Archive for October, 2007



ReutersChina touts crackdown on tainted goodsInternational Herald Tribune, France - 8 hours agoLast summer, the government even executed the former head of the nation's food and drug administration, Zheng Xiaoyu, after he was convicted of…

A pediatrician's cough conundrumBoston Globe, United States - 3 hours agoEarly this month, just before a hearing by the Food and Drug Administration, drug companies decided to pull from the market 14 multisymptom cold and cough …FDA pus…

Food safety agency to tackle pesticide concernsLivemint, India - 52 minutes ago… saw the Indian parliament pass a new overarching food safety law last year to create an agency along the lines of the US Food and Drug Administration. …

FDA warns about 'stay awake drug' ProvigilNews-Medical.net, Australia - 1 hour agoThe US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a warning in connection with the drug Provigil because of dangerous side effects. …

Edwards: 2-year Ban On New Drug AdsGuardian Unlimited, UK - 2 hours ago“But the (Food and Drug Administration) has been an ineffective watchdog, reviewing only a small fraction of ads. “It's time to stand up to the drug …

Article:Cehpeid Inc. of Sunnyvale to help defeat dangerous 'sup:/c …San Francisco Chronicle,  USA - 11 hours agoCepheid won Food and Drug Administration approval in April for its test for a life-threatening, antibiotic-resistant form o…

Exubera Proves No Sure Bets In Drug MakingTheDay, CT - 4 hours agoThe assumptions in place when that process begins may no longer hold true years later when, and if, the drug gets Food and Drug Administration approval. …

Where do drug names come from?Asbury Park Press, NJ - 33 minutes agoAccording to the Food and Drug Administration's Web site, an 8-year-old died after receiving methadone instead of methylphenidate. A 19-year-old man showed …

Medical JournalNashua Telegraph, NH - 1 hour ago… the new strain shrugs off all antibiotics that are currently approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration to fight ear infections in children. …

Garnier’s bitter medicineTimes Online, UK - 3 hours agoA report published this year by Price Waterhouse Coopers found that in 2006, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved just 22 new molecular …

IVAX Diagnostics, Inc. Announces Change in Strategic Direction to …Business Wire (press release), CA - 5 hours ago… its previously announced target for submitting its 510(k) application for the PARSEC® System to the Food and Drug Adminis…

ReutersBarr's Generic Version of Estrostep(R) Fe Tablets ApprovedCNNMoney.com - 5 hours ago… Inc., has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) to manufacture and market…

Inside INdiana Business (press release)Prasugrel concerns slam Lilly stockIndianapolis Star, United States - 2 hours ago… maker's clot-buster called prasugrel is running into problems that are serious enough to delay or block approval f…

Epicel® cultured epidermal autografts (CEAs), or skin grafts, are sheets of autologous keratinocytes (skin cells) used to replace the epidermal, or top layer of skin on severely burned patients. The patient?s own skin cells are grown or cultured from a…

ReutersUS investigating generic antidepressant after complaintsInternational Herald Tribune, France - 2 hours agoAP TORONTO: The US Food and Drug Administration said Thursday it is investigating complaints about a generic version of the antid…




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