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Letters, statements, etc.-Continued

Fountain, Hon. L. H., a Representative in Congress from the State of
North Carolina, and chairman, Intergovernmental Relations
Subcommittee:

Excerpt from new drug applications for Flexilon...
Excerpt from statement of Dr. Matthew J. Ellenhorn__
Excerpt from statement of Dr. G. Burroughs Mider..
Excerpt from statement of Winton B. Rankin...

Excerpt of letter from FDA, to McNeil Laboratories, April 6,
1962__

Excerpt of letter from George P. Larrick, Commissioner, Food
and Drugs, to Hon. L. H. Fountain, May 10, 1962-
Letter from Clarke Davison, Ph. D., professor of pharmacology,
George Washington University, to Hon. L. H. Fountain-
March 21, 1964.

August 19, 1964

Gray, W. Donald, senior investigator, Intergovernmental Relations
Subcommittee:

Excerpt from letter submitted with original new drug application
for Flexin...

Excerpt from statement re description of the animal data
submitted with the Orabilex New Drug Application..
Excerpt from supplemental New Drug Application for Flexin,
June 1958..

Excerpt of memorandum from Dr. Bert J. Vos, Director, Division
of Toxicological Evaluation, Food and Drugs, to Dr. Barbara
Moulton, August 20, 1956.

Kohlstaedt, Kenneth G., M.D., executive director, Medical Research,
Eli Lilly & Co., Indianapolis, Ind.:

Chart-Birth of a new drug for FDA.......

Developing and testing of new drugs by the pharmaceutical
industry.

Excerpt from FDA form for investigational drugs.
Introduction to clinical investigation--

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Letter from George P. Larrick, Commissioner, Food and Drugs,
to Dr. Walter Modell, January 21, 1964_

"The Early Life History of a New Drug," by S. O. Waife, M.D.
Larrick, George P., Commissioner, Food and Drugs:

Answers to questions submitted for the record by the subcommittee.
Comment of Dr. Geoffrey Woodward, Food and Drug Admin-
istration, re new drug application for Flexin December 30, 1955-
Excerpt from an article reporting deaths of two patients receiving
Flexin...

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Excerpt from supplemental new drug application to FDA for
"Flexilon," September 29, 1959.

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History of a New Drug Application.

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Letter from John L. Harvey, Deputy Commissioner, Food and
Drugs, to Hon. L. H. Fountain, June 15, 1964.

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Numbers of medical officers and veterinarians requested in the
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McNinch, Dr. Joseph H., Chief Medical Director, Department of
Medicine and Surgery, Veterans' Administration:

Directive, part of Veterans' Administration Services Manual,
chapter 3. Committee on Therapeutic Agents..
Excerpt from directive re adverse drug reaction reporting--
Excerpt from Research and Education Manual-Chapter 1. Gen-
eral, April 2, 1962.

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Memorandum No. 10-63-29-Central Office Procedure on Ad-
verse Drug Reaction Reports (VA form 10-1045), October 25,
1964__

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Samples of adverse drug reaction reports:

Veterans' Administration Hospital, Bronx, N.Y., March 31,

1964.

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Veterans' Administration Center, Whipple, Ariz., March 31,
1964_

Veterans' Administration Hospital, Memphis, Tenn., March
31, 1964-

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Mider, Dr. G. Burroughs, Director, Laboratories and Clinics, National
Institutes of Health, Public Health Service, Department of Health,
Education, and Welfare:

Boards of scientific counselors of the National Institutes of
Health_.

Excerpt from the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as
amended, Chapter II, section 201, paragraph 2(g) -.
Procurement of drugs at the National Institutes of Health..
Title 45-Public Welfare, Subtitle A-Department of Health,
Education, and Welfare, General Administration, Reprint from
Federal Register, September 14, 1955:

Part 6-Inventions and patents (general).
Part 7-Employee inventions__

Part 8-Inventions resulting from research grants, fellow-
ship awards, and other research arrangements_-
Title 45-Public Welfare-Subtitle A-Department of Health,
Education, and Welfare, General Administration, reprint from
Federal Register:

Part 6-Patents and inventions, Manual: General Admin-
istration, Chapter PHS: 6-10, regulations and policies for
processing Public Health Service employee invention re-
ports and determinations, February 26, 1958-

Part 8-Inventions resulting from research grants, fellow-
ship awards, and contracts for research:
Miscellaneous amendments, December 4, 1957.
Contracts for research, February 27, 1958..

