FDA sets guides for condom labels; Corrects 'misleading' language.(NATION)

The Washington Times;  November 11, 2005 ;     436 words ......TIMES The federal government wants condom labels to specify the kinds of sexually transmitted...Coburn, who wrote the law asking for new condom labels, said the agency was still offering...assurances about the products. Currently, condom labels say they are generally effective in...

Condom label changes blasted.

Tulsa World (Tulsa, Oklahoma) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  November 11, 2005 ;     462 words ......Thursday that proposed changes to condom labels still would put women unknowingly...information that is irrefutable on condom labels, the Oklahoma Republican said...a practicing physician, said condom labels proposed by the Food and Drug...

Senator wants new condom labels Not safe as you might think, say groups...

Chicago Sun-Times;  June 30, 2005 ;   LINDA A. JOHNSON;   196 words ......senator and groups promoting abstinence are pushing to make condom labels "medically accurate," even blocking appointment of a new...anti- condom, anti-contraceptive message." AP A senator says condom labels need to be "medically accurate" because they don't protect...

FDA issues draft guidance for condom labels.(News)

OB GYN News;  January 15, 2006 ;   Schneider, Mary Ellen;   277 words ......from the Food and Drug Administration proposes that latex condom labels inform users that condoms greatly reduce, but do not eliminate...result of a 5-year-old law that directs the FDA to ensure that condom labels are medically accurate, specifically in regard to their overall...

FDA proposes changes to condom labels.(Infectious Diseases)

Internal Medicine News;  December 15, 2005 ;   Schneider, Mary Ellen;   387 words ......from the Food and Drug Administration proposes that latex condom labels inform users that condoms greatly reduce, but do not eliminate...result of a 5-year-old law that directs the FDA to ensure that condom labels are medically accurate, specifically in regard to their overall...

Proposed changes to labels note condoms" incomplete protection.(Clinical...

Skin & Allergy News;  January 1, 2006 ;   Schneider, Mary Ellen;   387 words ......from the Food and Drug Administration proposes that latex condom labels inform users that condoms greatly reduce, but do not eliminate...result of a 5-year-old law that directs the FDA to ensure that condom labels are medically accurate, specifically in regard to their overall...

Debate hinges on condoms' effectiveness at protecting against STDs

AP Worldstream;  June 29, 2005 ;   LINDA A. JOHNSON, Associated Press Writer;   680 words ......conservative groups in the United States that want to make condom labels "medically correct." A conservative senator and groups promoting...and Drug Administration is an effort to make FDA change the condom labels to state their "effectiveness or lack of the effectiveness...

Condoms are said to block virus

International Herald Tribune;  June 23, 2006 ;   Lawrence K. Altman;   394 words ......panel of condom experts to determine the medical accuracy of condom labels. The panel concluded that there was inadequate information...Food and Drug Administration was urged to add warnings to condom labels about the lack of protection against papillomavirus.In the...

FDA Proposes More Specific Condom Labels

AP Online;  November 11, 2005 ;   JOHN J. LUMPKIN, Associated Press Writer;   779 words ......the Food and Drug Administration said the changes to male condom labels would provide people with more precise information on how...only medically accurate information that is irrefutable on condom labels," he said. When latex condoms are used every time and put...

FDA Found in Compliance with Requirements to Reexamine Condom Labels

Targeted News Service;  June 9, 2008 ;     234 words ......gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-625R * Food and Drug Administration: Agency Complied with Statutory Requirement to Reexamine Condom Labels. GAO-08-565R, April 25.http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-565R * Defense Department Pilot Authority for Acquiring Information...

Condoms' Effectiveness Vs. STDs Debated

AP Online;  June 29, 2005 ;   LINDA A. JOHNSON, Associated Press Writer;   787 words ......senator and groups promoting abstinence are pushing to make condom labels "medically accurate," even blocking appointment of a new...2000 law Coburn sponsored. It requires the FDA to change condom labels to give more information on their "effectiveness or lack...

CHAIRMAN OF DRUG POLICY SUBCOMMITTEE SAYS FDA'S NEW CONDOM LABEL...

Capitol Hill Press Releases;  November 10, 2005 ;     523 words ......Administration (FDA) today unveiled recommendations for new condom labels which finally acknowledge the fact that condoms do not provide...by President Clinton, that directs the FDA to ensure that condom labels are medically accurate regarding their overall effectiveness...

Condoms Give Some Protection Against HPV

All Things Considered (NPR);  June 21, 2006 ;   ROBERT SIEGEL;   576 words ......Administration to consider as it decides what information to put on condom labels. NPR's Brenda Wilson reports. BRENDA WILSON reporting: The...percent, she says. This is consistent with current language on condom labels, that condoms reduce the risk of HIV and AIDS and many other...

Call it a 'sexual health destination'.

MMR;  April 24, 2006 ;     734 words ......been several retailers that have expanded the size of their existing condom planograms to accommodate the addition of intimacy care...others have experimented with splitting the space between the existing condom planogram and the feminine health aisle, notes Conley. It...

Full stretch.

Australasian Business Intelligence;  July 30, 2007 ;     163 words ......American and Canadian citizenship, says that when seeking to enter into a new market, Ansell often prefers to acquire an existing condom maker rather than try to establish its own condom brands. When sending a manager to an overseas posting, Tough tells them...