FDA NEWS

Discovery Labs' Surfaxin response to FDA delayed - Forbes
Discovery Laboratories Inc. said Thursday it plans to respond in September - much later than previously announced - to a Food and Drug Administration request for more information on its Surfaxin respiratory distress syndrome drug for premature
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FDA sued for failure to act on risky painkiller - Miami Herald
A prescription painkiller sold under such names as Darvon and Darvocet is too risky to stay on the market, a consumer advocacy group argued Thursday in suing the Food and Drug Administration. Public Citizen petitioned the FDA two years ago seeking a
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FDA issues warning to companies that claim cures for cancer - Seattle Times
WASHINGTON — Tumorex, Immune Ace, Ellagic Insurance Formula, PC Hope, Pacific Ocean Shark Cartilage, Breast Cancer Tea Formula. They are all products sold to desperate cancer patients or people worried they might become one. On Tuesday, the Food
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FDA OKs breathing device used by Christopher Reeve - Los Angeles Times
CLEVELAND -- The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved a medical device tested about five years ago on actor Christopher Reeve to help him breathe without a ventilator. The implantable device, called NeuRx DPS RA/4 Respiratory
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FDA Panel Recommends Enbrel for Pediatric Patients - Washington Post
Resize Text WEDNESDAY, June 18 (HealthDay News) -- A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel recommended Wednesday that the psoriasis drug Enbrel be approved for use in children who have moderate-to-severe forms of the skin disease. The
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EnteroMedics' Data from VBLOC-RF2 Feasibility Study and VBLOC-RC - MSN MoneyCentral
EnteroMedics Inc. ETRM , the developer of medical devices using neuroblocking technology to treat obesity and other gastrointestinal disorders, announced that interim clinical results for the company's VBLOC ™ vagal blocking therapy device, the
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FDA seizes pet food products from PETCO - United Press International
WASHINGTON, June 19 (UPI) -- U.S. marshals say they have seized various pet food products stored under unsanitary conditions at a Petco distribution center in Joliet, Ill. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration requested the action under a federal
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