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Food-Borne Illness Rates Still High in the US
Despite efforts to improve food safety in recent years, the United States is still confronting with...
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House approves new controls on tobacco in United States
Washington - The US House of Representatives on Thursday approved tougher anti-smoking controls in...
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Report Calls for Stronger Measures to Boost US Food Safety
A report released Wednesday by Trust for America's Health in conjunction with the Robert Wood...
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PCA Fills for Bankruptcy Protection
Peanut Corporation of America has already filed for bankruptcy protection and will soon begin to...
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Second Peanut Butter Factory Closes Its Doors
The authorities continue to investigate the salmonella outbreak. Representatives at the company...
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Senate: FDA Acted Very Late in Salmonella Outbreak
One of the main causes of the salmonella outbreak which lead to eight deaths across the United...
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Human Stem Cell Research Gains Grounds in the US
Stem cell research is making another step to the future in the United States. Geron Corp, a...
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FDA Releases Guidelines For Genetically Engineered Animals
The Food and Drug Administration issued on Thursday “The Regulation of Genetically...
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Salmonella Outbreak Made 388 People Sick
On Wednesday, United States health officials revealed that an outbreak of salmonella food...
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National Health Spending Is Slowly Rising
According to a study published in the today’s issue of the journal Health Affairs, national...
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FDA Requires More Study Of Heart Risk For Diabetes Drugs
More than a year after GlaxoSmithKline PLC’s Avandia was linked to higher risk of heart...
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Epilepsy Drugs Need to Carry Suicide Warning
Epilepsy drugs must carry a warning saying that they increase risk of suicide, US...
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FDA Says Epilepsy Drugs Should Carry Suicide Warnings
The US Food and Drug Administration is ordering companies that make epilepsy drugs to add warning...
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FDA Intends To Modify Consumer Advice On Fish
Since March 2004, the federal government has urged women of childbearing years, pregnant women,...
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FDA Panel Warns Over Two Asthma Drugs
A US Food and Drug Administration panel decided on Thursday that two asthma drugs pose serious...
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FDA Panel To Decide On The Safety Of Asthma Drugs
A Food and Drug Administration panel of medical
experts is weighing whether to allow certain...
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FDA Releases Warning on Use of Four Popular Asthma Drugs
An analysis released Friday by the Food and Drug
Administration concluded that four drugs used to...
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Trace Levels of Melamine in Infant Formula Are Safe, FDA Says
Just days after the US Food and Drug Administration found traces of the industrial chemical...
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FDA Traces Melamine in Infant Formula
The Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that traces of
the industrial chemical melamine have...
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U.S. Government Paying For Unapproved Drugs
Analysis of federal data conducted by the Associated Press has
revealed that the United States...
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Obama Expected To Render FDA Imports Monitoring Stricter
With Barack
Obama having been elected the next president of the United States on November 4,...
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US Supreme Court To Decide On Drug Lawsuits
Unquestionably, there are thousands of suspended cases across the United States that hang on the...
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FDA And Scientist Argue Over BPA Risk, Consumers Left In Confusion
Health officials are currently trying to establish whether bisphenol A (BPA) is a threat or a...
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Update: U.S. Vaccine Use Increased In 2007
In June 2006, Merck’s drug Gardasil was approved by the FDA.
Gardasil is a drug designed to...
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17-Year-Olds Now Have Access to Emergency Contraception
Seventeen-year-olds will have access to emergency contraception without a prescription, the US Food...
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Dundreon Shares Soar on Prostate Cancer Vaccine Success
Shares of Seattle-based Dendreon Corp. soared Tuesday on the news that its experimental vaccine for...
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FDA Wants 14 Drugmakers to Stop Misleading Ads
The Internet is full of promotional ads of drugs and I am sure you thought at least once in your...
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Intel and GE Sign $250 Million Deal in Health Care Field
Two Giant US companies announced Thursday that they will team up to produce a line of...
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Device Prevents Stroke in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation
Researchers present Saturday at the American College of Cardiology Conference in Orlando, Florida...
