FDA Expected to Quickly Approve Pfizer’s COVID Vaccine December 11, 2020 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday it was working rapidly to issue an emergency use authorization for...
U.S. Drug Advisory Panel Meets Today on Pfizer’s COVID Vaccine December 10, 2020 By Manas Mishra and Michael Erman A panel of outside advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is meeting on Thursday to weigh whether to...
Task of Tracking COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Falls to Multiple Federal Agencies November 18, 2020 By Anna Edney Monitoring Covid-19 vaccines for safety issues will fall to a group of U.S. health agencies that also will have a...
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...
FDA Medical Panel Opposes Restrictions on Breast Implants at This Time March 29, 2019 By Matthew Perrone Government medical advisers said this week it’s too soon to ban a type of breast implant that has recently been...
FDA Vows Tougher Testing as More Manufacturers Outsource March 27, 2019 By Anna Edney U.S. regulators plan to revamp rules governing how medicines are manufactured, in an effort to ensure the safety of the...
U.S. Agencies Split Over Cell Phone Cancer Risk November 6, 2018 By Lauran Neergaard and Seth Borenstein Two U.S. government agencies are giving conflicting interpretations of a safety study on cell phone radiation: One says it causes...
38 Sickened in 7 States From Tainted Eggs from Alabama October 5, 2018 The government says 38 people in seven states have gotten sick from eggs produced by an Alabama poultry farm. The...
Vermont Sues Opioid Drugmaker Over Marketing Practices September 7, 2018 By Lisa Rathke Vermont on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against drugmaker Purdue over what it called deceptive marketing of OxyContin and other prescription...
Kentucky Food Facility Suspended by FDA After E. Coli Outbreak Link April 6, 2017 The Food and Drug Administration has suspended a Kentucky facility after it was linked to an E. coli outbreak involving...