Committee requests more information on dosing, control and congestive heart failure diagnosis. Pfizer claims increased incidence of heart failure with Cardura is due to decrease in risk for comparator agent. Pfizer's response to NIH trial data prepared for the advisory committee meeting on Cardura . Scios Natrecor Physician Education Program should highlight symptomatic hypotension risk, FDA advisory committee finds. Low-dose of Natrecor recommended for acute decompensated congestive heart failure.
Study shows low dose therapy has no advantage over nitroglycerin, committee concludes.
President Kahn will succeed Thomas Scully as head of Federation of American Hospitals in June. Scully is the Bush Administration's selection to direct the Health Care Financing Administration. Kahn has minimized chances of early enactment of Medicare drug benefit. Medicare Drug Benefit Policy Position is being developed in detail by the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association as Congress calls for greater participation by pharmaceutical benefit manager association. Reps. Eshoo and Greenwood ask what level of risk managers would be willing to bear in Medicare drug program.