Regulatory Affairs Syndicator

Biogen Idec notified healthcare professionals that the drug Amevive (alefacept) which is used to treat severe chronic plaque psoriasis, is contraindicated in patients infected with HIV. Amevive reduces CD4+ T lymphocytes, which might accelerate HIV …

An important FDA program called "MedWatch" allows health care professionals and consumers to report serious problems that they suspect are associated with the medical products they prescribe, dispense, or use. These reports, along with follow-up inve…

The Institute for Safe Medication Practices recently described several cases where the brand name of one drug was mistaken for the generic name of another. Salagen, a brand name for pilocarpine, is used to treat the dry mouth symptoms caused by Sjog…

Agriculture Attaché of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Michael Riedel, stationed in New Delhi, in a recent letter to the secretary of the Ministry of Food sought his endorsement to the US Bio Terrorism Act’.

KCBD - It might help you lose weight just thinking about this…you could be eating crushed up bugs and not even know it. The is proposing that food products list cochineal extract or carmine if it contains it, because that …

Beaufort Gazette - WASHINGTON (AP) - A drug to treat adult chronic constipation with no known cause won federal approval Tuesday. Lubiprostone works by increasing the secretion of intestinal fluids, which help ease the passage of stool and alleviate symptoms associated …

WHEC TV 10 - COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - The has reportedly determined that a pet food company improperly tested or failed to test corn shipments for a deadly fungus. The tainted food is blamed for deaths and illness in dozens of dogs, some …

Scientific American - Image: LINDA STANNARD UCT/Photo Researchers, Inc. CERVICAL CANCER is caused by the human papilloma­virus ( above ). Medicine usually progresses in incremental steps. One antidepressant or cholesterol-lowering drug follows another with only …

A drug to treat adult chronic constipation with no known cause won federal approval Tuesday.

DUBLIN, Ireland — Ireland’s leading drug maker Elan Corp. PLC, which is awaiting a verdict from U.S. regulators on a key suspended drug, reported narrower net losses Tuesday and expressed hopes of a rebound …

PEOPLE'S PHARMACY Drug warnings too often ignoredHouston Chronicle, United States - 27 minutes ago… The Food and Drug Administration devised this BBW system to alert doctors to certain extraordinary dangers that require careful medical …

WASHINGTON The Food and Drug Administration has approved a drug to treat chronic adult constipation. The F-D-A says the drug increases the secretion of intestinal…

WASHINGTON The Food and Drug Administration has approved a drug to treat chronic adult constipation.

The maker of contaminated pet food that caused the deaths of dozens of dogs nationwide acknowledged Tuesday that workers at its South Carolina plant failed to follow internal testing procedures to ensure its …

Jan. 31, 2006 — The FDA and The First Years, a subsidiary of RC2 Corporation, have announced a voluntary recall of liquid-filled infant teethers due to a possible bacterial contamination of the liquid inside.