Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C.

Dr. Margaret Hamburg, the newly appointed chief of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), is flexing her muscles with drug makers over questionable product promotion, in an effort to live up to her promise to step up enforcement of oversight of drug makers, device manufacturers and other companies the agency oversees. Last year, the FDA issued 41 enforcement letters, twice as many as it issued in 2008.

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“We are now in a position never before experienced in the history of influenza,” said Dr. Margaret Hamburg, Commissioner of Food and Drugs, in a letter to health care providers about the safety and availability of the 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccine. Just as a new and serious virus is spreading widely around the country, causing hospitalizations and deaths, a vaccine is becoming available to help prevent infection and protect the public.”

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