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FDA approves use of animal drugs to treat New World Screwworm

The Food and Drug Administration has authorized emergency use of animal drugs to treat and prevent infestations of the New ...

AbbVie targets psychedelic-based depression drug market with $1.2 billion deal

AbbVie will buy an experimental depression drug from partner Gilgamesh Pharmaceuticals for up to $1.2 billion, the companies ...

US FDA approves Ionis' drug for rare genetic disorder

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved Ionis Pharmaceuticals' drug to prevent instances of severe ...
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FDA says it will publish reports of adverse events tied to drugs on daily basis

The FDA said it has begun publishing reports of adverse events concerning drugs on a daily basis, instead of quarterly, as it ...

A Common Weight Loss Drug Can Treat Severe Liver Disease, F.D.A. Says

The Food and Drug Administration approved the weight loss drug Wegovy to treat an increasingly prevalent liver disease on ...

People’s Pharmacy: Is there a way to petition the FDA to change a drug’s classification?

A. The Food and Drug Administration has approved montelukast to treat asthma, exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (trouble ...

FDA’s new expert panels are rife with financial conflicts and fringe views

A series of panels convened by the Food and Drug Administration is raising concerns that the agency is skirting federal rules ...
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FDA approves Ionis drug that prevents swelling attacks caused by a rare disease

Ionis Pharmaceuticals won FDA approval for a drug that prevents painful swelling attacks triggered by a rare genetic ...

Texas, Florida ask to join mifepristone case, boosting effort to ban abortion drug

Texas and Florida, which have near-total abortion bans, said nationwide access to mifepristone makes it impossible for the ...

Metformin: Science finds new benefits from an old drug

A relatively old drug -- metformin -- may hold the key to preventing life-threatening illness and bolstering human longevity, ...

US FDA declines to approve PTC Therapeutics' oral drug for rare genetic disorder

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has denied approval for PTC Therapeutics' oral medication for a rare genetic disorder ...
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Radiation Rumble as Jacksonville Company and Others Urgently Recall Frozen Shrimp Amid Radioactive Scare

Recalled frozen shrimp may contain radioactive contaminants, specifically Cesium-137, with products from Beaver Street Fisheries and Southwind Foods LLC affected.