Federal Drug Administration

FDA Approves Return Of Drug For Morning Sickness

AP | LAURAN NEERGAARD | Posted 06.08.2013 | Parents

WASHINGTON — Talk about a comeback: A treatment pulled off the market 30 years ago has won Food and Drug Administration approval again as the on...

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Bakery Shut Down After FDA's Startling Discovery

AP | Posted 03.15.2013 | Small Business

CLIFTON, N.J. -- A New Jersey bakery has closed after federal officials found sugar in sugar-free items and fat content well above what was on the lab...

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Childhood Cancer, My Road Map

Jonathan Agin | Posted 05.12.2013 | Impact

Read More: Big Pharma, Congress, Pharmaceutical Industry, Fda Drug Approval, Collaboration, Alexis Agin, Fda, Sequester, Federal Drug Administration, Sequestration, Childhood Cancer, Impact News

It is easy for me to write about childhood cancer in many respects. It matters to me. It touched me personally through the diagnosis and loss of my amazing daughter Alexis. Where I think the struggle lies is changing the entire landscape with respect to fighting the disease.

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Search Engines May Be More Able To Do The FDA's Job Than The FDA

The Huffington Post | Betsy Isaacson | Posted 03.08.2013 | Technology

Read More: Search Engines FDA, Video, Fda, Federal Drug Administration, Fda Search Engines, Technology News

Bing, Google and other search engines are very, very good at detecting potentially problematic drug combinations. Better, apparently, than the Federal...

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Frozen Pizza Recalled

AP | Posted 03.24.2013 | Business

Read More: Pizza, Annie's Frozen Pizza Recall, Food Safety, Fda, Annie's, Federal Drug Administration, Food Recalls, Ap, Business News

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Annie's Inc. is voluntarily recalling seven kinds of frozen pizza sold nationwide over the possible risk that metal fragment...

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There Has to Be a Better Way

Jonathan Agin | Posted 01.28.2013 | Impact

I am convinced that one of the biggest impediments to finding cures for childhood cancer is the way we force our kids to fight. The regulatory and institutional red tape cause many parents not to enroll their children in clinical trials.

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Regulators Approve Take Home HIV Test

AP | MATTHEW PERRONE | Posted 09.02.2012 | Business

Read More: Big Pharma, Pharmaceutical Industry, HIV Testing, Drug Companies, Aids, Hiv, Fda Approval, Fda, Federal Drug Administration, Ap, Video, Business News

WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans will soon be able to test themselves in the privacy of their own homes for the virus that causes AIDS, now that the Food...

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A Bold New Attack on the Alzheimer's Scourge

Michael Hodin | Posted 05.16.2012 | Healthy Living

What if a preeminent global health authority declared there's a public health "time bomb" among us? What if he were the person most responsible for leading the coalition that turned HIV/AIDS from a certain death sentence into a manageable illness?

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Hip Implants Were Sold Overseas After Being Rejected By FDA

The New York Times | BARRY MEIER | Posted 02.15.2012 | Healthy Living

The health care products giant Johnson & Johnson continued to market an artificial hip in Europe and elsewhere overseas after the Food and Drug Admini...

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10 States Spending The Most On Health Care

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 12.08.2011 | Business

How much Americans spend on health care can vary widely across the country, and it's those states with wealthier populations that tend to spend the mo...

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UPDATE: Girls Under Age 17 Still Need Prescription For Morning After Pill

The Huffington Post | Melissa Jeltsen | Posted 12.23.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Healthy Living Health News, Plan B One Step, Plan B, Plan B FDA, Federal Drug Administration, Healthy Living News

UPDATED: FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg, M.D., has released a statement, saying that she believes that Plan B One-Step should be allowed for all fe...

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When Is A Drug Too Risky To Stay On The Market?

AP | MARILYNN MARCHIONE | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Safe Drugs, Prescription Drug Safety, Drug Safety, Federal-Drug-Administration, Safe Prescription Drugs, Fda, Health, Medication Safety, Prescription Drugs, Healthy Living News

The arthritis pill Vioxx was withdrawn but menopause hormones were not, even though both were tied to heart risks. A multiple sclerosis medicine was p...

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Amphastar Pharmaceuticals SPIED On FDA Directors To Help Win Approval For Drug

politico.com | EAMON JAVERS | | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

Read More: Kroll, Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Blod Clots, Pharmaceutical Industry, Janet Woodcock, Federal-Drug-Administration, Fda, FDY Spying, Business News

For more than two months in late 2008, private investigators working for a drug company gathered information on a high-ranking official at the Food an...

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