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FDA will look into scientist's possible conflict

AP — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:12:45 +0000

Federal health officials said Tuesday they will look into a possible conflict of interest involving a prominent toxicologist who is heading up a review of a sensitive safety...

FDA will look into possible conflict

AP — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:39:56 +0000

The Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday it will look into concerns that a prominent toxicologist asked to render an independent verdict on a sensitive consumer safety issue may have a financial...

FDA: Tiny bit of melamine OK in most foods

AP — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:15:47 +0000

Tiny traces of melamine, the chemical that has set off a global food safety scare, are not harmful in most foods, except baby formula, government experts said Friday.

FDA: Tiny bit of melamine OK in most food

AP — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:56:14 +0000

Eating a tiny bit of a melamine, the chemical responsible for a global food safety scare, is not harmful _ except when it’s in baby formula, U.S. food safety officials said...

FDA: Tiny bit of melamine in food usually OK

AP — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:14:56 +0000

Federal regulators say eating a tiny bit of melamine is not harmful, except in baby formula.

FDA reviews experimental use of anemia drugs

AP — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:31:40 +0000

Federal health regulators said Friday they are reviewing an experimental use of blockbuster anemia drugs made by Amgen and Johnson & Johnson that has been associated with higher death rates in a study involving stroke...

FDA issues rules for genetically modified animals

Craig — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 19:19:50 +0000

Genetically engineered animals moved closer to the dinner table on Thursday as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration made the process it will use to review new proposals...

US steps up inspections to keep out tainted milk

AP — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 22:17:29 +0000

Although no trace of infant formula from China has turned up in this country, U.S. authorities said Friday they are taking added precautions to keep out tainted milk...

Revolutionary treatment for HIV!

Shuchi Kalra — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 23:51:58 +0000

Science now seems close to winning the war against AIDS, as FDA approves of a new drug which has a different course of action as compared to the already existing ones. The new drug, known as ‘Isentress’ acts upon the HIV virus in a...

Skin numbing creams may prove life threatening: FDA

Anupam Agnihotri — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 23:37:57 +0000

Skin numbing creams that are often used to soothe burning or itching skin as well as pain before, during and after various procedures, contain numbing drugs, including, lidocaine, tetracaine, benzocaine and prilocaine, may result in...