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Food and Drug Administration Wire

Comprehensive News Feed for Food and Drug Administration.

Results 1 - 20 of 42,056 in Food and Drug Administration

  1. FDA seeks advice to improve tracking of produceRead the original story

    3 min ago | Marin Independent Journal

    ... in a decade. An earlier warning advised people against eating various kinds of tomatoes. The Food and Drug Administration has asked companies and consumers to recommend ways to improve the tracing of produce throughout the distribution system. ...

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    Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Life, Food, Vegetables, Food Science, Nutrition, Marketing

  2. FDA to open office in China this yearRead the original story

    5 min ago | San Jose Mercury News

    The Food and Drug Administration will establish its first office in China before the end of the year as part of a broader plan to assure the safety of imports from the developing world.

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    Related Topix: Science / Technology

  3. Genentech's Raptiva receives new FDA warningRead the original story

    5 min ago | Marin Independent Journal

    The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday it will update the labeling of Genentech Inc.'s psoriasis drug Raptiva to highlight the risk of several bacterial and viral conditions.

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    Related Topix: Raptiva, Efalizumab (generic), Medication, Psoriasis, Medicine, Health

  4. Better tracking of produce needed, food industry and consumer groups agreeRead the original story

    11 min ago | Newsday.com

    ... in a decade. An earlier warning advised people against eating various kinds of tomatoes. The Food and Drug Administration has asked companies and consumers to recommend ways to improve the tracing of produce throughout the distribution system. ...

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    Related Topix: Life, Food, Vegetables, Food Science, Healthcare Law, Law, Nutrition, Marketing

  5. Alexza Completes Enrollment in Second Phase 3 Clinical Trial With...Read the original story

    11 min ago | The South Mississippi Sun Herald

    Alexza Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced it has completed enrollment of its second Phase 3 clinical trial of AZ-004 loxapine), treating acute agitation in patients with bipolar disorder.

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    Related Topix: Biotech, Alexza Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare Law, Law, Alexza Pharmaceuticals, Startups

  6. J&J recalls narcotic pain system sold in EuropeRead the original story

    13 min ago | The Modesto Bee

    ... to make an improvement in the manufacturing method and submitted a new application to the Food and Drug Administration this spring, Panico said. That was rejected in August, and the company is still addressing FDA's questions and trying to decide ...

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    Related Topix: Food, J and J Snack Foods, Medicine, Health, Pain, Business News

  7. Article CommentsRead the original story

    17 min ago | WZZM

    Food and Drug Administration officials say the agency will establish its first office in China before the end of the year.

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  8. Taiwan NewsRead the original story

    38 min ago | Taipei Times

    ... FDA By Shih Hsiu-chuan The Cabinet yesterday said it would create an agency modeled on the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to strengthen inspection mechanisms and improve food and drug safety in the country, Minister of Department of Health ...

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    Related Topix: Southeast Asia, World News, Taiwan, Democratic Progressive Party, Taipei, Taiwan, Vincent Siew

  9. Predatory ScapegoatingRead the original story

    40 min ago | The Nation

    Some three weeks before New York Governor Eliot Spitzer was forced to resign his office in disgrace , he published an op-ed in the Washington Post .

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    Related Topix: New York Metro, Home, Mortgage

  10. Safety LastRead the original story

    40 min ago | The Nation

    Americans assume that federal regulatory agencies assure that our drugs, medical devices, cars and other consumer products are safe, and that the tort system deters manufacturers from selling products that pose ...

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    Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law

  11. FDA creates drug information Web siteRead the original story

    40 min ago | UPI

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says it has created a Web site to provide consumers and professionals with information about prescription drugs.

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  12. Link between pet food, milk contaminationRead the original story

    41 min ago | UPI

    ... The Procter & Gamble Co. ( NYSE:PG ) in Cincinnati and the Center for Veterinary Medicine, U.S. Food and Drug Administration in Laurel, Md., said that neither of these compounds is very toxic alone, however, when given in combination, the two ...

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    Related Topix: Procter and Gamble, Household Products

  13. Newer vaccine seen as better for polio hot spotsRead the original story

    44 min ago | Reuters

    ... said on Wednesday. The monovalent vaccine may help speed the fight to eradicate polio, U.S. Food and Drug Administration officials Ellie Ehrenfeld and Konstantin Chumakov wrote in a commentary in The New England Journal of Medicine, where two ...

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    Related Topix: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Health

  14. U.S. Regulators Approve Magnetic Stimulation Device for DepressionRead the original story

    1 hr ago | IEEE Spectrum

    ... 2008 - Neuronetics, a medical-device firm in Malvern, Pa., has won approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) therapy for treatment of depression in the United States. ...

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    Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Depression, Health

  15. DOH to create agency modeled on FDARead the original story

    1 hr ago | The Taipei Times

    The Cabinet yesterday said it would create an agency modeled on the US Food and Drug Administration to strengthen inspection mechanisms and improve food and drug safety in the country, Minister of Department of ...

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  16. Daily News: Automated External Defibrillators RecalledRead the original story

    1 hr ago | Nurse.com

    ... sent instructions on how to do so. Consumers may report any problems with the devices to the Food and Drug Administration MedWatch Adverse Event Reporting program at www.fda.gov/MedWatch/report.htm . They can also visit ...

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  17. Codex Alimentarius Commission: Meeting of the Codex Committee on Food HygieneRead the original story

    1 hr ago | TMCnet

    SUMMARY: The Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety, U.S. Department of Agriculture , and the Food and Drug Administration , U.S. Department of Health and Human Services , are sponsoring a public meeting ...

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    Related Topix: Food Science, Agriculture, Science, US News, United States Department of Agriculture, Life, Food, Nutrition, College Park, MD

  18. Wockhardt receives USFDA nod for CeftazidimeRead the original story

    1 hr ago | The Hindu

    Mumbai : Drug firm Wockhardt on Thursday said it has received the nod of US Food and Drug Administration for marketing the generic version of 'Ceftazidime' injections sold by GlaxoSmithKline under the brand ...

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    Related Topix: Biotech, Wockhardt, Medicine, Ceftazidime (generic), Fortaz, Tazicef, Medication, Marketing

  19. FDA will open inspection office in China this yearRead the original story

    1 hr ago | WANE-TV Fort Wayne

    Food and Drug Administration officials say the agency will establish its first office in China before the end of the year.

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  20. FDA will open inspection office in China this yearRead the original story

    1 hr ago | WSYX

    Food and Drug Administration officials say the agency will establish its first office in China before the end of the year.

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