FDA NEWS

FDA may change how it labels which drugs are safe during pregnancy - Minneapolis Star Tribune
WASHINGTON - Doctors may soon get a new way to tell which medications are safe for women to use during pregnancy and when they breastfeed. Today, prescription drugs carry a code in the fine print of their labels that rank their pregnancy safety
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FDA Proposes New Drug Labels for Pregnant Women - KVIA.com
WEDNESDAY, May 28 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. health officials proposed Wednesday changes to the labels on prescription drugs that would detail potential health effects for pregnant and breast-feeding women, their fetuses or their newborns. If enacted
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Glaxo, Ligand drug gets negative FDA assessment - MSN MoneyCentral
NEW YORK (AP) - A Food and Drug Advisory Committee said Wednesday GlaxoSmithKline's blood-clotting disorder drug Promacta is no more effective than placebo, sending shares of longtime partner Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc. plunging to a new low. On
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Glaxo's Promacta has little effect-US FDA staffer - Reuters
WASHINGTON, May 28 (Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline Plc's (GSK.L: Quote , Profile , Research ) (GSK.N: Quote , Profile , Research ) Promacta, an experimental platelet-boosting drug, did not help control bleeding any better than a placebo, a U.S. Food and
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