Shares of drugmaker Theravance surged Monday on the release of a federal review of the company’s experimental antibiotic, despite concerns about the...

U.S. Attorneys in New Jersey on Friday filed a lawsuit seeking a shutdown of three Actavis Inc. plants until they are brought into compliance with testing,...

Government health advisers said Friday an experimental morphine pill from Alpharma could discourage some patients from abusing the powerful narcotic but provides only a...

Federal health officials Thursday slapped a sweeping detention order on dozens of imported foods from China, from snacks and drinks to chocolates and candies.

Federal health officials are slapping a detention order on dozens of imported foods from China.

The Food and Drug Administration, bedeviled by a salmonella outbreak and tainted medicine from China, is likely to monitor imports and fresh produce more closely under...

Federal agents Thursday seized quantities of a contaminated blood thinner made in China from a small manufacturer in Cincinnati, officials said.

Top scientists and career employees at the Food and Drug Administration opposed agency regulations that weaken consumers’ ability to sue drug makers,...

The government on Wednesday cleared a prominent outside adviser of conflict-of-interest allegations involving his findings on whether a chemical used to make plastic...

An independent panel of science advisers is taking issue with the FDA’s assessment that a controversial chemical is safe.

Boston Scientific said Wednesday the Food and Drug Administration has lifted some restrictions imposed more than two years due to quality control problems.

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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...

Prompted by this summer’s salmonella outbreak, the government has begun investigating how to quickly identify the source of contaminated food and stop it from...

Food and Drug Administration officials say the agency will establish its first office in China before the end of the year. It’s part of a broader plan to assure...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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