you get to influence fda thinking. you get to sit at a small table with fda." >> one key person who sat on the steering committee for these meetings was doctor bob rappaport - the head of the fda division that regulates painkiller drugs. >> this is the voice of doctor rappaport at the fda hearing on the drug application for zohydro. >> throughout the hearing, rappaport repeatedly instructed the committee to focus narrowly on whether zohydro worked to relieve pain rather than whether it would worsen the opioid epidemic. >> they did redirect us a few times when we were getting a little more concerned about individual safety. >> when the committee voted against approval rappaport rebuked them for unfairly penalizing the drug company. >> it's hard not to learn from history. we're supposed to learn from history and try not to repeat our mistakes. >> there is not a legal basis by which fda can say we don't need another opioid because we've already had a lot of bad experience. >> doctor judith kramer voted against zohydro. bu

they can also decide to go to the fda and submit the review to the fda and say we want you to reviewt and the fda like erin said, they do not affirm that, they send what is called a no questions letter. that means they are not disagreeing with the company's determination that this is generally recognized as safe but the responsibility is still on the company to be responsible for the safety of that ingredient and for its use. host: before we get to calls, erin quinn this gras with system, who oversees that? is there any oversight over that system if the companies can just hire their own scientists? guest: in the case of companies who hire their own scientists to declare something as safe, if they do not notify the fda there is no real oversight by any regulators because that determination is private with the company. if they do notify the fda the fda does ask tough questions about those and there is a little bit of oversight but there is no formal approval. host: has congress had anything to say? guest: there is at least one legislator who expressed frustration in a statement to us,

the fda at the time, president nixon, or did the fda -- ordered the fda to do a review of all the generallyecognized safe ingredients to make sure that they were safe. the fda convened in independent group of experts -- an independent group of experts that spent 10 years going over and reviewing more than 400 ingredients to make sure that they were safe. host: michelle calling from ohio. a republican caller. michelle, you are last caller. caller: they have -- i would like to know what their opinion is? because i know what that is all about. if they watch -- the slaughterhouse -- the bleachers and the deodorizers, it smells like bad, musty meat. which is not good for you to eat, anyway. i don't know why they would put that pink slime in the ground meat. that is why i am staying away from this. because it is no good. i want to throw up when i smell it. host: thanks for calling michelle. either of you want to speak to that issue? guest: well, this is not something that we explored specifically. it does not really stick to the issue that chris brought up before, which is that consumers are more

we don't need the fda anymore. >> host: perspective from yao on the fda -- from joe on the fda. >> guest: sure. companies will say they insure the safety of their food and they are very careful about all their testing they make sure they cover all their bases before they put something in the food x that may be true. they may do all that work. but consumer groups and ore critics of the system -- other critics of the system say if there is no agency that is overseeing everything and can say for certain this is everything in our food, there is no way to track how humans are consuming that and what types of almost effects there could be after people consume that. >> host: chris young, you have a section in the piece about trans fats. tell us why it's important. >> guest: sure. trans fats is an example of an ingreed end that public -- ingredient that public health officials have known for a long time as being harmful and causing a variety of health issues for people. you know, obviously trans fats have been used in -- >> chairman of the atlanta council, we welcome one and all and thank you pa

the fda has authority to regulate the space.e look at a dietary supplement like a pill and think it's been approved by the fda. people would be shocked to know products like aspirin have not been approved but are used safely every day. over 800 million supplements are used every day safely and rarely make the news. >> sreenivasan: is it true pieter, we're focusing on the exception and not the rule when so many people successfully take the supplements? >> no. unfortunately, we don't have an effective system to detect risk from supplements. it's well known doctors often don't realize their patients are being harmed and when they do realize it they often don't know to inform the fda about the case. so basically there are hundreds ifs not thousands of serious reactions to supplements throughout the united states every year that are not reported to the fda. so absolutely, we have no idea what's actually happening. >> sreenivasan: daniel, what do we do the figure out the risk tolerance with supplements people assume are like drugs but