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FDA Ordered To Reconsider Restrictions on the Morning-After Pill
No matter she’s over 18 or not, every girl in the US should have access to the morning-after...
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FDA Expands List of Risky Weight-Loss Products
Millions of people confront themselves with the No. 1 threat to their health, namely obesity....
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FDA Advisory Panel Supports J&J, Bayer Anticlotting Drug Rivaroxaban
A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel voted on Thursday to recommend that the agency...
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FDA-Approved Labels - No Guarantee against Lawsuits
The US Supreme Court ruled against pharmaceutical company Wyeth on Wednesday in a case involving...
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Daiichi, Lilly Get European Approval for Prasugrel
Monday, Eli Lilly & Company and Daiichi Sankyo Company announced that they had earned...
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Medtronic’s Brain Stimulator Gets FDA Approval for OCD Patients
Patients suffering from severe obsessive-compulsive disorder that has not responded to medication...
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Psoriasis Drug Raptiva Tied to PML Deaths
The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday said Genentech’s psoriasis drug Raptiva has...
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Johnson&Johnson Sued by the United States
The United States has sued the Johnson&Johnson company for marketing the heart drug...
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New Gout Drug Uloric Gets FDA Clearance
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. won US approval to sell the first new treatment option for chronic...
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Peanut Corp. of America Files for Bankruptcy Following Salmonella Scandal
Peanut Corp. of America, the company behind the current salmonella outbreak in the United States,...
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Bayer Agrees to Pay $20 Million to Correct Misleading Information about Its Contraceptive
Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals has announced the decision to introduce a new advertising...
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Drug Produced from Genetically Engineered Goats Gets FDA’s Approval
Federal officials approved for the first time a drug made from milk of genetically engineered...
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Enoki Mushrooms Recalled Over Fear of Listeria Contamination
Phillips Mushroom Farms of Kennett Square, Pa., announced the decision to recall 3.5 ounce, 4...
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FDA Advisory Panel Recommends Banning Painkiller Darvon
FDA advisers have recommended that Darvon, a commonly prescribed painkiller, should be...
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FDA: Pozen Arthritis Drug Has Good Results On Late-Stage Trial
The Food and Drug Administration accepted the results of a late-stage clinical trial on PN...
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Peanut Corporation of America Knowingly Shipped Contaminated Products
The recent salmonella outburst that infected 500 people in 43 states and it is responsible for the...
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FDA Approves Gelnique, the First Gel to Treat Overactive Bladder
The Food and Drug Administration has approved Gelnique, the first topical gel used to treat an...
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Efficacy of Bristol, Sanofi’s Plavix Questioned
The Food and Drug Administration said it has ordered the makers of the widely used blood thinner...
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FDA: No Evidence So Far To Support Link Between Suicide And Singulair
Merck’s & Co.’s asthma drug Singulair and related treatments were not associated...
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Vicks VapoRub Might Harm Your Child!
No kid under the age of four should be given the controversial cough and cold medicines, the...
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Merck’s Gardasil Denied Approval Once Again
The Food and Drug Administration has declined to approve Gardasil for women 27 to 45 for the...
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FDA Scientists Complain About Corruption Inside The Agency
A group of nine scientists at the Food and Drug Administration sent a letter to President-elect...
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Expanded Use of Merck’s Gardasil Postponed Once Again
The situation of Merck’s papillomavirus vaccine Gardasil is uncertain after the Food and...
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Merck’s Gardasil For Older Women, Put On Hold By The FDA
There has been talk in the medical world of allowing the administration of Merck & Co’s...
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Blood-Cloth Preventer Prasugrel To Be Reviewed
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it needs more time to review Eli Lilly and Co.'s...
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FDA Calls for New Warnings for OTC Painkillers
Over-the counter painkiller will get new labels warning consumers of the potential risks of liver...
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Federal Officials Issue another Salmonella Warning
Federal officials are advising people not to eat raw alfalfa sprouts following reports of at least...
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FDA Approves Simponi for Rheumatoid Arthritis
The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved rheumatoid arthritis drug golimumab marketed...
