What’s the Difference Between the FDA and the USDA?
Explaining America’s weirdly complicated food inspection system, including who regulates poultry and eggs and how Robert F.
FDA approves Sanofi biosimilar product for treatment of diabetes
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Merilog as biosimilar to Novolog for the improvement of glycemic control in adults and pediatric ...
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Could Obesity Drugs Help With Alcohol Cravings? New Study Suggests Potentia
Discover how obesity drugs may reduce alcohol consumption alongside weight loss. Learn about this promising new research.
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Driver Facing DUI, Drug, and Gun Charges After Pursuit in Visalia
Driver on probation arrested after high-speed pursuit in Visalia. Drugs, loaded handgun, and evidence of drug sales found in ...
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Lay’s potato chip recall elevated to FDA’s highest-risk classification
The Food and Drug Administration just raised its recall of Lay’s Classic Potato Chips to the highest risk level. On Dec. 16, Frito-Lay issued a recall for 6,344 (13-ounce) bags of Lay’s ...
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Federal regulations paused, halting FDA's proposed ban on formaldehyde in hair products
The Food and Drug Administration announced it would decide by April 2024 whether chemical hair straightening products sold in the U.S. would be banned from using formaldehyde or ingredients that ...
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What is an Orphan Drug? A Guide to Rare Disease Therapies
Typically, funding for treatment can be difficult to come by, with only 600 “orphan” drugs approved for use by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). 1 The term’s origin can be found in ...
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FDA Approves Nasal Spray for Depression
The nasal spray Spravato, which is made from the drug esketamine, had been approved in 2019 for patients who failed to respond to at least two oral antidepressants. However, it had to be used in ...
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FDA approves standalone use of J&J’s ketamine-derived depression treatment
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration expanded approval for Johnson & Johnson’s nasal spray, Spravato, to allow it to be used as a standalone treatment for patients with severe depression ...
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Outgoing FDA Commissioner Robert Califf discusses agency’s uncertain future
On Jan. 20, Dr. Robert M. Califf bid farewell to his role as Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in a reflective post on X, formerly Twitter, highlighting the agency’s progress ...
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FDA approves first-of-its-kind nasal spray for severe depression
Johnson & Johnson has announced the FDA’s approval of a first-of-its-kind, esketamine nasal spray called Spravato for the standalone treatment of major depressive disorder (MDD), PTSD ...
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Single dose of novel drug shows tumor-clearing potential in breast cancer models
They acknowledge the need for more testing to confirm drug safety and efficacy, but they suggest if these results translate to human patients, ErSO-TFPy could be transformative for ER+ breast ...