Keyword: Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

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More Drugs May Be Linked to US Meningitis Outbreak

16.10.2012 - Two other drugs made by the Massachusetts pharmacy at the center of a deadly meningitis outbreak may be linked to the disease, U.S. health regulators said on Monday, potentially...

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How Compounding Pharmacies Rallied Patients to Fight Regulation

16.10.2012 - When U.S. senators met nearly a decade ago to consider the dangers of pharmacies that mix or alter drugs with little federal oversight, health officials briefed them on some...

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U.S. FDA Cracks Down on Thousands of Websites for Selling Fake Drugs

04.10.2012 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday said it has cracked down on thousands of online pharmacies for selling potentially unsafe, unapproved or fake pharmaceuticals...

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U.S. Finds No Wrongdoing in Yasmin Patent Settlement

02.10.2012 - U.S. antitrust regulators found no wrongdoing in a deal made four years ago between German drugmaker Bayer and a division of Teva Pharmaceuticals to end patent litigation over the...

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Atox Bio to Seek Funds by Year-End for More Trials

04.09.2012 - Israeli biotechnology firm Atox Bio, developing a drug it hopes can treat severe infections such as those caused by flesh-eating bacteria and deadly viruses, expects to ask...

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FDA Approves Teva Version of Amgen's Neupogen

30.08.2012 - U.S. drug regulators gave the nod to a Teva Pharmaceutical Industries drug that boosts the production of infection-fighting white blood cells in certain cancer patients receiving...

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Watson Sues FDA on Generic Diabetes Drug Ruling

15.08.2012 - Generic drugmaker Watson Pharmaceuticals sued the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, challenging a ruling against Watson's generic version of a big-selling diabetes drug, Actos...

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U.S. Health Advisers Back Two New Eye Treatments

27.07.2012 - A U.S. Food and Drug Administration panel on Thursday recommended two drugs for combating different forms of vision loss that can lead to blindness among a range of adults...