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Malaria Vaccine Moves to Trials
A new vaccine made by Rockville-based pharmaceutical company Sanaria Inc. received clearance from...
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FDA Extends Review of AstraZeneca, Bristol Diabetes Drug Onglyza
The Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday that it needs additional time to complete the...
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FDA Makes Plan B Available for 17-Year-Olds without Prescription
The US Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday said it will allow 17-year-olds to get the...
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FDA Asks Coast IRB to Stop Review New Studies Due to Violations
The Food and Drug Administration sent Tuesday a formal warning letter to Coast Independent Review...
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Sprout Recall in 11 US States over Listeria Concerns
Connecticut-based Amalgamated Produce Inc. announced Wednesday that it is voluntarily recalling...
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Unapproved Morphine Remains on the Market, FDA Rules
The Food and Drug Administration on March 30 requested manufacturers of 14 medications based on...
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FDA Wants to Review Older Medical Devices
The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday required manufacturers of 25 types of medical devices...
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FDA Delays Approval of Symbicort in 6-11 Year Olds with Asthma
Giant drugmaker AstraZeneca Plc said Monday it has received a Complete Response Letter from US...
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Novo Still Hopeful on Diabetes Drug
Despite a split ruling on the safety of a new diabetes drug by the US Food and Drug...
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FDA Warns 14 Drugmakers for “Misleading” Ads on the Internet
The Food and Drug Administration on Friday faulted 14 pharmaceutical companies for...
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FDA Panel Backs Bristol, AstraZeneca Diabetes Drug Onglyza
A federal panel of medical experts said Wednesday Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and AstraZeneca...
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US Panel Backs Roche’s Avastin for Brain Cancer
A panel of outside advisers to the Food and Drug Administration voted Tuesday in favor of Roche...
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FDA Warns 9 Companies for Making Unapproved Narcotics
The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday warned nine manufacturers for illegally making powerful...
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FDA Clears Ixiaro for Japanese Encephalitis
The Us Food and Drug Administration said Monday it approved Ixiaro, a vaccine designed to prevent...
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Novartis’ Afinitor Gets FDA Clearance for Advanced Kidney Cancer
The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved Novartis AG’s Afinitor for advanced...
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Arena Weight Loss Drug Disappoints in Trial
Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc. saw its shares falling over 20 percent Monday following the...
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Teva Gets FDA Approval for Marketing Topamax Tablets
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. said the Food and Drug Administration has given its approval...
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New Device Shows Promise in Treating Atrial Fibrillation
A new device implanted in the heart to stop blood clots from triggering strokes (from the rhythm...
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Judge Orders FDA to Make Plan B Accessible to Teenagers Younger than 17
A federal judge has asked the Food and Drug Administration to reconsider its decision to restrict...
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Eli Lilly’s Symbyax Gets FDA Approval for Treatment-Resistant Depression
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved Eli Lilly’s Symbyax, a combination of...
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FDA Includes More Weight-Loss Products on Its Risk List
The Food and Drug Administration expanded its list of tainted weight loss products that consumers...
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FDA Panel Backs J&J, Bayer Anticlotting Drug
A panel of cardiology experts of the Food and Drug Administration voted 15 to 2 on Thursday in...
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FDA Panel Backs Sanofi-Aventis’ Heart Drug for Approval
A panel of cardiology experts recommended Wednesday that Sanofi-Aventis experimental drug Multaq...
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Group: Baby Care Products Contain Cancer-Causing Chemicals
A health advocacy group found out that more than half the baby shampoo, lotion and other infant...
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FDA: People Wearing Transdermal Patches during MRI Can Suffer Burns
The Food and Drug Administration, in a public health advisory issued Thursday, warned about risk...
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Six Manufacturers Announce Decision to Stop Selling Baby Bottles Containing Bisphenol A
Baby bottles containing bisphenol A, a controversial chemical widely used in plastics but...
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Supreme Court: Patients Can Now Sue Drugmakers for Damages
Patients who are injured by a drug can sue the drug’s manufacturer for damages, even if the...
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