Monday, January 03, 2005

FDA to review drug company documents  Story in the British Medical Journal - "The US Food and Drug Administration has agreed to review confidential drug company documents that went missing during a controversial product liability suit more than 10 years ago. The documents appear to suggest a link between the drug fluoxetine (Prozac), made by Eli Lilly, and suicide attempts and violence. The missing documents, which were sent to the BMJ by an anonymous source last month, include reviews and memos indicating that Eli Lilly officials were aware in the 1980s that fluoxetine had troubling side effects and sought to minimise their likely negative effect on prescribing..." See also Journal hands over Prozac papers (BBC), Journal tells FDA Lilly knew of Prozac risk and Lilly unaware of any missing documents (both fromReuters, reprinted at Yahoo) and