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A multi-lingual site offering several languages to help Asian
Pacific Islander women understand the importance of having mammograms
and pap smears at regular intervals. Maintained by the FDA Los
Angeles District Office.
The Center for Drug Evaluation
and Research is America's consumer watchdog for medicine. Its
best-known job is to evaluate new drugs for safety and effectiveness
before they can be sold. The center also:
- watches for drug problems once a drug is approved for sale,
- monitors drug information and advertising to make sure it
is accurate and complete,
- protects drug quality and set manufacturing standards and
- conducts applied research focusing on laboratory research
and testing.
- Browse CDER's Website to find information on breast cancer
therapy, birth control, treatments for menopause, osteoporosis
therapy, and weight control drugs.
- Visit CDER's
Women's Health Initiatives for information about participation
of women in clinical trials, hormone replacement therapy,
and issues related to testing drugs in pregnant women.
CFSAN is one of six centers within
FDA. With a work force of about 800, the center promotes and
protects the public health and economic interest by ensuring
that:
- Food is safe, nutritious and wholesome, and cosmetics are
safe.
- Food and cosmetics are honestly, accurately and informatively
labeled.
To achieve these goals, the center
strives to be a leader in food safety, protect consumers from
economic fraud, promote sound nutrition, and encourage innovation.
The center is divided into several offices dealing with:
- cosmetics and colors
- food labeling
- plant and dairy foods and beverages
- premarket approval
- seafood
- special nutritionals, such as dietary supplements and infant
formula.
Visit CFSAN's
Information for Women for information on food safety, nutrition,
and cosmetics, as well as specific health conditions that are
of particular interest to women, such as osteoporosis.
The mission of CDRH is to protect public health by providing
reasonable assurance of the safety and effectiveness of medical
devices, and by eliminating unnecessary human exposure to radiation
emitted from electronic products.
Browse CDRH's Website for information
on birth control devices, or visit one of these topic-specific
pages:
CDER is responsible for the safety
and effectiveness of biologic products including blood products,
vaccines, therapeutics, tissues, monoclonal antibodies, biotechnology-derived
products, somatic cell and gene therapy, and in vitro diagnosis
and medical devices.
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