U.S. Drug Regulator Vows Outside Review of Any COVID-19 Vaccines August 11, 2020 The United States will need to have independent experts review COVID-19 vaccine candidates before approval, the country’s top drug regulator...
Fears of ‘Wild West’ as Unregulated COVID-19 Tests Hit the Market April 16, 2020 By Matthew Perrone Blood tests for the coronavirus could play a key role in deciding whether millions of Americans can safely return to...
FDA Moving Quickly to Approve New Drugs. Is It Too Quickly? December 11, 2019 By Michelle Fay Cortez and Cristin Flanagan The U.S. is approving new drugs so fast that companies are now preparing for a green light months in advance...
Vaping Firms Sue Seeking to Further Delay FDA Review of e-Cigarettes August 19, 2019 By Matthew Perrone A vaping industry group sued the U.S. government last week to delay an upcoming review of thousands of e-cigarettes on...
Supreme Court Justices Appear to Favor Merck in Drug Warning Case January 9, 2019 By Andrew Chung U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday appeared sympathetic to Merck & Co. in its bid to fend off hundreds of...
FDA Targets E-Cigarette Makers in Push to Curb Epidemic of Youth Vaping September 13, 2018 By Anna Edney The U.S. government signaled that it is prepared to adopt a tougher stance on electronic cigarettes in order to stem...
FDA Cites Drug Warning Scam Over Online Medications July 17, 2018 By Aziza Kasumov People who tried to order medicine online or over the phone have received fake U.S. Food and Drug Administration warning...
California Farm Recalls Produce Used in Costco’s E. Coli-linked Salad December 1, 2015 By Olga R. Rodriguez A California farm is recalling a vegetable mix believed to be the source of E.coli in Costco chicken salad that...
New ‘Superbug’ Linked to Scope Found at California Hospital August 21, 2015 A Los Angeles-area hospital said that some of its patients contracted an antibiotic-resistant “superbug” that has been linked to a...
Drugmakers Work on Safer Painkillers as Opioid Abuse Epidemic Rages July 2, 2013 By Samuel Adams Backed by a U.S. campaign to slow abuse of prescription painkillers, drugmakers are devising new forms of the medicines that...