joce: another manufacturer is cooperating with the fda.ompany stands behind the safety and effectiveness of their product. and these citizen petition that was submitted to the fda comes from a law firm that is currently engaged in lawsuits against bayer. the women we talked to say they will keep showing up on capitol hill, trying to make sure their voices are heard. at live on capitol hill, joce sterman, abc 7 news. leon: lumbar liquidators announced that nearly 10,000 of its customers requested an in-home test kit, following a 60 minutes investigation over levels of formaldehyde. the company now faces at least five class action lawsuits including one filed right here in virginia. joce sterman will continue the follow-up story. alison: and 60 people joined a lawsuit against johns hopkins university over its role in a sexually transmitted disease study. the tests were done in guatemala during the 1940's and 1950's. the subjects were infected with various std's, including syphilis and gonorrhea, without their knowledge. the officials had a s

the ingredient the fda didn't tell us about. ♪ >>> this is al jazeera america live from new york cityi'm stephanie sy. we could get a new perspective on the shooting death of a black man by a white officer. the officer has been fired and faces a murder charge. the police department had put out an audio reporting of the frantic call to dispatch. >> but a cell phone video recording paints a different picture of what happened. the man who shot that video tells nbc he felt an obligation to scott's family to make the recording public. >> i thought about his -- his position -- their situation. i say if i would have had a family member that that happened i would like to know the truth about all of this. and that was the reason i gave -- i returned the information, the video to them. >>> residences of north carolina are protesting what they call a pattern. >> peace be upon him. >> reporter: demonstrators circled outside city hall in north charleston south carolina. some praised authorities for moving quickly to charge the officer with the shooting death of michael scott. >> this is finally an

fda should have regulated this stuff long time ago and so slow to pick up this.enic and the behavior of nicotine is still there. this is a very cool thing out there. teenagers, they think it's making the smoke and it's a fun thing. this could be a segue to actually addiction and smoking and other things. i would be a fan of e-cigarettes to slow down the smokers out there and keep them out. i don't think we're heading that way. as we saw the number of teenagers tripled over just last year and 4 million teenagers out there that are going through this. now, there are also a lot of people that normally would not have gone to smoke and now they're in. the other thing is the hookah bars and clubs and they wanted me to go with him to smoke hookah. very cool. >> seriously? >> yeah. a report on it last year. >> remember it? >> e-cigarettes before we run out of time. it's very interesting. for recalcitrants smokers in my practice, 50% shut down on them, i don't say no. i don't advertise it. something has to be tried. if they say that's all that works, that's different than

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the fda says indulgence or not it is important to have this information. the wine makers and distillers are lobbying to get it changed. they said if it doesn't change it could cost 10% more for the wine or liquor. in napa, california, fox news. >>> more news about the effects of the drought on california. researchers doing their survey found a single smelt in four days of study. the results of the survey were shocking but not unexpected. in past surveys they found dozens. in 2012, 143 were counted. >> hard to believe. just one. unbelievable. >>> now our meteorologist mark tamayo. any rain out there? >> we have the possibility of pop up showers but not the rainfall we need. right now we have lots of low clouds and fog. looks like a summer day with the fog hugging the host line. adding nice movement to the camera. looking towards the bay. evidence of the marine layer. clear skies up above, the fog is looping off shore. it will expand and push back into the bay for the over night hours. richmond san rafael bridge right now. we have development of thunderstorm

the fda and the federal government, they ought to just get it done.greater urgency to this issue overall. >> it's a bold statement for kennedy. a recovering addict who's been outspoken that making medical marijuana legal in any way is dangerous. that more children will be able to access it and more smokers will become addicted it to. now he thinks the only way to remove that risk is to have all medical marijuana products federally regulated, rigorously studied and strictly controlled. >> i think making this truly a medicine as opposed to forcing people to go on the street and try to buy something that they can't determine whether it is what it says it is. >> but he understands why sick patients want marijuana now. remember his father, ted kennedy, died of brain cancer and his brother lost his leg to cancer. >> i wouldn't have begrudged any member of my family with cancer, and they've all had cancer, anything that would have mitigated the chemotherapy. >> it's why he's meeting with everyone, from the fda to the white house, to speed things up. but it t

