FDA NEWS

The latest safety tips on eating tomatoes - Newsday
Avoid raw red plum, red Roma or red round tomatoes unless they were grown in specific states or countries that the Food and Drug Administration has cleared of suspicion. Check the Web site www.fda.gov for an updated list. Also safe are grape tomatoes
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Salmonella can ride water into tomatoes - Monterey County Herald
Mark Roh, U.S. Food and Drug Administration's acting regional director holds a bag of tomatoes being tested for salmonella bacteria at FDA's southwest regional research lab in Irvine. WASHINGTON — Pick a tomato in the blazing sun and plunge it
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Sirion Therapeutics Announces FDA Approval of Durezol(TM) for - PR Newswire
TAMPA, Fla., June 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Sirion Therapeutics, Inc., a privately held ophthalmic-focused biopharmaceutical company, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its new drug application for Durezol(TM
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FDA delays decision on Eli Lilly blood clot drug - Forbes
Eli Lilly shares hit a new 52-week low Tuesday, a day after the company announced the Food and Drug Administration needed three more months to review its blood thinner drug. The FDA did not ask for new clinical trials, but company spokeswoman Tammy
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Ranbaxy gets U.S. FDA approval to make, market Valganciclovir HCI - Forbes
MUMBAI (Thomson Financial) - India's Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. said it received approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration to manufacture and market Valganciclovir HCI tablets, used in the treatment of cytomegalovirus (CMV
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Briefs: Nokia Buys Software Maker; Detroit Newspapers Offering Buyouts - The Ledger
Nokia Corp. is buying the consortium that makes the software for its phones and making it available for free to other manufacturers, in hopes of blunting the influence of competing software providers. Nokia said Tuesday that it is offering to buy the
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Water In Tomatoes Can Be A Breeding Ground for Salmonella - Redorbit.com
As the Food and Drug Administration investigates a national salmonella outbreak, researchers are finding the farm isn't the only place tomatoes are contaminated. Something as simple as washing a tomato can make it susceptible to both bacteria and
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FDA delays decision on Eli Lilly blood clot drug - NWI.com
INDIANAPOLIS - Eli Lilly shares hit a new 52-week low Tuesday, a day after the company announced the Food and Drug Administration needed three more months to review its blood thinner drug. The FDA did not ask for new clinical trials, but company
Source: www.thetimesonline.com