FDA NEWS

Tainted tomato cases reach 552 - 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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Ligand Partner GlaxoSmithKline Receives FDA Extended Priority Review - MSN MoneyCentral
Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated LGND announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has extended the priority review period for GlaxoSmithKline ’ s (GSK) New Drug Application (NDA) for PROMACTA ® (eltrombopag) for the short-term
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FDA Requests Seizure of Animal Food Products at PETCO Distribution - WebWire
Today, at the request of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), U.S. Marshals seized various animal food products stored under unsanitary conditions at the PETCO Animal Supplies Distribution Center located in Joliet, Ill., pursuant to a warrant
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Ligand says FDA extends blood-clot drug review - CNBC
NEW YORK - Drug developer Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc. said after the bell Friday the Food and Drug Administration will take an additional three months to review its experimental blood-clotting drug Promacta. The drug, which Ligand developed with
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FDA says deaths with heart imaging drugs continue - Boston Globe
WASHINGTON— Despite previous warnings to physicians, drugs used to improve medical images of the heart continue to be linked to serious side effects and some deaths, regulators said Friday. The Food and Drug Administration said that since October
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