, but i think you want an fda, don't you? >> host: yes. at the end of the day, i i want an fda. >> guest: i don't want it to be crazy -- >> host: right. >> guest: but it's drawing lines. the factors are the ones you cited. what else is available, how much harm is this doing, what are the risks of taking it not taking it. >> host: and that is a decision that you don't trust the state equivalent of an fda to look at you think it has to be, it has to be the federal drug enforcement agency? >> guest: i think it all depends. it depends on the nature of the harm and so on. do people want to also, say find cocaine and meth and heroin? by the way, those mexican drug cartels? they're growing better marijuana? they're now importing -- exporting large amounts of heroin into the american west. two can play at this game. >> host: well, yeah. i'm not sure we want to have our public policy held hostage to the reactions from the member can drug cartels. >> guest: we don't. but one of the arguments was this would put them out of business, rem

-- >> we had a demand that this plant be allowed to go through the drug development process at the fda. >> -- and federal agencies that have stood in the way. >> that was extremely demoralizing to me. >> at stake, the ability to use marijuana as a regulated prescription drug. some say it's the only thing that works. a veteran and a stay-at-home mom suffering from ptsd. a painter with chronic pain. a truck driver with alzheimer's. we're in the midst of a marijuana revolution. scientists are poised to prove marijuana can change lives. >> this is high times in marijuana research. it really is. >> and for elected leaders as well. >> this bill that we're introducing -- >> the tide may be finally turning. >> our drug laws in this country as a whole need a revolution of common sense and compassion. >> i'm dr. sanjay gupta. this is "weed 3: the marijuana revolution." >> i just went every day and sat by his bedside, and they told me he would wake up the next day and he didn't. that he'd wake up the next day, and he didn't. he was five days in intensive care while i held vigil over his bedside.

still ahead -- a nutritious snack, but now the fda is calling that into question. they have about kind bars. plus, free holick beverages on long flights. the airline that's bringing them back. steve: we have a dry day ahead, but changes on the way. the forecast coming up. leon: today, a pause to remember the lives lost and impacted by the boston marathon bombing. the attack happened two years ago today. moments of silence were held across the country yet 2:49 p.m. this afternoon, including at the u.s. capitol and through the city. they have called on people to participate in ask of kindness on april 15. three people were killed and more than 260 injured. former nfl player aaron hernandez will spend the rest of his life in prison. a judge sentenced hernandez hours after the jury found him guilty of first-degree murder. the former new england patriots star shot his friend odin lloyd to death. after the verdict, the judge told people about the allegations of hernandez and a 2012 homicide. questions in the aftermath of the germanwings crash. the head of germany's air t

the fda says a few kinds of kind bars are not healthy enough.in a warning letter to the company, the fda writes that these bars must have one gram or less of saturated fat in order to even put the word "healthy" on the label. the fda says four flavors of kind bars have levels that are too high between 2.5 and 5 grams of saturated fat. >> it's actually kind of shocking to me that it has so much saturated fat. >> reporter: what else has around 3 grams of saturated fat? one fast food hamburger or a twix bar tore two eggs. >> kind says nuts are causing the higher fat levels adding there is an overwhelming body of scientific evidence supporting that nuts are wholesome and nutritious. dr. david katz has collaborated with kind an research and says the bars are healthy. >> if kind bars cannot be called healthy because of their fat content it implies almonds cannot be called healthy because of their fat content because those are the sources of fat in the kind bars that are causing the controversy. >> reporter: nutrition coach says consumers need to look

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the fda and the federal government, they ought to just get it done.ed a greater urgency to this issue overall. >> it's a bold statement for >> it's a bold statement for kennedy. a recovering addict who's been outspoken that making medical marijuana legal in any way is dangerous. that more children will be able to access it and more smokers will become addicted it to. now he thinks the only way to remove that risk is to have all medical marijuana products federally regulated, rigorously studied and strictly controlled. >> i think making this truly a medicine as opposed to forcing people to go on the street and try to buy something that they can't determine whether it is what it says it is. >> but he understands why sick patients want marijuana now. remember his father, ted kennedy, died of brain cancer and his brother lost his leg to cancer. >> i wouldn't have begrudged any member of my family with cancer, and they've all had cancer, anything that would have mitigated the chemo therapy. >> it's why he's meeting with everyone, from the fda to the white

