The safety problem is an open secret among people in the health care industry.
Lilly decided that a potential safety problem might ground the drug, and the company dropped it.
Naturally, some thing this could be a public safety problem.
So-called runway incursions, or two planes mistakenly ending up on the same strip, "most likely account for the largest single safety problem in front of us, " said Mark Rosenker, another former safety board member.
Gyms are noisy enough, but with patrons talking on cell phones and blaring MP3 players, the noise level can become a distraction -- not to mention that fiddling with gadgets can create a safety problem.
And second, you said safety is not the problem, you cannot compromise safety.
"The idea that you give it to people permanently is a problem from a safety perspective, " says King.
In particular, if no countervailing actions are taken, what would be perceived as an implicit expansion of the safety net could exacerbate the problem of "too big to fail, " possibly resulting in excessive risk-taking and yet greater systemic risk in the future.
But drug safety experts say that the problem is that this is the best data available--and that the FDA, because of lack of authority to force drug firms to do anything, has not been able to mandate large studies that would answer safety questions.
The board has not so far said the battery problem would endanger the safety of the plane in flight nor recommended that the planes be grounded.
Air New Zealand still ranks just 46th globally in passenger numbers, but its knack for viral Web campaigns, unusual safety videos and unconventional approaches to problem-solving have other airlines looking in its direction for ideas.
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Yet, for food safety activists and regulators, the fundamental problem with our regulatory system transcends such specific instances.
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"My belief is that if you are talking about patient safety, this is the number one problem in medicine, " says Dr. Robert Brook, a UCLA professor and director of health sciences for Rand.
Maintaining situation awareness is critical to aviation safety, especially if there's a problem with the tracking technology.
But any side effect could be a problem for Zetia, which lists safety as one of its major selling points.
Mr. Marcus said that since the issued was raised at the Flushing forum, he has checked back with the department's food safety inspectors to see if there was a problem.
For Vioxx, the problem may be partly the result of safety concerns.
"I'm just not buying it, " says Barnstable Town Manager Thomas Lynch, who worries about public-safety costs to the town if there were a problem at the wind farm.
The problem is not that we have a safety net, it is that we are beginning to believe that the safety net applies to every one of us, not just those who are helpless.
Although safety rules ordinarily would force a shuttle with a navigation problem to cut short its mission immediately, Columbia is equipped with two back-up units, NASA said.
The problem is so deadly that the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has placed substance-impaired driving on its annual Most Wanted List highlighting the most critical changes needed to reduce transportation accidents and save lives.
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Some hope that potential safety problems with currently marketed stents won't be a problem with the Conor CoStar.
Today we have an opportunity to solve the problem by having Congress reallocate the spectrum that Public Safety needs for broadband.
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There should also be measures such as raising awareness of the problem and good incident reporting that the Health and Safety Executive recommend should be in place.
Problem is, lithium ion batteries are inherently unstable, so safety systems have to be built in to prevent the batteries from getting too hot from, say, overcharging.
Walsh says this was the first efficacy data for Raptiva, and so long as the problem in the rheumatoid-arthritis study was effectiveness, not safety, it shouldn't worry investors focused on Raptiva's near-term approval to treat psoriasis.
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