Patent policy applicable to cancer chemotherapy industrial
research contracts, July 31, 1958-

Moss, Hon. John E., a Representative in Congress from the State of
California: Excerpt of letter from Dr. Clarke Davison, to Hon. L. H.
Fountain, March 21, 1964-

Rankin, Winton B., Assistant Commissioner for Planning, Food and
Drug Administration:

Excerpt from original Orabilex labeling...
Excerpt from statement re side effect of Orabilex..

Summary of reports of kidney damage associated with Orabilex..
Smith, Dr. Ralph G., Director, Division of New Drugs, Food and
Drug Administration: Letter from Howard D. Cohn, M.D.,
medical officer, Division of New Drugs, Food and Drug Administra-
tion, to McNeil Laboratories, April 16, 1963-
Sjoerdsma, Dr. Albert, Chief, Experimental Therapeutics Branch,
National Heart Institute: Statement.

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Timm, Dr. Oreon K., Assistant Chief Medical Director for Professional Services, Veterans' Administration:

Information re reporting of adverse drug reactions...
Number of patients in Veterans' Administration hospitals more
than 90 days.--

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Trygstad, Vernon, Director of Pharmacy Services, Veterans' Admin-
istration: New pharmaceutical products marketed in 1963, which
were adopted by one or more VA hospitals or clinics_
Udenfriend, Dr. Šidney, Chief, Laboratory of Clinical Biochemistry,
National Heart Institute: Statement_

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Vos, Bert J., M.D., Director, Division of Toxicology Evaluation,
Food and Drug Administration:

Excerpt from evaluation by Dr. Geoffrey Woodard of animal
data in original Flexin New Drug Application...
Dr. Arthur A. Nelson's evaluation of Dr. Wm. B. Deichmann's
comments October 31, 1963..........

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Excerpt from summarization of Dr. Deichmann's evaluation of
animal data on Orabilex_

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Exhibit 24-Intraagency memorandums re Triurate new drug application and letter making the application effective_-_.

Exhibit 25-Report of Special Committee advisory to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to review the policies, procedures, and decisions of the Division of Antibiotics and the New Drug Branch of the Food and Drug Administration.

Exhibit 26-Correspondence concerning reports of bone marrow depression
associated with Parafon Forte and Tylenol....

Exhibit 27-Memorandum from James M. Shaffer, M.D., director,
Division of Clinical Investigation, McNeil Laboratories, Inc., to R. L.
McNeil, Jr., October 18, 1956, re revised labeling for Flexin........
Exhibit 28A-Summary of telephone conversation between James M.
Shaffer, M.D., director, Division of Clinical Investigation, McNeil
Laboratories, Inc., and Dr. William Amols, Neurological Institute,
New York, re Flexin.

Exhibit 28B-Hepatotoxicity during Zoxazolamine (Flexin) therapy:
report of four cases, by Albert Damon, M.D., Ph. D., William Amols,
M.D., and Donald Holub, M.D., New York...
Exhibit 29-Synopsis of reports and inquiries re hepatic injury-Flexin..
Exhibit 30-Public Health Service press release re new use for Zoxazolamine
(Flexin), February 18, 1959.

Exhibit 31-Letter from Henry S. McNeil, president, McNeil Laboratories,
Inc., to doctors re Zoxazolamine (Flexin)
Exhibit 32A-Letter from Hon. L. H. Fountain, chairman, Intergovern-
mental Relations Subcommittee, to George P. Larrick, May 2, 1962.
Exhibit 32B-Letter from George P. Larrick, Commissioner, Food and
Drug Administration, to Hon. L. H. Fountain, May 10, 1962.
Exhibit 33-FDA chronology on Flexin...

Exhibit 34-Original physician's brochure for Orabilex.

Exhibit 35-Letter from Sydney F. Thomas, M.D., associate professor of
radiology, University of Pennsylvania, and chairman, Subcommittee on
Drugs and New Devices, American College of Radiology, to William B.
Seaman, M.D., May 2, 1962...

Exhibit 36-Letter from Sydney F. Thomas, M.D., associate professor of
radiology, University of Pennsylvania, and chairman, Subcommittee on
Drugs and New Devices, American College of Radiology, to William
Stronach, May 1, 1962..

