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28 min ago | Applied Clinical Trials

Takeda And Lundbeck Present Results From Pivotal Phase 3 Clinical...

These data will be presented at the 2013 American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting in The objective of these four studies was to evaluate the efficacy and safety profile of vortioxetine in doses ranging from 10-20 mg per day, complementing other studies in the New Drug Application submission package that included dose ranges of 5-20 mg per ... (more)

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Related Topix: Depression, Health, Cymbalta, Duloxetine (generic)

Sat May 18, 2013

Prairie Advocate

Raw Milk Regulations and Transparency: Who Needs Them, and Why?PART 4 ...

In the past few weeks, you may have asked yourselves,"Why should I care about Raw Milk regulations? I don't drink raw milk." Does this concern Illinois citizens? In February, Gov.

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Related Topix: Drink, Milk, Illinois, Pat Quinn, US Governors, Food Science, Bloomington, IL

The Motley Fool

Will ASCO Unlock Big Value in This Cancer Drug Class?

The single, easiest way to keep track of all the stocks that matter... Your own personalized stock watchlist! It's a 100% FREE Motley Fool service... ) cancer wonder drug Avastin has been a godsend to cancer patients and investors alike.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Science / Technology, Biotech

The Inter-Mountain

ServSafe Food Safety course to be offered

The West Virginia University Randolph County Extension Service will host a ServSafe certification course and exam on May 29 and 30.

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Related Topix: Food Science, West Virginia University

FoodNavigator

'Got aspartame in your kids' milk?' FDA urged to reject flavoured milk sweetener petition

US consumer group SumOfUs has plastered its new " Got Aspartame in your kids' milk?" poster on buses destined for Food and Drug Administration HQ, in a last-ditch attempt to convince the authority not to approve a proposed amendment to the standard identity for milk.

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Related Topix: Life, Healthcare Law, Food, Law, Aspartame, Family, Kids

Medical Daily

NYC Fish Processors Face Contamination Suit, FDA Seeks Preliminary Injunction

The U.S. Department of Justice demanded an injunction Friday on behalf of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration against New York City Fish, Inc.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Environmental Law

Packer

FDA has pedal to the metal on regulations

Tom Stenzel, president and chief executive officer of the Washington, D.C.-based United Fresh Produce Association, made an interesting analogy along those lines at a May 16 workshop of wholesalers and distributors during United Fresh's show.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Food Science, Opinion

Fri May 17, 2013

Applied Clinical Trials

Oramed Receives FDA Clearance to Initiate Oral Insulin Trials in the U.S.

Oramed Pharmaceuticals Inc. , a developer of oral drug delivery systems, announced today that the United States Food and Drug Administration has cleared the Company's Investigational New Drug application for ORMD-0801, its oral insulin capsule.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Medicine, Law, Insulin (generic), Humulin, Novolin, Diabetes, Health

The Motley Fool

3 Most Important Upcoming FDA Decisions of 2013

Keep track of the stocks that matter to you. Help yourself with the Fool's FREE and easy new watchlist service today.

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KSL-TV

West Jordan man pleads guilty to falsely advertising, selling Viagra-like drug

A West Jordan man charged with selling a Viagra-like drug as a natural supplement has pleaded guilty to charges in two separate federal indictments.

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Related Topix: West Jordan, UT

Times of Oman

FDA approves Roche diagnostic for gene mutation in lung cancer

A logo of Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche is pictured at a company's building in Rotkreuz, April 12, 2012.

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Related Topix: Health, Lung Cancer

NutraIngredients-USA

Former FDA official on GMO labeling: 'Science doesn't always win'

Whether the food industry likes it or not, when it comes to GMO labeling, the " train appears to have left the station", according to former FDA associate commissioner of foods Dr David Acheson.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, US News, Barbara Boxer, US Politics, US Senate, Democrat, Peter DeFazio, US House of Representatives, Life, Food, Nutrition

WJRT

Look for new, improved sunscreen labels

FRIDAY, May 10 -- New labeling laws for sunscreen will help American consumers choose the product that provides the best sun protection, experts say.

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Related Topix: Skin Cancer, Medicine, Health, Cancer, Dermatology, Sundown, Bullfrog, Sunscreens (generic), Healthcare Law, Law

Philly.com

Teva treads lightly in morning-after controversy

The recent controversy surrounding the morning-after contraceptive pill called Plan B One-Step has been argued in political, regulatory, and legal circles.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Brooklyn, NY, New York, NY, Second Circuit Court of Appeals, US News, Marketing

Today's TMJ4

Dirty Dining at 30,000 feet

There's a running joke about how bad the food served on planes can be, but taste might not be the biggest concern.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Food, Gate Gourmet, Healthcare Law, Law

Thu May 16, 2013

Product Defect News

Generic Drug Maker Pleads Guilty, Agrees to Pay $500 Million in Fines

Ranbaxy, an India-based generic drug manufacturer, has pleaded guilty to federal drug safety violations and has agreed to pay $500 million in fines to resolve claims that it sold substandard drugs, The New York Times reports.

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Business Journal

Janssen Biotech drug gets FDA nod

The Food and Drug Administration approved the use of Janssen Biotech's Simponi for the treatment of moderately-to-severely active ulcerative colitis in adult patients who have demonstrated corticosteroid dependence or did not respond to other therapies.

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Related Topix: Ulcerative Colitis

WTHR-TV Indianapolis

New drug may help immune system fight cancer

An experimental drug that taps the power of the body's immune system to fight cancer is shrinking tumors in patients for whom other treatments have failed, an early study shows.

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Related Topix: Ambien, Zolpidem (generic), Medicine

Food Quality News

Clostridium botulinum fears prompt FDA action

A fear that carrot and beet juice from a US company could be contaminated with Clostridium botulinum has prompted the US Food and Drug Administration to warn consumers about the potential health risks.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Food Science

Reuters

FDA approves J&J's Simponi to treat ulcerative colitis

The Food and Drug Administration has approved Johnson & Johnson's drug Simponi for patients with moderate to severe ulcerative colitis, an inflammatory disease affecting the colon.

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Related Topix: Ulcerative Colitis, Health, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Medicine, Arthritis