A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to publicly disclose more information underpinning its authorization of COVID-19 vaccines, after failing to persuade the court to end the public records lawsuit. In a ruling, on Friday, U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman in Fort Worth, Texas, ordered the agency to produce its “emergency use authorization” … Read more
FDA inspectors identified the issues at Neuralink’s animal testing facilities in California in June 2023, several weeks after the agency had given the company the green light for a small study of its brain implant in humans, according to the letter to Congress dated Nov. 29. The agency was responding to concerns raised by Earl … Read more
WHITE OAK, MD – JULY 20: A sign for the Food And Drug Administration is seen outside of the headquarters on July 20, 2020 in White Oak, Maryland. Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images Applied Therapeutics’ stock plummeted 75 percent after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rejected approving govorestat as a treatment for galactosemia. The stock closed … Read more
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Chocolate lovers, take note: Your favourite treats could be tainted with lead and other hazardous heavy metals, which may lead to serious health issues over time. A new study, published on Wednesday in Frontiers in Nutrition, has found that numerous popular chocolates from both the US and Europe contain levels of heavy metals that surpass … Read more
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If you’re a fan of Swiss chocolate, chances are you haven’t skipped Lindt’s famous chocolates. But the renowned chocolatier is now at the centre of a controversy after acknowledging the results of a study that highlighted concerns over the presence of lead and cadmium in its “expertly crafted” confections. Does this mean Lindt chocolates are … Read more
An investigation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has uncovered alarming health and safety violations at the Tom’s of Maine manufacturing facility in Sanford, Maine. The facility, owned by Colgate-Palmolive, was found to have used water contaminated with harmful bacteria to produce its toothpaste, alongside the discovery of a “black mould-like substance” near … Read more
The US Food and Drug Administration has proposed to remove oral phenylephrine, widely used in cold and cough syrups, as an active ingredient in over-the-counter drugs for nasal congestion, stating it is not effective, the health regulator said on Thursday. Phenylephrine is widely used in a variety of over-the-counter flu and cold medicines, including popular … Read more
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Who doesn’t love McDonald’s? It is the world’s largest food chain, with over 40,000 stores worldwide. However, the popular food chain’s Quarter Pounder hamburgers have caused concern in the United States after one person died and several others became ill due to E. coli infections in 10 states, the US Centres for Disease Control and … Read more
Thousands of bottles of a commonly prescribed antidepressant drug have been recalled by the FDA because they were found to contain a suspected cancer-causing chemical. Over 7,100 bottles of Duloxetine, sold under the brand name Cymbalta, were voluntarily recalled after the toxic chemical N-nitroso-duloxetine was found, the Food and Drug Administration announced. The drug, manufactured … Read more
In the drug development system, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the Food and Drug Administration. With apologies to those behind “Law and Order,” these are their stories. The process of developing a new drug starts in the lab with a promising chemical … Read more
