Scientists and pharmaceutical companies are racing to produce the most effective medicines and vaccines to fight the pandemic. As the New Coronavirus (COVID-9) continues to infect and kill more people worldwide, scientists and pharmaceutical companies ...
“From the opioid crisis to psilocybin’s potential w/ PTSD, it’s well past time we take drug use out of criminal consideration + into medical consideration.” The United States Food and Drug Administration approved further research ...
The FDA is attempting to tackle the high costs of prescription drugs with two new proposals, but the start of 2020 suggests the FDA’s efforts may backfire. Although a new year is usually cause for ...
The proliferation of unregulated CBD products is a striking example of troubling FDA regulation delay but far from the only one. While the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has served an invaluable role in ...
This potential scandal is so large, it’s hard to fully comprehend what the implications may be. A major but largely glossed over report by the Environmental Working Group (EWG), an environmental and public health nonprofit ...
“The average price of vincristine in the developing world, where it is on the World Health Organization’s list of essential medicines, is $1.80 a dose, compared to $42.60 per dose in the U.S.” Vincristine, a ...
A second class of drugs was found to be contaminated with a known carcinogen, raising concern that the FDA is not adequately monitoring existing drugs on the market. Drug regulators in both Europe and the ...
“[The FDA investigation is] really just scratching the surface. It opens up many more questions than answers.” The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) confirmed on Monday that PFAS, a class of manmade chemicals used ...
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb is stepping down after less than two years in office – a move that came as a surprise to his supporters and his critics. The 46-year-old Scott ...
The consequences of pricey pharmaceuticals are significant in terms of costs and diminished health. Close to 20 percent of adults report skipping medications because they are concerned about costs. (By Simon F. Haeder, West Virginia ...
Congressional Republicans are faced with severing the will of their constituents or angering President Trump who seems locked in on receiving funding for his proposed border fence. United States President Donald Trump threatened to continue ...
Pesticide activists are outraged as two new reports detail how the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) abuses emergency exemptions of pesticides – a provision in the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) – to ...
Epidiolex, a new drug to treat seizures is the first-ever FDA approved cannabis-based drug. Imagine being a parent with a child who has hundreds of uncontrollable seizures each week. This is the heartbreaking fate of ...
Nine percent of Americans who have used marijuana end up developing marijuana dependence. This figure is much higher at 33 to 50 percent among those who consume it daily. Almost 4 million Americans are near ...
Recent studies of carrageenan, which is made from seaweed, suggests the food additive may be safer and better for you than previously thought. What comes to mind when you think of food additives? If you’re ...
(The Conversation, by Jamie Smolen) For the first time in a while, pundits and politicians were talking about the drug that kills more people than any other each year in the U.S. I’m talking about alcohol, ...
Over three decades ago, the United States Congress passed the Orphan Drug Act (ODA) in 1983. The act focused on encouraging drug development for rare diseases, which the agency defined as “affecting fewer than 200,000 ...
Congress wants to spend millions peddling corporate talking points on GMOs. (OtherWords) While Congress hasn’t accomplished much in 2017, it did manage to pass a budget resolution — and within that budget, a sum of ...
Drug expiration dates: hospitals and pharmacies are required to toss expired drugs, no matter how expensive or vital. Meanwhile the FDA has long known that many remain safe and potent for years longer. This story ...
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