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WASHINGTON — Shares of Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc. continued to rise Wednesday, a day after federal health regulators issued a surprisingly favorable assessment of the company's previously rejected diet pill. The Food and Drug Administration denied …
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THURSDAY, April 12 (HealthDay News) — Two Merck & Co. drugs — one to treat hair loss in men, the other to treat an enlarged prostate gland — will get revised labels warning of potential sexual side effects that can last even after patients stop taking the drugs, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Thursday.
The Food and Drug Administration called on drug companies Wednesday to help limit the use of antibiotics given to farm animals, a decades-old practice that scientists say has contributed to a surge in dangerous, drug-resistant bacteria.
WEDNESDAY, April 11 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration unveiled Wednesday a plan to reduce the use of antibiotics in animal feed.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The government on Tuesday defended graphic tobacco labels and advertising that use pictures of rotting teeth and diseased lungs as accurate and necessary to warn consumers about the risks of smoking. The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday asked an appeals court to undo a lower court ruling that said such labels were unconstitutional, violating tobacco companies’ free-speech rights. …
The Food and Drug Administration has put a red flag on a Japanese weight loss pill that contains an ingredient supposedly responsible for causing cancer. The pills called “Japan Rapid Weight Loss Diet Pills” are distributed by a company called …
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The Food and Drug Administration is warning doctors that a second counterfeit version of the best-selling cancer drug Avastin has been found in the U.S., packaged as the Turkish brand of the medication.
The US Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday warned consumers not to take a product called “Japan Rapid Weight Loss Diet Pills” because they contain a suspected cancer-causing agent.
FRIDAY, March 30 (HealthDay News) –The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Friday that it will require the tobacco industry to report on a range of toxic chemical ingredients, and to also back up any claims for “safer” tobacco products.
The Food and Drug Administration has rejected a petition from environmentalists that would have banned the plastic-hardening chemical bisphenol-A from all food and drink packaging, including plastic bottles and canned food.
WEDNESDAY, March 28 (HealthDay News) — In a follow-up to a warning that high doses of the popular antidepressant Celexa can cause potentially fatal abnormal heart rhythms, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued new dosing and use recommendations.
TUESDAY, March 27 (HealthDay News) — Omontys (peginesatide) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat anemia in adults who require dialysis due to chronic kidney disease.