FDA to start targeting high-risk homeopathic remedies US. health officials plan to crack down on a growing number of unproven alternative remedies, focusing on products containing dangerous ingredients that have occasionally been linked to serious injury and death. The Food and Drug Administration on Monday issued a new proposal for […]
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FDA approves first-of-its-kind test for cancer gene profiling FDA approves first-of-its-kind test for cancer gene profiling:- U.S. regulators have approved a first-of-a-kind test that looks for mutations in hundreds of cancer genes at once, giving a more complete picture of what’s driving a patient’s tumor and aiding efforts to match […]
FDA advisers endorse gene therapy to treat form of blindness Cole Carper, an 11-year-old boy who got the therapy when he was 8, describes how sight changed what he knew of the world. When he returned to his home in Little Rock, Arkansas, after treatment, “I looked up and said, […]
FDA targets “rogue” online pharmacies illegally selling opioids FDA targets “rogue” online pharmacies illegally selling opioids:- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is cracking down on more than 500 websites that it says were illegally selling potentially dangerous, unapproved versions of opioids and other prescription drugs to American consumers. The […]
