FDA warnings

Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius vowed on Tuesday to make the Food and Drug Administration a “world class” regulatory agency and… »   

U.S. regulators warned nine companies on Tuesday to stop selling 14 unapproved narcotic pain medicines, part of an ongoing effort… »   

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday defended its ongoing efforts to improve clinical trial oversight and protect patients… »   

The Obama administration should appoint a senior food safety official within the Food and Drug Administration as a first step… »   

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration needs to improve its oversight of vitamins and other dietary supplements as reports… »   

A class of drugs used to treat stomach disorders needs to carry a strong warning about the risk of involuntary,… »   

U.S. President Barack Obama’s budget backs a plan to allow people to buy cheaper medicines from other countries, which… »   

Two batches of a Novartis meningitis C vaccine containing a total of 17,000 doses have been recalled in Britain due… »   

A plant owned by Indian generic drugmaker Ranbaxy Laboratories falsified data and test results in approved and pending drug applications,… »   

Former U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Andrew von Eschenbach has joined a consulting firm that advises pharmaceutical and… »   

An epilepsy drug used to treat partial seizures in adults can cause excessive acidity of the blood in some patients,… »   

China has banned actors and other “non-accredited personnel” from playing medical experts in advertisements for drugs after an Internet-led… »   

Vigabatrin (Sabril), first intention molecule for the treatment of epilepsy in children, in many cases produces secondary effects that lead… »   

U.S. makers of opioid painkillers will have to take stronger measures to prevent misuse and abuse of the addictive prescription… »   

The head of Britain’s narcotics advisory board has apologised after saying the drug ecstasy was less dangerous than horse riding,… »