News tagged with drug safety
Related topics: food and drug administration
New test puts the squeeze on horseshoe crabs
If new technology under development proves out, horseshoe crabs will have to undergo fewer blood donations.
Jun 30, 2011 |
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'Catch and release' program could improve nanoparticle safety assessment
(PhysOrg.com) -- Depending on whom you ask, nanoparticles are, potentially, either one of the most promising or the most perilous creations of science. These tiny objects can deliver drugs efficiently and ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jun 08, 2011 |
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Court orders FDA action on antibiotic use on farms
(AP) -- A federal court judge has ordered the Food and Drug Administration to take action on its own 35-year-old rule that would stop farmers from mixing popular antibiotics into animal feed, a practice which is widely believed ...
Mar 23, 2012 |
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FDA: Breast implant problems grow with time
Don't expect breast implants to last for life, the government warned Wednesday: About 1 in 5 women who receive them for cosmetic reasons will have them removed within 10 years, and those odds are even higher ...
Jun 22, 2011 |
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Consumer views on cloned products breed different results, study shows
Not all consumers share the same attitudes toward animal cloning, but the latest research from Sean Fox, Kansas State University professor of agricultural economics, shows that Americans may be more accepting of consuming ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 21, 2011 |
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E. coli outbreak points to gaps in US food system
(AP) -- The nasty form of E. coli hitting Europe points out gaps in the U.S. food safety system that raise concern that similar outbreaks might happen here.
Jun 02, 2011 |
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FDA device regulator faces critics from both sides
(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration is approving medical devices too slowly. Or too quickly - depending on whom you ask.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Feb 17, 2011 |
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FDA plans modest changes to medical device system
(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration is laying out plans to update the 35-year-old system used to approve most medical devices, which has been subject to increasing criticism by public safety advocates.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jan 19, 2011 |
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FDA overhaul aims to increase food safety
On January 4, President Barack Obama signed the Food Safety Modernization Act into law. The bill has been called a "sweeping overhaul" of the Food and Drug Administration, the first major update to the FDA's powers since ...
Jan 18, 2011 |
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Senate passes bill to boost food safety
(AP) -- The Senate passed legislation Tuesday to make food safer in the wake of deadly E. coli and salmonella outbreaks, potentially giving the government broad new powers to increase inspections of food ...
Nov 30, 2010 |
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Diabetes drug may have killed 500 in France: authorities
French health authorities sounded an alert Tuesday to patients who took a diabetes drug believed to have killed 500 people over three decades in France before it was banned last year.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Nov 16, 2010 |
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US mulls approval of genetically engineered salmon
US authorities have begun to consider approval for the first time the sale of genetically engineered salmon, a move that some say could open the door to more transgenic animals on American dinner tables.
Sep 06, 2010 |
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Salmonella find links 2 Iowa farms to egg recall
(AP) -- Food and Drug Administration officials say they have found positive samples of salmonella that link two Iowa farms to a massive egg recall.
Aug 26, 2010 |
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FDA: only 2 egg farms so far show salmonella
(AP) -- Food and Drug Administration officials said Monday that there is no evidence a massive outbreak of salmonella in eggs has spread beyond two Iowa farms, though a team of investigators is still trying ...
Aug 23, 2010 |
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When is a drug too risky to stay on the market?
(AP) -- The arthritis pill Vioxx was withdrawn but menopause hormones were not, even though both were tied to heart risks. A multiple sclerosis medicine was pulled and later allowed back on. So, when is a drug too risky to ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jun 30, 2010 |
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