FDA News Digest August 26, 2002 _____________________________________________________________ FDA Initiative Aims at Enhancing Drug Manufacturing Practices FDA is taking steps to enhance its regulation of pharmaceutical manufacturing and product quality. The goals of the new agency initiative include focusing resources on manufacturing aspects that pose the greatest health risks; ensuring that enforcement of quality standards doesn't impede innovation; and achieving a consistent approach to regulating product quality. www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2002/NEW00829.html _____________________________________________________________ Special FDA Page Explains Whole-Body CT Scans You've probably seen or heard ads for whole-body CT (computed tomography) scans that tout the procedure as a screen for disease in healthy individuals who have no symptoms or suspicion of disease. However, FDA knows of no scientific data showing that any benefits the procedure may have as a screening device for healthy people outweigh its potential risks (which include radiation dose). Read more about whole-body CT scans on this site created by the FDA Center for Devices and Radiological Health. www.fda.gov/cdrh/ct/index.html _____________________________________________________________ FDA Website Receives Honor in Web Health Information Contest FDA's Website (www.fda.gov) has received a Bronze Award in the "Health Promotion/Disease & Injury Prevention Information" category of the latest WWW Health Awards competition. Sponsored by the Health Information Resource Center, the contest is designed to provide "a seal of quality for electronic health information." www.healthawards.com/wwwha/s2002webawards/hp/website.htm _____________________________________________________________ Thanks for subscribing to the FDA News Digest. Our next posting will be September 3 . To leave this list at any time, send an e-mail to LISTSERV@LIST.NIH.GOV In the body of the message, write SIGNOFF FDA-NEWSDIGEST-L
