April 5, 2021 – Ingrid Katz, MD, MHS, Associate Physician, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital is lead author of a new Perspective piece published in the New England Journal of Medicine: http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJMp2103614 While the U.S. has begun to vaccinate millions of Americans each day, COVID-19 vaccine supplies around the world remain scarce. Experts estimate […]
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Nearly 1 in 3 drugs found to have safety concerns after FDA approval
May 9, 2017 – How often are safety concerns raised about a drug after it’s been approved by the FDA? Nicholas Downing, MD, of the Department of Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and colleagues have found that for drugs approved between 2001 and 2010, nearly 1 in 3 had a postmarket safety event. The […]