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FDA oversight has come under criticism, espeically in a post-Vioxx world.

Members of Congress have criticized the FDA’s oversight of drug safety in recent years, as studies linked antidepressants to suicide risk for children and painkillers to elevated chances of heart attacks. Merck & Co. withdrew its Vioxx painkiller in 2004 after a company study showed higher heart attack and stroke risks.

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Read more from this blogger: Drug makers have yet to begin more than two out of every three pending studies that they promised to conduct after their products were approved by U.S. regulators.