WASHINGTON – The government should ban the diabetes drug Avandia because of a wide variety of life-threatening risks, including heart and liver damage, a consumer group said Thursday.The consumer group, Public Citizen, filed a petition with the Food and Drug ...Read More
WASHINGTON—Shares of orthopedics maker Stryker climbed higher Wednesday a day after the company reported higher-than-expected sales and the resolution of regulatory issues. The Kalamazoo, Mich.-based company reported a drop in earnings Tuesday to $229 million, or 57 cents per share, on ...Read More
Ever wondered how that "Smart Choices" sticker wound up on the front of Froot Loops or Cocoa Puffs? Well, federal health officials are having similar thoughts, and they're warning food manufacturers. The Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that nutritional logos from ...Read More
WASHINGTON - Ever wondered how that "Smart Choices" sticker wound up on the front of boxes of Froot Loops or Cocoa Puffs? Well, federal health officials are having similar thoughts, and they're warning food manufacturers. The Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday ...Read More
WASHINGTON -Ever wondered how that "Smart Choices" sticker wound up on the front of Froot Loops or Cocoa Puffs? Well, federal health officials are having similar thoughts, and they're warning food manufacturers. The Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that nutritional logos ...Read More
Ever wondered how that "Smart Choices" sticker wound up on the front of boxes of Froot Loops or Cocoa Puffs? Well, federal health officials are having similar thoughts, and they're warning food manufacturers. The Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that nutritional ...Read More
WASHINGTON (AP) - Ever wondered how that "Smart Choices" sticker wound up on the front of boxes of Froot Loops or Cocoa Puffs?
Well, federal health officials are having similar thoughts, and they're warning food manufacturers.
The Food and Drug Administration said ...Read More
WASHINGTON—Federal health officials say nutritional logos from food manufacturers may be misleading consumers about the actual health benefits of cereal, crackers and other processed foods. The Food and Drug Administration issued a letter to companies that says the agency will begin ...Read More
(Updates with analyst comment and recent stock price, adds background) NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--The Food and Drug Administration delayed its approval decision on Amgen Inc.'s (AMGN) osteoporosis treatment denosumab, as it seeks more information from the drug maker. It is unclear how ...Read More
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Amgen says the Food and Drug Administration wants more information about its osteoporosis treatment Prolia before granting marketing approval. It delays a drug seen as a potential blockbuster for the company. In a letter, the FDA said ...Read More
Outrage is brewing on Main Street at word that the Wall Street fat cats bailed out by taxpayers just a year ago are raking in $140 billion, even as average Americans lose jobs and struggle with soaring health-care costs, stagnant ...Read More
The Food and Drug Administration has rejected an application to expand the use of rheumatoid arthritis treatment Rituxan for patients with earlier stages of the disease, biotech drug developers Genentech Inc. and Biogen Idec said Saturday. Rituxan is approved to treat ...Read More
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Food and Drug Administration approved a second vaccine intended to protect against cervical cancer.
Cervarix, manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline, was approved Friday for prevention of cervical cancer and pre-cancerous legions caused by human papillomavirus (HPV) types 16 and ...Read More
The vaccine Gardasil won regulators' approval for use in males, setting the stage for a debate over whether boys should routinely receive an inoculation used to prevent cervical cancer in women. The Food and Drug Administration found Gardasil, which has been ...Read More
WASHINGTON (AP) - Drugmaker Merck said Friday that U.S. regulators cleared its vaccine Gardasil to prevent genital warts in boys, a new use for a product already approved to prevent cervical cancer in women. The Whitehouse Station, N.J.-based company said the ...Read More
WASHINGTON — Drugmaker Merck said Friday that U.S. regulators cleared its vaccine Gardasil to prevent genital warts in boys, a new use for a product already approved to prevent cervical cancer in women. The Whitehouse Station, N.J.-based company said the Food ...Read More
* Gardasil cleared for males aged 9 to 26 * Shot already sold for women to fight cervical cancer * Merck shares down 5 cents LOS ANGELES, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Merck & Co (MRK.N) won U.S.approval to sell its cervical cancer vaccine ...Read More
Sen. Tom Harkin, leader of the powerful Senate Health Committee, said Friday that vast differences in Medicare costs -- as those that exist between the high-cost Miami and lower-cost areas -- must be ended to make for sensible healthcare reform. ``These ...Read More
WASHINGTON, Oct 16 (Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline PLC won U.S. approval on Friday to sell a long-delayed vaccine against the virus that causes cervical cancer. The British company's Cervarix vaccine will compete with Merck & Co's blockbuster Gardasil shot. Both injections provide ...Read More
GlaxoSmithKline PLC said Friday that its cervical cancer vaccine, Cervarix, has been approved for use in both the United States and Japan, giving the company a major boost in the vaccines market. The approvals give Glaxo some much needed ground against ...Read More
Oct. 16 (Bloomberg) -- GlaxoSmithKline Plc won U.S.approval for a cervical cancer vaccine to compete withMerck & Co.’s Gardasil. The Food and Drug Administration cleared the shot,Cervarix, for young women ages 10 to 25, Glaxo said todayin a statement. Cervarix and ...Read More