it is a class one substance in that fda has been told to they often don't think that is a wise way to execute the lot. if people don't like the federal law let them work to change the federal lot. but i think it would come out in a not one jew distract from your question is not republican or democrat you see debbie watson fran schultz get into trouble because she opposed the florida initiative also with their own folks that want to go gung-ho. anyone with the last name paul. that will be a big thing. but to talk about the beginning can i change? the other part of the beginning of the book was the strongest part of the brief but is the harm. we summarized and reflect the entire article from "new england journal of medicine" to summarize the research done at 30 major universities and the harms are considerable. short-term focus and memory loss of iq schizophrenia, a loss of motivation, all sorts of problems. i did not have this evidence in now that it is available now as professor northwestern to say if i could design a drug that is massively harmful and distracting for student it would

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good morning. >> good morning. >> why is the fda considering doing this?es. what makes these remedies different from other over the counter medicines is that they don't have to prove that they are safe or effective before they hit the market. they are allowed to go on the store shelves without the fda assessing that. so it is similar to the way fda regulates supplements where they can step in but they tend to only do that after there have been safety concerns or adverse reactions reported. >> why do you say they are dangerous? >> there are a number of concerns. one has to do with dosing. people might not take the appropriate dose. there can be int actions with other medications. in 2009 a medicine sold as a homeopathic remedy called zicam, some formulations were pulled from the shelf after people had reported loss of sense of smell, in some cases, permanently. it is no the that all of the medications are dangerous. the issue is we don't know what's dangerous and what is not because the fda has app proven them. >> some call it pseudoscience. >> is there evi

the fda has elaborated detailed structures to help them be exchangeable and yet they're never exactly the same. they're not identical. if you look at the network of proves that allow generic drugs to circulate in the american healthcare system as exchangeable for brand name drugs, these proofs guarantee similarity not identicallity. if you look at a general generic drug they're different in color, different price, different manufacturer. the politic's science and similarity that undergrid the whole generic works to suggest the differences are trivial and the similarities are signaturent but it wasn't built overnight, and understanding how it was that we have learned what differences are important and what differences are trivial in calling two things the same in modern medicine is a fascinating in many ways lured and detailed story. >> host: when it come to the generic drug the effect of that drug is the same as the name brands? >> guest: yes, should i say at the outset this book is not an expo say of the generic industry. i can't go a day without prescribing generic drugs itch take g

now the fda is cautions consumers about unrealistic expectations.g skin some cosmetic companies are selling anti-aging creams that can sound like the fountain of youth in a bottle. but doctors warn there can be wrinkles in some of those claims. >> it's not a magic wand. it's not going to take away your wrinkles. >> reporter: dr. tyler holmig at stanford who tried out an over-the-counter wrinkle cream on me said it can help the skin to a certain degree. >> i think they can certainly help pit gait and minimize wrinkles. >> reporter: according to the fda a cosmetic may never claim to do such things as treat a disease like acne increases collagen or revive cells. >> if they're picking up a product that's too good to be true it probably is. >> reporter: in an ongoing effort to keep companies in check the fda sends warning letters to cosmetic companies, one of them to the ceo of strivectin in february targeting two of its anti-wrinkle products including the potent wrinkle reducing treatment. the letter pointed out strivectin's website described the produc

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the same rate and extent of absorption of medicine that concerta has. >> reporter: the fda says the two generics in question have no serious safety issues and can still be prescribe but are no longer recommended as an -- prescribed but are no longer recommended as an automatic substitute for concerta. emilyous a new medication that she says works for her. her grades are up, too. >> it's like a weight has been taken off my shoulders. >> reporter: she'll be off to college in the fall to study anthropology. >> the food and drug administration has given the manufacturers of the two downgraded generics six months to prove their products' worth or take them off the market voluntarily. the fda says patients with questions about who manufacturers their medication should contact the pharmacy where that prescription was filled. >>> always watching always tracking, wusa9's first alert weather. >> your 3-degree guarantee had 2 degrees of separation. >> last night. that's good. we don't want 4 degrees of separation. >> no. >> here's the deal for tonight. i predicted a high today of 62. will it b