Exhibit 37-Post card questionnaire from Sydney F. Thomas, M.D., asso-
ciate professor of radiology, University of Pennsylvania, and chairman,
Subcommittee on Drugs and New Devices, American College of Radiol-
ogy, inquiring about kidney damage associated with Orabilex...
Exhibit 38A-Letter from E. Fougera & Co., Inc., to George P. Larrick re
proposed label change for Orabilex, January 4, 1963---
Exhibit 38B-Proposed warning letter from E. Fougera & Co., Inc., to
doctors, re drug dosage-Precautions and contraindications in cholecys-
tography, January 1963..

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Exhibit 39-Proposed labeling changes for Orabilex...
Exhibit 40-Notice of hearing in the matter of Orabilex capsules----
Exhibit 41-Warning letter from E. Fougera & Co., Inc., to doctors, March
1963, re dosage-Precautions and contraindications in cholecystography
with Orabilex..

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Exhibit 42-Revised labeling, Orabilex_

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Exhibit 43-Telegram from M. L. Weinstein, M.D., and N. E. Roberti, M.D., Martin Luther Hospital, Anaheim, Calif., to Hon. Anthony Celebrezze, April 12, 1963....

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Exhibit 44-Letter from Sydney F. Thomas, M.D., to William B. Seaman,
M.D., April 25, 1963--

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Exhibit 45-Letter from E. Fougera & Co., Inc., to doctors re Orabilex recall, January 27, 1964..

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Exhibit 46-Letter from E. Fougera & Co., Inc., to the drug buyer re
Orabilex recall, January 27, 1964. -

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Exhibit 47-Letter from E. Fougera & Co., Inc., to the accessories buyer re
Orabilex recall, January 27, 1964__

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Exhibit 48-Letter from E. Fougera & Co., Inc., to the pharmacist re
Orabilex recall, January 28, 1964..

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Exhibit 49A-Telegram from E. Fougera & Co., Inc., to drug wholesalers re Orabilex recall, February 14, 1964..

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Exhibit 49B-Telegram from E. Fougera & Co., Inc., to X-ray suppliers re Orabilex recall, February 17, 1964-

Exhibit 50-Letter from E. Fougera & Co., Inc., to doctors re Orabilex
recall-Second notice, February 1964.

Exhibit 51-Withdrawal of approval in the matter of Orabilex capsules_-
Exhibit 52-Letter from E. Fougera & Co., Inc., to doctors re second
Orabilex recall, April 1964__

Exhibit 53-Memorandum from E. C. Hagan, Division of Pharmacology,
Food and Drug Administration, to Dr. J. H. Epstein, Bureau of Medi-
cine, re animal tests on Orabilex, August 4, 1958.

Exhibit 54-Letter from Clarke Davison, Ph. D., associate professor of pharmacology, George Washington University, to Hon. L. H. Fountain, March 21, 1964__

Exhibit 55-Intra-agency memorandum re Orabilex toxicity, November 16, 1962_

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Exhibit 56-Intra-agency memorandum re additional animal data on
Orabilex, October 7, 1958.

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Exhibit 57-Evaluation of animal studies with bunamiodyl sodium (BUN) (Orabilex) by consultants to E. Fougera & Co...--

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Exhibit 58-Letter and report from Leberco Laboratories, Roselle Park,
N.J., to E. Fougera & Co., Inc., re animal studies with Orabilex, Janu-
ary 3, 1958.

Exhibit 59-Clinical evaluation reporting form for Orabilex..
Exhibit 60-Correspondence between E. Fougera & Co., Inc., and nine
clinical investigators whose work supported the Orabilex new drug
application...

Exhibit 61-Excerpts from supplemental new drug application for Ora-
bilex, requesting changes in labeling, October 14, 1960.
Exhibit 62-Letters from James J. Stovin, M.D., University Hospital,
University of Maryland, to Dr. Henry I. Hourovitz, E. Fougera & Co.,
November 4 and December 16, 1958.

Exhibit 63-Intra-agency memorandum from Margaret A. Milliken, M.D.,
to Division of New Drugs, January 10, 1962, transmitting two adverse
reaction reports attributed to Orabilex..

Exhibit 64-List of adverse reactions to Orabilex reported to FDA through
the adverse reaction reporting program as of August 1962...
Exhibit 65-Adverse reactions reported with use of oral cholecystographic
agents now being marketed..

Exhibit 66-Letter from W. B. Rankin, Assistant Commissioner, Food
and Drug Administration, to Dr. Delphis C. Goldberg, December 31,
1963, with enclosures re deaths in individuals who were given Orabilex..
Exhibit 67-Correspondence between E. Fougera & Co., Inc., and clinical
investigators re authorship of published articles dealing with Orabilex..

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