Food and Drug Administration News

The House voted late Wednesday to delay sweeping food safety rules that would require farmers and food companies to be more vigilant about guarding against contamination.

Glenmark Generics Inc, the US-based subsidiary of Glenmark Generics Ltd has received final approval from the US Food and Drug Administration for Riluzole tablets in 50 mg strength, Glenmark Pharma said in a statement.

The day is not far off when a prescription may also include an app to help patients manage their health.

Today, Illinois Senator Kirk along with other Republican members of the Senate health committee sent off a letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Margaret Hamburg questioning the use of FDA's resources to promote Obama care.

An international team of investigators co-led by Weill Cornell Medical College is offering a new framework for evidence-based surgery and device research, similar to the kind of risk and benefit analysis used in evidence-based medicine.

In order to fight what it described as an "obesity epidemic," the American Medical Association voted on Tuesday to recognize obesity as a disease and recommended a number of measures to fight it.

GVK Biosciences today announced that it has licensed its popular SAR, PK and Toxicity Database to the US Food and Drug Administration .

Starbucks Corp will display calorie counts for coffees and snacks at all its U.S. locations starting June 25, ahead of a federal requirement that large American food chains prominently disclose nutrition information.

Battle lines on legislation to regulate drug compounders became clearer Tuesday as a new group lobbying on the issue announced its formation.

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Nebraska-based Natura Pet Products has announced a new voluntary recall of multiple brands of dry pet food and treats.

A Miami Lakes man, his wife and his mother accused of trafficking in pharmaceutical drugs have been taken into custody and charged.

Federal regulators are investigating the deaths of two patients who received injections of a longer-lasting version of Eli Lilly's antipsychotic Zyprexa.

Santarus, Inc. and Pharming Group NV today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has accepted for filing the Biologics License Application for the investigational drug RUCONEST 50 IU/kg.

According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, U.S. nonprescription, over-the-counter medicines are among the most safely packaged consumer products in the world.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday said it was investigating the deaths of two patients who died following injections with Eli Lilly and Co's long-acting treatment for schizophrenia, called Zyprexa Relprevv.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday said it was investigating the deaths of two patients who died following injections with Eli Lilly and Co's long-acting treatment for schizophrenia, called Zyprexa Relprevv.

The Seattle-based coffee chain says it will start posting calorie counts on menu boards nationwide next week, ahead of a federal regulation that would require it to do so.

The new weight loss drug lorcaserin appears to improve blood sugar control in nondiabetic, overweight individuals, independent of the amount of weight they lose, a new study finds.

New drug approved by FDA appears to help people make a big first step toward much needed weight loss.