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Consumers recently scored a victory over the powerful pharmaceutical
industry when the U.S. House voted 405 to 7 and the Senate voted
unanimously to pass U.S. PIRG-backed drug safety legislation as part of
the Food and Drug Administration reform bill. The reforms are designed
to prevent unsafe drugs like the pain reliever Vioxx, antidepressant
Paxil and most recently Avandia from reaching our medicine cabinets.
President Bush has sent mixed signals on whether or not he will sign
the bill.
