CHICAGO - JUNE 30: Excedrin PM is sold over-the-counter at a drugstore June 30, 2009 in Chicago, Illinois. The medication contains acetaminophen; which today a Food and Drug Administration's advisory panel recommended that the agency reduce the maximum recommended dosage because of concerns over the potential of liver damage. Getty Images logo Getty Images 4 months ago

CHICAGO - JUNE 30: Excedrin PM is sold over-the-counter at a drugstore June 30, 2009 in Chicago, Illinois. The medication contains acetaminophen; which today a Food and Drug Administration's advisory panel recommended that the agency reduce the maximum recommended dosage because of concerns over the potential of liver damage.

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  3. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 29: Deputy commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration Jesse Goodman testifies before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee September 29, 2009 in Washington, DC. Goodman testified on 'The Administration's Flu Vaccine Program: Health, Safety, and Distribution.'
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  5. Tilapia fish gather at a viewing window in their holding tank at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Center for Veterinary Medicine labs in Laurel, Maryland, November 5, 2009.
  6. Staff walk among the new buildings at the the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, November 5, 2009.
  7. Plants are lined up to be planted among new buildings at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, November 5, 2009.
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  10. A digital scan of a rat kidney is shown on a screen at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, November 5, 2009.
  11. A rat genome gene chip is shown to the media by Karol Thompson, Lead Pharmacologist in the Molecular Toxicology lab at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, November 5, 2009. Watching on is biologist Barry Rosenzweig.
  12. An illustration of a kidney and samples are shown in the Investigational Pathology lab at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, November 5, 2009.
  13. Rodney Rouse, Veterinary Medical Officer at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), shows a chart of biology scans to science industry writers at the FDA headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, November 5, 2009.
  14. Jun Zhang, Toxicologic Pathologist/Pharmacologist at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), speaks to the media alongside a digital scan of a kidney during a tour of the FDA headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, November 5, 2009.
  15. A slide of rat kidneys are prepared for digital scanning for medical analysis at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, November 5, 2009.
  16. A rat genome gene chip is shown in the Molecular Toxicology lab at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, November 5, 2009.

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  16. Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, left, during a joint press conference with Afghan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta in Kabul, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009. Bildt, whose country currently holds the European Union presidency, says no change is expected in the number of European troops in Afghanistan.