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March 20 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday it has notified manufacturers of certain Parkinson's disease treatments to update their prescribing information with a new warning about a potential risk of seizures.
The Food and Drug Administation is approving a generic drug for a very rare genetic disorder, but not for autism.
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nitrosamines are by-products of many common chemical reactions. FatCamera/iStock via Getty Images Plus A generic blood pressure drug called prazosin, made by Teva Pharmaceuticals, is ...
March 18 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday issued a draft guidance to help companies reduce animal studies of experimental drugs and adopt newer methods, such as computer simulations and devices that mimic functions of human organs.
While it would be presumptuous to base conclusions solely on the number of drugs the FDA approved in 2025, it is noteworthy that FDA nods of new treatments fell short of previous years, though a surge of green lights in December helped make the final ...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a nationwide recall of thousands of bottles of blood-pressure medication last week after discovering cross-contamination with another drug. Federal regulators issued the warning on Dec. 1 for roughly ...
March 19 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved GSK's drug for severe itching caused by a type of liver disease, the company said on Thursday. The drug, branded Lynavoy, was approved for patients with primary biliary cholangitis,
The US Food and Drug Administration’s longtime oncology chief has filed to retire from the agency just weeks after he was chosen to lead the FDA’s drug division, according to four people familiar with his decision. Dr. Richard Pazdur was named director ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration commissioner's effort to drastically shorten the review of drugs favored by President Donald Trump's administration is causing alarm across the agency, stoking worries that the plan may run afoul of ...
Popular weight-loss drugs, including Ozempic, Wegovy, Trulicity and Mounjaro, produced by independent pharmacy labs, sickened some 8,000 or more Marylanders a year by 2024. The Food and Drug Administration announced this month that it will crack down on ...