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I used to work at the F.D.A. The Abortion Pill decision is dangerous
Texas Republican Representative Tony Gonzales said that his party could use its House Majority to punish the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) if the agency took such a step. His comment comes after a US federal judge in Texas invalidated the FDA’s approval of mifepristone, a medication used safely by hundreds of thousands of women…
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The FDA removed the only approved drug that prevented premature birth
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has rejected a drug developed by Covisant that was supposed to prevent preterm birth and improve neonatal outcomes. FDA said that the scientific research and medical communities haven’t found a treatment that is effective in preventing preterm birth and improving neonatal outcomes. “Faced with that powerless feeling, is…
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I’m not sure what the taste is of lab-grown meat
New York-based lab-grown meat startup Ivy Farm has unveiled its new 18,000-square-foot plant in Singapore, which it claims is the biggest in Europe. The plant, dubbed ‘Betty’, has a 159-gallon bioreactor and a test kitchen. Earlier, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had said for the first time that a lab-grown meat product is…
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The CDC reports that booster shots reduce the risk of hospitalization
US HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra on Friday said that a report from the Food and Drug Administration “doubles down on the work we’re doing on vaccination”, adding that it’s important to get the right information out to Americans who can benefit and “stay alive, stay healthy, stay out of the hospital and help us defeat…
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The Biden administration is being sued over abortion pill rules
Walgreens said it won’t sell the first of two drugs in the abortion process in 20 states. This comes after GOP attorneys general in some states wrote to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) asking it to revoke its ban on the medication abortion drug mifepristone. The US Supreme Court last year ruled that women…
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Alzheimer’s and A.L.S. have in common
US’ Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has said it would not require companies that develop drugs to conduct confirmatory trials before gaining accelerated approval from it. It added that the companies will have to provide more frequent updates from follow-up studies. The agency also said that it can require drugmakers to have begun confirmatory studies…
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The FDA wants to make it easier for patients to get abortion pills
The US Food and Drug Administration has said that misoprostol, the generic version of mifepristone, will remain available in the country under single-Drug Arrangements for Medication Abortions (REDS) programme. The program will allow women in states where abortion is against the law to receive single-Drug Arrangements for Medication Abortions via telemedicine or at a doctor’s…
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The drugs that have come to light are the breakthrough obese drugs
Wegovy was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of obesity within six months of its approval. It is the first drug to be approved for the treatment of obesity by the FDA in 11 years. The drug’s effectiveness was tested in a clinical trial that found that it led…
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The drugs that have surprised researchers are the breakthrough weight loss drugs.
Semaglutide, a drug used to treat diabetes, was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2021 for weight loss for adults with obesity. It was approved for use in patients with type 2 diabetes who’re at high risk of developing complications from the disease. It is also used to treat heart disease…
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Is lecanemab the key to changing the course of Alzheimer’s disease?
US’ Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is considering an accelerated approval for a drug to treat Alzheimer’s disease. Leqembi, developed by Biogen and Eisai, reduced marker of amyloid in Alzheimer’s patients’ brains and was associated with less decline in cognitive function than a placebo. The drug is currently being tested in a Phase 3 clinical…
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Some major drugstores are going to sell abortion pills, but they won’t be in every state.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has allowed the use of misoprostol and mifepristone in telemedicine to reduce the risk of late-stage abortions. However, the FDA said that the drugs are still banned in states where they are restricted or banned by state laws. The FDA said it is looking to expand its REMS…
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The FDA has finalized the expansion of abortion pill availability.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has changed the label on mifepristone, a drug used to terminate pregnancies of up to 10 weeks, to warn patients about the risks of excessive bleeding. It’s now listed as being used to terminate pregnancies between 10 and 20 weeks of pregnancy. In 2012, the US Supreme Court…
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What is the flavour of lab-grown meat?
California-based Upside Foods is waiting on the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to greenlight its first cultivated meat products, including chicken fillet. The company’s co-founder and cardiologist Uma Valeti said she dreamt of a way to “grow” meat in a production facility, by culturing animal cells. Founded in 2012, Upside Foods claims to be…
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The war on drugs is about to end.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday released a new set of guidelines for doctors on prescribing opioid painkillers. The new guidelines do not include specific limits on the dose and duration of an opioid prescription. They also warn against rapidly tapering or discontinuing the prescriptions of patients who are already taking opioids,…