Regulatory Affairs Syndicator

Mylan Lab siad the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted tentative approval for Carvedilol, a generic version of GlaxoSmithKine’s Coreg, a drug used in the treatment of high blood pressure.

Replidyne, Inc. and Forest Laboratories, Inc. announced today that the New Drug Application for faropenem medoxomil has been accepted for standard review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration .

Drug maker Mylan Laboratories Inc. said Thursday that the Food and Drug Administration granted tentative approval for its generic version of GlaxoSmithKline PLC’s beta-blocker Coreg.

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International received an approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for less-restrictive labelling for Tasmar (tolcapone), the company’s COMT (catechol-O-methyltransferase) inhibitor product for Parkinson’s disease patients undergoing treatment with levodopa/carbidopa.

Regular table salt is 99.7 percent sodium chloride. The federal Food and Drug Administration says adults should eat no more than 2,300 milligrams a day — or just less than a teaspoon.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said yesterday that drugmakers had flooded it with commercials for review under their new advertising-ethics code.

Regular table salt is 99.7 percent sodium chloride. The federal Food and Drug Administration says adults should eat no more than 2,300 milligrams a day — or just less than a teaspoon.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration clarified its definition of “whole grains” last week, several months after recommending that Americans incorporate more whole grains in their diets.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The first generic version of GlaxoSmithKline’s GSK.L GSK.N widely-used allergy spray Flonase won U.S. approval on Wednesday, but the drugmaker said it might take legal action against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The first generic version of GlaxoSmithKline’s ( GSK.L ) widely-used allergy spray Flonase won U.S. approval on Wednesday, but the drugmaker said it might take legal action against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Amid criticism of a backlog of generic drug applications, Food and Drug Administration officials held a news conference to announce the approval of a generic allergy spray.

A recent study by the Food and Drug Administration says the birth control patch may double the risk of blood clots in comparison to risks from the birth control pill.

Despite objections from dermatologists, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will stick to March 1 as the start date for iPledge, a program designed to prevent birth defects caused by an acne drug.

(Wheaton, MD - AP) - Montgomery County, Maryland, will sue the Food and Drug Administration in an attempt to overturn the agency’s decision not to grant the county a waiver to import prescription drugs from Canada for public employees.

Duncan to announce lawsuit Thursday in visit to Wheaton senior center Montgomery County will sue the Food and Drug Administration in an attempt to overturn the agency’s decision not to grant the county a waiver to import prescription drugs from Canada for public employees.