Food and Drug Administration News

TAIPEI, Taiwan --Ministry of Economic Affairs chief Chang Chia-chu yesterday denied a report that the ministry has hidden research showing that antrodia camphorate , however, chose not to publish the research that was finished last February, the reports claimed.

Merck , known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today provided the following statement after the conclusion of the Peripheral and Central Nervous System Drugs Advisory Committee meeting of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration about suvorexant, Merck's investigational medicine to treat insomnia.

Activists supporting Hershberger have set up camp across the street from the Sauk County courthouse, in the Al Ringling Theatre.

A federal panel of medical experts said that an experimental insomnia drug from Merck & Co.

Medical device maker Scanadu is looking to gain strength for its in-development tricorder-like sensor on crowd-funding site Indiegogo .

Farmers work at terraced fields in Hunan province, the provenance of much of the rice found to be contaminated by Guangzhou authorities.

The ACs are humming all over the neighborhood, and local beaches are crowded, as residents and visitors alike bask in the sun waiting for the afternoon sea breeze to cool things off just a bit.

Cindy Baldwin, 24, sits at her piano these days and plays a different tune. Life's music has never been better.

A Tennessee pharmacist has admitted distributing a misbranded Chinese-made drug that was given to kidney dialysis patients in Kansas.

Mei Foods has allegedly used expired ingredients in its food making process - a criminal act that will be investigated by local health departments, Food and Drug Administration Director-General Kang Jaw-jou said yesterday.

The US Food and Drug Administration has accepted Nutrition 21's inositol-stabilized arginine silicate as a New Dietary Ingredient .

Lonza says it is raising awareness of the role horseshoe crabs play in QC endotoxin detection tests, and its PyroGene Assay can provide a sustainable alternative.

Cattle feeders in the U.S. are coping with reduced herds and high corn costs in part by increasing their use of growth-inducing drugs designed to bulk up animals, get more pounds of beef from each carcass and circumvent the drought's withering effects on the food cycle.

US authorities are suing a fish processor based in Brooklyn, New York, for manufacturing ready-to-eat fish products under insanitary conditions, with inadequate safety procedures.

ADC Biotechnology says demand for antibody drug conjugates services has skyrocketed as it receives a second financial boost to development in four months.

Dermatologists are saying that new federally mandated labeling laws for sunscreens should help Americans make smarter choices when it comes to products that provide the best sun protection.

A May 22 web seminar from the Food and Drug Administration will give food industry professionals how-to direction on building food defense plans for their facilities.

Back-ups at U.S. ports and U.S.-Mexican border crossings are projected to grow worse as governmental agencies grapple with continued staffing shortages, import volumes increase and looming food safety regulations that likely will increase inspections.

Federal health regulators say an experimental insomnia drug from Merck can help patients fall asleep, but it also carries worrisome side effects, including daytime drowsiness and suicidal thinking.

The world is expanding , but unfortunately it's not the global economy whose waistline needs to go up a size.