA’s Mini-Sentinel exceeds 100 million lives (and counting)… A major milestone in developing a nationwide rapid-response electronic medical product safety surveillance program</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By: CDR Melissa Robb Having secure access to the electronic healthcare data of patients is an essential 21st Century tool for detecting potential safety problems with medical products once they are in common use. This is because studies conducted prior &#8230; <a href="http://blogs.fda.gov/fdavoice/index.php/2012/06/fdas-mini-sentinel-exceeds-100-million-lives-and-counting-a-major-milestone-in-developing-a-nationwide-rapid-response-electronic-medical-product-safety-surveillance-program/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.fda.gov/fdavoice/index.php/2012/06/fdas-mini-sentinel-exceeds-100-million-lives-and-counting-a-major-milestone-in-developing-a-nationwide-rapid-response-electronic-medical-product-safety-surveillance-program/</link>
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		<title>BLOOD SUBSTITUTES: Working to Fulfill a Dream</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Abdu I. Alayash, Ph.D., D.Sc. The first recorded human blood transfusion occurred in Europe during the 17th Century. Those early attempts were usually fatal, since scientists had not yet discovered blood types; nor did they have available the transfusion &#8230; <a href="http://blogs.fda.gov/fdavoice/index.php/2012/06/blood-substitutes-working-to-fulfill-a-dream/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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