WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the creation Thursday of an internal pediatric review committee.
BEIJING, Aug. 9 (UPI) -- China, facing mounting global pressure to improve the safety of its food and drug exports, plans to spend $1.16 billion to upgrade supervision.
NEW YORK, July 2 (UPI) -- Sanofi-Aventis is withdrawing its application for U.S. approval of its potential obesity drug on reports that it causes suicidal thoughts.
NEW YORK, June 22 (UPI) -- Neurocrine Biosciences is facing a U.S. shareholder class-action suit that alleges the firm misrepresented the chances of its sleep drug's approval.
PRINCETON, N.J., June 20 (UPI) -- Ranbaxy said Wednesday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted tentative approval of its generic version of Pfizer's Norvasc.
SEOUL, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- South Korea's Dong-A Pharmaceutical won approval Tuesday from the Korea Food and Drug Administration for its erectile dysfunction drug, Zydena.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 (UPI) -- A panel of experts convened by a trade group representing the animal drug industry Friday concluded the use of antibiotics in pigs, cows and other food animals does not increase the risk of humans ending up with drug-resistant bacteria. The Food and Drug
WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced the approval of the drug oxaliplatin, marketed as Eloxatin, to treat colon and rectal cancers after other treatments have failed.
WASHINGTON, July 18 (UPI) -- The recent approval by the Food and Drug Administration of the "date-rape" drug GHB for the treatment of a rare form of narcolepsy raises concerns among drug abuse experts that it could fall into the hands of young people wanting to use the drug for illic
ROCKVILLE, Md., June 8 (UPI) -- For the first time, the Food and Drug Administration has allowed a drug back on the market after it was voluntarily withdrawn with its approval -- GlaxoSmithKline may resume selling Lotronex for women who are suffering from severe, chronic Irritable Bowel
