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FDA: Florida, Mexico suspects in tomato outbreak - Newsday
WASHINGTON - Parts of Florida and Mexico were supplying "the vast majority" of tomatoes sold when the salmonella outbreak began in April and thus remain leading suspects, the Food and Drug Administration said Friday. But the FDA hasn't narrowed its
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FDA backs new tests to monitor drug safety - San Francisco Gate
Drug regulators in the United States and Europe are encouraging pharmaceutical companies to use a set of sensitive new tests that can pick up early signs that an experimental medicine might cause kidney damage. The joint endorsement Friday of the
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Why it takes so long to trace a bad tomato - Washington Post
Resize Text WASHINGTON -- Food and Drug Administration detectives had a hot lead, narrowing down on a grower who just might have supplied salmonella-tainted tomatoes. Then the patient changed her story: She'd eaten a round tomato, not a Roma one
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FDA Considers Additional Test Results When Assessing New Drug Safety - eMaxHealth.com
In the first use of a framework allowing submission of a single application to the two agencies, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) worked together to allow drug companies to submit the results of seven
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FDA diligently pursuing source of tainted tomatoes - Houston Chronicle
WASHINGTON — Food and Drug Administration detectives had a hot lead, narrowing down on a grower who just might have supplied salmonella-tainted tomatoes. Then the patient changed her story: She'd eaten a round tomato, not a Roma one after all. "We
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J&J’s Psoriasis Drug Promising, But May Boost Cancer Risk - The Money Times
Johnson & Johnson’s new experimental psoriasis drug, Ustekinumab, appears effective at treating the severe skin disease, but extended use may raise the risk of cancer, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday. "Long-term use of
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U.S. tomato scare has Mexico frightened about lost profits - Chicago Sun-Times
MEXICO CITY -- Export-quality tomatoes labeled ''Ready to Eat'' in English flooded Mexico City markets on Thursday after a salmonella scare in the U.S. trapped them south of the border. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has warned consumers
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