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Lawmakers press FDA to target knockoff weight-loss drug
Dozens of lawmakers are urging US health regulators to crack down on the booming market for knockoff weight-loss drugs amid ...
100 days into the job, FDA head talks to CNN about agency goals— and Coke’s switch to sugar
Commissioner Marty Makary says the FDA will plow ahead with big plans on ultra process foods, dietary guidelines and ...
LI drug treatment experts, veterans advocates divided over psychedelic treatment
The administration said it is fast-tracking clinical trials that would allow patients struggling with serious mental health ...
Houston-based Empower Pharmacy's drugs raised red flags for FDA and other states, but not Texas
Empower Pharmacy, a Houston-based compounding pharmacy, has been sanctioned by the FDA and other states in the past decade.
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The FDA Is Using an AI to "Speed Up" Drug Approvals and Insiders Say It's Making Horrible Mistakes
Insiders at the Food and Drug Administration are ringing alarm bells over the agency's use of an AI to fast-track drug ...
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The first 100% effective HIV prevention drug is approved and going global
An epidemic that's been sustained for 44 years might finally be quelled, with the milestone approval of the first HIV drug ...
FDA names former pharmaceutical company executive to oversee US drug program
FDA Commissioner Marty Makary announced that Dr. George Tidmarsh, a cancer and pediatric specialist, will direct the agency’s ...
FDA appoints George Tidmarsh as top drug regulator
By Sriparna Roy and Sneha S K (Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Monday it has appointed George ...
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FDA 'rewriting' food pyramid guidelines
U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary said he is focused on overhauling long-held standards and ...
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Trump administration to define ultra-processed foods
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary are planning to develop a “single ...
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An unusual FDA panel on antidepressant use during pregnancy elevated skeptics of the drugs
An unusual FDA panel on antidepressant use during pregnancy elevated clinicians and researchers who are deeply skeptical of ...
Biotech exec George Tidmarsh picked as FDA's chief drug regulator
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration named ex-biotech exec George Tidmarsh as its chief drug regulator. FDA Commissioner ...