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The FDA has said biosimilars can use different drug delivery devices than their reference products in its long-awaited guidance.

One year after The Food Safety Modernization was signed, food industry professionals are learning more about the FSMA and finding job opportunities in helping secure the nation's food resources.

Bost Distributing Company doing business as Harold Food Company, a Bear Creek, N.C. establishment, is recalling approximately 1,200 pounds of chicken salad products.

CardioComm Solutions, Inc. completed a recent interview with the Wall Street Reporter and an upcoming Ad in USA Today mark the beginning of a Marketing Communications Campaign in support of the company' entry into the Health Market with their recently announced Food and Drug Administration clear HeartCheck Pen Hand Held ECG targeted at consumers.

Main Category: Lymphoma / Leukemia / Myeloma Also Included In: Regulatory Affairs / Drug Approvals ; Pharmacy / Pharmacist Article Date: 12 Feb 2012 - 8:00 PST Methotrexate, a drug used to treat acute lymphoblastic leukemia , the most common childhood leukemia , is now also in short supply in the USA, along with several other lifesaving drugs.

ADHD Atlanta treatment for Adult ADHD is now available at the Atlanta Center for Adult ADHD, a specialty medical practice dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of Adult ADHD.

A vital medicine to treat childhood leukemia is in very short supply. Food and Drug Administration associate director Valerie Jensen calls the situation dire.

Jim Smith suffers from a type of cancer that requires a currently unavailable drug.

A cancer drug has succeeded in reversing Alzheimer's disease in its early stages in mice, according to a new study.

A Southern California firm is recalling an herbal female sexual enhancement supplement because it contains a drug not listed on the label.

Medication used to treat the most common form of childhood leukemia is in short supply, adding to the largest nationwide shortage of critical lifesaving hospital medications in nearly a decade.

An expert panel at the Food and Drug Administration has given a thumbs-down to a drug made by Astex Pharmaceuticals and Eisai for which the two had sought approval as a treatment for leukemia.

Want to really embrace the quantitative self? Forget tracking your sleep and start tracking your dental hygiene.

Food and Drug Administration for its generic version of Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s Beyaz oral contraceptive.Bayer HealthCare, along with parent Bayer Pharma AG , and ... Read the full story at Fox Business US says Twitter rumors claiming death of North Korea leader Kim Jong-un 'untrue' United States officials have said that rumors ... (more)

Food and Drug Administration officials were "engaged" and "receptive" during a meeting with the Council for Responsible Nutrition this week about its controversial draft guidance on new dietary ingredients , says the CRN.

Government health officials have received more than 500 reports since November of illnesses in dogs who ate chicken jerky pet treats.

NeurogesX Inc., a specialty drugmaker that has never reported an annual profit, failed to win the backing of a U.S. advisory panel for its patch to relieve painful nerve damage commonly associated with HIV.

The FDA's statement came in response to a Washington Post article last month that reported that the FDA intercepted and stored the Gmail communications of a group of agency doctors who raised concerns with Congress about the agency approving cancer-screening and other devices despite the doctors' determinations that the devices were not safe or ... (more)

St. Petersburg, FL -- A new Food and Drug Administration study of lead in lipstick found the problem is worse than previously reported back in 2007 and more widespread.

Shippensburg University has caught national attention with the controversial contraceptive Plan B, also known as the morning after pill.