FDA NEWS

FDA inspectors head to Fla., Mexico tomato farms - MSNBC
NEW YORK - Food and Drug Administration inspectors are heading for farms in Florida and Mexico, as new clues emerge to the possible source of salmonella-tainted tomatoes that have now sickened 552 people. The FDA wouldn’t say where in Florida and
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GSK Update on FDA Review of Promacta(R) (Eltrombopag) - Biloxi Sun Herald
GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK) today announced that the United States Food and Drug Administration has extended the priority review period for PROMACTA(R) (eltrombopag) for the short-term treatment of previously treated patients with chronic idiopathic
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Group sues FDA to get risky painkiller off market - Houston Chronicle
WASHINGTON — A prescription painkiller sold under such names as Darvon and Darvocet is too risky to stay on the market, a consumer advocacy group argued today in suing the Food and Drug Administration. Public Citizen petitioned the FDA two years
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Merck cholesterol drug likely delayed until 2013 - Boston Globe
WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J.— Merck & Co. said Friday it will probably be 2013 before regulators reconsider approval of the cholesterol drug the company was counting on to rejuvenate sales growth. The Food and Drug Administration rejected the drug in
Source: www.boston.com