Topic: Food and Drug Administration

AP News | 2010-03-17 01:30:57
$75M in prescription drugs stolen in brazen Conn. heist; thieves rappelled into warehouse

In a Hollywood-style heist, thieves cut a hole in the roof of a warehouse, rappelled inside and scored one of the biggest hauls of its kind — not diamonds, gold bullion or Old World art, but about $75 million in antidepressants and other prescription drugs. The pills — stolen ...

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Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2010-03-16 21:29:02

GAITHERSBURG, Maryland (Reuters) - U.S. health regulators are taking a closer look at how well devices used by diabetics to monitor their blood sugars work, seeking possible changes for device makers to help make them more reliable. At a two-day meeting to review blood glucose meters, Food and Drug Administration officials and staff pointed to a number of issues that ...

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AP Features | 2010-03-16 20:22:32

The Food and Drug Administration voiced several complaints Tuesday with Medtronic's study of a new pacemaker that can be used in an MRI machine. Patients with pacemakers are generally discouraged from having MRI scans because the radio waves could interfere with the functioning of their device. Medtronic has asked the FDA to approve its REVO Surescan pacemaker as the ...

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AP News | 2010-03-16 20:15:20
Clarification: Amylin FDA information request story

In a story March 15, The Associated Press reported that Bydureon is the proposed trade name of exenatide, a diabetes treatment being developed by Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc., Eli Lilly & Co. and Alkermes Inc. The story should have specified that the once-weekly form of the drug, exenatide LAR, would be called Bydureon. A daily ...

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Jail Time for Executives Might Stop Drug Crimes

Bloomberg | 2010-03-16 23:03:26

FDA has questions on heart device

Boston Globe | 2010-03-16 22:53:04

MannKind Falters Under Regulatory Concerns

Forbes | 2010-03-16 19:26:47

Misleading food labels

NBC 7 Boston (WHDH) | 2010-03-16 19:22:13

The Personalized Medicine Shakeup

Sci-Tech Today | 2010-03-16 18:24:38

Is It Safe to Drink Green Milk?

Smithsonian: Food & Think | 2010-03-16 13:56:19

Boston Scientific Recall: Analysts Bemoan ‘Lack of Information’

WSJ.com: MarketBeat Blog | 2010-03-16 08:54:33

Markets Know No Borders - Freedom Must Stretch Across All Humanity

The Distributed Republic | 2010-03-15 18:19:16

How safe is your cell phone?

CNN Video | 2010-03-11 08:19:53

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