Browsing: FDA

In 2018, two young men were found dead in their respective bathrooms in Texas after using a concentrated powder form…

If you watch television, you’ve likely seen the commercials for the JAK (Janus kinase) inhibitors Xeljanz and Rinvoq that make…

When Matthew Feshbach, then an investor, first heard about a California company developing treatments for a variety of diseases using stem cells derived from a patient’s own fat cells (autologous adipose-derived cells), he thought, That’s the biggest idea I’ve ever heard.

Every drug has a side effect. For that reason, a drug that doesn’t work must be removed from use. Drugs…

The FDA has issued another warning about the herbal supplement kratom, this time noting that unsafe levels of heavy metals…

The Trump administration has named Ned Sharpless, MD, currently director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI), to become the interim…

The announcement last week took just about everyone by surprise. Scott Gottlieb, MD, the FDA’s well-respected commissioner, would be stepping…

FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb is resigning from his post within a month. His decision has surprised many as he is…

One of the FDA’s biggest campaigns last year was to stem the dramatic rise in teen e-cigarette and vaping use.…

Today marks the 25th day that the federal government has been shut down, the longest in US history. Some 800,000…