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HOUSE COMMITTEE EVALUATES FDA ROLE IN DRUG SAFETY ON CAPITOL HILL

FDA Commissioner Andrew von Eschenbach appears before a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the safety of the diabetes drug Avandia and the Food and Drug Administration's role in continuing evaluation drugs after they have reached the market, on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 6, 2007. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)

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