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...
FDA Proposes New Food Safety Rules January 4, 2013 By Carey Gillam U.S. regulators proposed new food safety rules on Friday that aim to make food processors and farms more accountable for...
FDA Plans IDs to Track Medical Device Safety July 6, 2012 By Anna Yukhananov Medical devices like hip implants and heart defibrillators will soon join the ranks of cars and toasters. The U.S. Food...
Regulators Urged to Monitor Safety Throughout Drug’s Lifecycle May 2, 2012 By Anna Yukhananov The U.S. Food and Drug Administration should review drugs on a regular basis for as long as they are on...
FDA Steps Up Scrutiny of Metal Hip Implants March 30, 2012 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration responded to mounting concerns about the safety of metal-on-metal hip implants, saying it would...
Herbal Sexual Enhancement Supplement Recalled February 13, 2012 A Southern California firm is recalling an herbal female sexual enhancement supplement because it contains a drug not listed on...
Breast Implant Scandal Shows Regulators in Dark on Tracking Risks December 30, 2011 By Anna Yukhananov Long before the latest global breast implant scare, American health officials were toying with the idea of building a registry...
Colorado Processing Plant Faulted in Listeria Outbreak October 19, 2011 Unsanitary conditions at a packing plant that processed fresh cantaloupes from a Colorado farm likely contributed to one of the...