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Kennedy’s Battle Against Food Dyes Hits a Roadblock: M&M’s
The health secretary has used peer pressure to persuade food makers to nix synthetic dyes. The candy industry is holding out, ...
Publix Food Recall Update as 'Foreign Material' Found in Multiple Products
Publix has had to manage several recalls involving both meat and non-meat products since the start of the year.
Food Dyes Are Lurking in Surprising Places
In addition to finding these dyes in brightly colored processed foods, the researchers also found them in more muted foods ...
Medical groups urge Kennedy, FDA to reexamine broad approval of abortion drugs
Pro-life medical groups are urging Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. to reexamine the FDA’s broad ...
A Promising New AIDS Drug Highlights The Dangers Of Price Controls
The fact that lenacapavir will soon be available to patients is a testament to the strength of America's biopharmaceutical ...
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Inside the staff exodus and tanking morale that threaten Makary’s FDA
WASHINGTON — The steady erosion of experienced staff at the Food and Drug Administration is slowly compromising the agency’s ...
Wegovy and Zepbound prices fall, but access to the obesity drugs still isn't guaranteed
Prices are falling for the popular obesity treatments Wegovy and Zepbound, but steady access to the drugs remains challenging ...
RFK Jr.'s FDA officials overrode career staff to limit COVID shots
The FDA's Dr. Vinay Prasad said that he disagreed with the agency's career vaccine reviewers about COVID shot approvals.
After delay, Kalvista wins FDA OK for drug to treat rare swelling disorder
The company had blamed FDA "resource constraints" for the delay, while a rival drug for hereditary angioedema received an ...
US FDA approves KalVista's oral swelling disorder drug, shares rise
KalVista Pharmaceuticals said on Monday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved its drug, the first on-demand oral treatment for a type of hereditary swelling disorder, sending its shares ...
Mustang Bio Shares Jump After Orphan Drug Designation for Cancer Treatment
Mustang Bio shares more than quadrupled, to $5.23, after the company on Monday said the Food and Drug Administration granted orphan drug designation to Mustang for MB-101 for the treatment of ...
The FDA Just Launched an AI Tool That Could Change How Food Recalls Happen
The FDA has introduced Elsa, an internal AI tool to review safety data, identify labeling issues, and prioritize inspections, ...