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After delay, FDA approves Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine, but only for older people and those at high risk
After a six-week delay, the US Food and Drug Administration has approved Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine, according to a letter ...
Novo Nordisk CEO Lars Jorgensen, who led company into weight loss drugs, to step down
Novo Nordisk, maker of weight loss drug Wegovy, says CEO Lars Fruergaard Jorgensen is leaving the company by "mutual ...
Trump wants to bolster US drug manufacturing factories. Will this plan work?
Trump's order seeks to ease regulations to compel more U.S. drug manufacturing. He also plans to assess tariffs on drug ...
FDA and RFK Jr. aim to remove ingestible fluoride products used to protect kids’ teeth
U.S. health officials are announcing an effort to phase out ingestible fluoride supplements used to strengthen children’s ...
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FDA and RFK Jr. aim to remove fluoride supplements used to protect kids’ teeth
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health regulators announced plans Tuesday to phase out fluoride-containing supplements sometimes used ...
Lisa Jarvis: FDA appointee is a drug critic with a lot to prove
The gravity of these decisions calls for a degree of humility on the part of an FDA leader. And that’s the rub with Vinay ...
GLP-1 drugs made a former FDA chief ‘feel ill.’ But he’d take them again
In recent years, Kessler has lost considerable weight himself with the help of the new GLP-1 drugs. He describes his weight ...
Trump’s Executive Order on Drug Prices, Explained
More than 100 days into President Donald Trump’s second term, the administration has fallen into a pattern. Trump releases an ...
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Who is minding the store at USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service and OFS?
Dr. Denise Eblen, who holds a doctorate in food safety microbiology from the University of Ulster at Jordanstown, is the top executive at the USDA’s Food ...
FDA to speed up U.S. food chemical reviews, add three to investigation list
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Friday the launch of an updated systematic review process for chemicals ...
FDA to Expand Review of Chemical Preservatives Used in Food
The Food and Drug Administration is planning to expand its review of food additives beyond artificial dyes, targeting ...
FDA Appointee Is a Drug Critic With a Lot to Prove
Vinay Prasad oversees vaccines, gene therapies and the blood supply. His views raise alarms for pharmaceutical companies and ...