Tag: Food & Drug Administration
FDA Updates Meaning of ‘Healthy’ on Food Labels
By Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
THURSDAY, Dec. 19, 2024 (HeathDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration wants to redefine the meaning of healthy...
FDA: Veozah, First Hormone-Free Hot Flash Drug, Issued Black Box Warning
By India Edwards HealthDay Reporter
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 18, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued its most serious warning...
President-Elect Trump Names His Picks to Head the CDC and FDA
In addition, the president-elect has chosen his nominee for surgeon general
Novo Nordisk CEO Warns of Deaths Linked to Compounded Semaglutide
By Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
THURSDAY, Nov. 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- The head of the company that makes the diabetes and obesity drugs Ozempic...
FDA Proposes Ban on a ‘Useless’ Decongestant, Phenylephrine
By Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
THURSDAY, Nov. 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- More than a year after its advisory panel unanimously declared the drug phenylephrine...
FDA Appoints New Head of Medical Devices
By Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 23, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday that it has appointed Dr....
FDA Says Compounding Pharmacies Can Keep Making Weight-Loss Med Tirzepatide, for Now
By Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
TUESDAY, Oct. 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Pharmacists may continue making compounded versions of the weight-loss medication tirzepatide while the...
Most Tobacco Instagram Posts Do Not Adhere to FDA Warning Requirements
Only 13 percent of the posts from 25 nicotine brands complied with both FDA health warning requirements
Amid Shortages, U.S. Allows Expanded Production of ADHD Drug Vyvanse
By Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
THURSDAY, Sept. 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- The maker of the ADHD drug Vyvanse has been given approval by the...
FDA Says No to MDMA as Therapy for PTSD
By Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
MONDAY, Aug. 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Advocates for the use of the psychedelic drug MDMA (midomafetamine) to treat mental...