but the fda says a few kinds of kind bars are not healthy enough. in a warning letter to the company, the fda writes that these bars must have one gram or less of saturated fat in order to even put the word "healthy" on the label. the fda says four flavors of kind bars have levels that are too high between 2.5 and five grams of saturated fat. >> it's kind of shocking to me that it has so much saturated fat. >> reporter: what else has around three grams of saturated fat? one fast food hamburger, or a 'twixt bar, two eggs. but kind says its bars are different because nuts are causing the higher fat levels adding "there is an overwhelming body of scientific evidence supporting that nuts are wholesome and nutritious." dr. david katz has collaborated with kind on the effort and feels that kind bars are healthy. >> if they can't be healthy because of their fat content it immys almonds can't be healthy because of their fat content. those are the sources of the fat in the kind bars causing this controversy controversy. >> reporter: with so many emergency ba

cdc will work with fda, nih, all the other parts to provide those guidelines.h regard to the issue you just articulated with guidelines, this is another space that i actually think we may need to have a conversation about potential legislative help. and that has to do with training. because even if we put the guidelines out, the questions of whether or not those existing physicians and even those coming through, will be trained in these mechanisms and attend in these guidelines, is a question that is an extremely important one. and so how that and where that occurs may be a conversation we need to continue weapon have put together the places and spaces where we think legislative state, and what prescribers and others need to do. that's how we thought about the strategy. that actually is a very specific issue that is on our list to continue to have a dialogue and conversation with you all about. >> i would welcome that followup, because the tragedies we have seen in our states, that i've seen in my own state, deserve a response of the jut most seriousness. and i

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it's not banned by the fda in the same way that say drain oh is not band by the fda. but on the other hand, it's not a good idea to take it. this drug is not approved for any kind of clinical use whatsoever. this poor young lady who took this she know any better. by ordering things online she bypassed the fda. she bypassed the pharmacist and she bypassed the physician and anyone wanting to use any kind of drug to lower weight or do anything whatsoever is very important you talk to the physician or pharmacist that you trust and by it from a us manufacturer, not an imported product from another country. thank you so much for your time this morning because it is such an important message to get out there. thank you. >> thank you, karen. > also let us know what your thoughts are on this tragedy just use our hashtag, fox 29 weekend. >> thanks, karen. we're going to take a quick look at the weather, find out what's going on. first we're looking at the art museum. it's the sandy role mano vair and 5k. our very own lauren johnson is out there participating and so we'll contin

she wants the fda process -- we have to talk about safety. you want the fda process cut? >> i think the fda process can be revised. >> oh, it has been revised. you can do a fast track fda process. they did it for aids drugs. >> actually that is a great example. there are ways to look into the way to process the way it is been done now, can we find delivery. and with influenza viruses the trojan virus, we find the flavor of the moment. we can certainly do that for bio terror. so we are one of many companies proposing that but we have to rethink the way we approve the vaccines. and with all due respect for the animal rule the type of vaccines cannot be tested in animals because human responses are different. there are new models available that should be evaluated before -- >> so is the fda process the only impediment to your proposal? >> i think another significant impediment is the way the work is funded. we work through the system that has been cut dramatically in the last few years for reasons as people are well aware of and we had grants that had extremely good scores t

keep companies in checks, the fda sent warning labels to try vekt in.y can't treat a disease like acne, increase collagen and revive cells. it described one product as clinically proven to change the anatomy of a wrinkle. a drf dermatology at stanford health care says there is no magical fix to aging skin. >> it's not a magic wand and it will not take away your wrinkles. i think they can mitigate and minimize wrinkles. >> a spokesperson for try vekt insays the company has revised all wording on those products in question. >>> the law is now in pepsi's hands when it comes to the nba. pepsico has won exclusive rights to the nba, the national basketball association that ends coca-cola's 30-year run as the league's sponsor. this move will give pepsi preferential treatment during commercials and athletes will be more likely to forge partnerships with the soft drink giant as a result of the deal and it has sponsorship rights with major league baseball and the nhl, however coca-cola remains the number one soft drink sold worldwide. >>> time now for ask finney

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