Scott Gottlieb

Young Blood Startup Ambrosia Halts Anti-Aging Treatments After FDA Warning

Until this week, Ambrosia charged $8,000 for a single liter of blood plasma from young donors.
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FDA Vows To Strengthen Oversight Of Multibillion-Dollar Dietary Supplement Industry

The agency also announced a crackdown on several supplement makers for improperly selling products that promised to treat Alzheimer's and cancer.
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FDA Postponing Some Food Inspections As Shutdown Drags On, Commissioner Says

The partial shutdown is on track to be the longest since the 1970s if the government doesn't reopen by Saturday.
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In North Carolina, You Better Not Call This 'Milk'

New legislation in North Carolina has placed pressure on the Food and Drug Administration to review their rules regarding the labeling of milk and limits the ability of residents to hold big-ag operations accountable for pollution.
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FDA Cracks Down On Juul And E-Cigarettes Sold To Teens

The e-cigarette companies have 60 days to show they can keep vaping devices from teens.
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FDA Issues Mandatory Recall For Kratom Products Over Salmonella Risks

The order targets products distributed by Triangle Pharmanaturals, which refused a voluntary recall request.
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Opinion | This Birth Control Device Made Women Sick. The FDA Kept It On The Market.

“Once medical devices get on the market, it’s extremely difficult to get them off the market, even in the face of evidence suggesting that they’re ineffective,” one health advocate says.
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FDA Ends Nicotine Addiction Study On Monkeys After 4 Animal Deaths

26 squirrel monkeys will be headed to a sanctuary.
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Does Kratom Really Kill? Officials Aren't Telling Us The Whole Story.

Authorities claim the popular herbal drug poses potentially deadly risks, but there are big problems with their evidence.
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Feds Prepare For A New War On Kratom, An Herbal Drug Many Swear By

The DEA had previously tried to ban it. Now the FDA is leading the charge.
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