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FDA probes death of patient on Sarepta's Elevidys, partner Roche says death unrelated to therapy
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday it was investigating the death of an eight-year-old boy who received ...
Lawmakers press FDA to target knockoff weight-loss drug
Dozens of lawmakers are urging US health regulators to crack down on the booming market for knockoff weight-loss drugs amid ...
US FDA extends review of Bayer's menopause relief drug
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has extended its review of Bayer's experimental menopause relief drug, the German ...
EU regulator green lights an injectable HIV drug that could help stop transmission
The European Medicines Agency has recommended authorizing a twice-yearly injectable drug to prevent HIV. Scientists say this ...
Layoffs, shutdowns and billions up in smoke. What's wrong with Bay Area biotech?
BioMarin Pharmaceuticals is one of many biotech companies that’s laid off workers over the past two years. Its office in ...
100 days into the job, FDA head talks to CNN about agency goals— and Coke’s switch to sugar
Commissioner Marty Makary says the FDA will plow ahead with big plans on ultra process foods, dietary guidelines and ...
This woman was prescribed antidepressants. She was in menopause and needed another drug.
Her doctor prescribed an antidepressant, even though the then 36-year-old insisted she wasn’t depressed. She even went to ...
FDA names former pharmaceutical company executive to oversee US drug program
FDA Commissioner Marty Makary announced that Dr. George Tidmarsh, a cancer and pediatric specialist, will direct the agency’s ...
Biotech exec George Tidmarsh picked as FDA's chief drug regulator
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration named ex-biotech exec George Tidmarsh as its chief drug regulator. FDA Commissioner ...
FDA appoints biotech veteran George Tidmarsh to lead drug evaluation division
Stanford's George Tidmarsh has authored 143 scientific papers and patents, as well as played a central role in developing ...
Millions of Americans Need These Drugs. RFK Jr.’s Minions Have Them in Their Crosshairs.
The FDA is spreading lies about medications people need—and starting their attack by targeting pregnant women.
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An unusual FDA panel on antidepressant use during pregnancy elevated skeptics of the drugs
An unusual FDA panel on antidepressant use during pregnancy elevated clinicians and researchers who are deeply skeptical of ...