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Lawmakers probe FDA approval of Ranbaxy drugs - Reuters UK
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two leading U.S. Democrats said on Tuesday they are investigating whether Food and Drug Administration knowingly allowed the sale of Ranbaxy drugs that may have been backed by fraudulent data. The congressional investigation
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NexMed Receives FDA Response for ED Product - PR Inside
- NexMed, Inc. Mark Westgate, 609-371-8123, ext: 159 CFO mwestgate@nexmed.com or Investor Relations: Rx Communications Group, LLC Paula Schwartz, 917-322-2216 pschwartz@rxir.com NexMed, Inc. (Nasdaq: NEXM), today announced the receipt of a non
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FDA may ease rule on China seafood - USA Today
The Food and Drug Administration may loosen restrictions imposed last year on Chinese seafood processors following recent inspections of some firms in that country, a senior FDA official says. The FDA restricted imports of five types of Chinese
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FDA, CDC back Merck's Gardasil shot as safe - Reuters UK
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Merck & Co's Gardasil vaccine remains safe and effective for protecting women and girls from a virus that causes cervical cancer, U.S. officials said on Tuesday after reviewing thousands of reports of health problems. Consumers
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U.S. lawmakers probe FDA approval of Ranbaxy drugs - Reuters India
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two leading U.S. Democrats said on Tuesday they are investigating whether Food and Drug Administration knowingly allowed the sale of Ranbaxy drugs that may have been backed by fraudulent data. The congressional investigation
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Salmonella found in a fresh jalapeno: FDA - Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has found a jalapeno pepper contaminated with a strain of salmonella that has sickened more than 1,200 people, officials said on Monday. The pepper, which showed up at a south Texas
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Nation/World briefs - Detroit News
WASHINGTON -- A federal rescue of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could cost taxpayers $25 billion, congressional budget experts said Tuesday, as lawmakers put finishing touches on legislation that would tap the troubled mortgage giants' profits to help
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How Whole Is Whole Grain? - BusinessWeek
(page 2 of 2) Of course, how many of those products are made wholly from whole grain is anybody's guess. "The food industry is notorious for making nutrition claims even when reality is far removed from the appearance, and whole grains is a classic
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Alaska House OKs Natural Gas Pipeline Plan - FOX News
JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska's House of Representatives has approved a company's plan to pursue a natural gas pipeline that could unlock 4.5 billion cubic feet of gas reserves a day. The House backed the plan on a 24-16 vote Tuesday. A reconsideration
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Salmonella found on pepper; FDA strengthens warning - CNN
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Investigators had a "significant break" in tracking the salmonella outbreak when they found the bacteria on a jalapeño pepper imported from Mexico at a Texas food supplier, the Food and Drug Administration announced Monday. The
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