Teen’s death following Sarepta DMD gene therapy underscores a risk seen for decades
The death of a 16-year-old boy evokes a lengthy battle to realize the benefit of cutting-edge gene therapy while also ...
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RFK Jr. wants to eliminate FDA’s controversial food additive program. Here’s why that matters
Nearly 99% of new chemicals used in food or food packaging since 2000 were green-lit for use not by the FDA but by the food and chemical industry, according to a 2022 analysis. During that period ...
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HHS Secretary RFK Jr. orders FDA to close food ingredients loophole
The FDA's Substances Generally Recognized as Safe -- or GRAS -- rule will be revised to enhance the agency's oversight of ingredients and provide transparency for American consumers. HHS also ...
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How the FDA Opens the Door to Risky Chemicals in America’s Food Supply
Shea, one of 1,310 people who responded to a poll the health policy research group KFF conducted on health care priorities, said he assumes the FDA is making sure the ingredients are safe. In many ...
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How the FDA lets chemicals pour into America's food supply
Shea, one of 1,310 people who responded to a poll the health policy research group KFF conducted on health care priorities, said he assumes the FDA is making sure the ingredients are safe.
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In confirmation hearing, FDA nominee Martin Makary talks drug reviews, vaccines, ethics and more
Kennedy Jr., another crucial governmental health leadership nominee—the proposed head of the FDA—took center stage Thursday. At his confirmation hearing before the Senate’s Health ...
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Musk’s DOGE Cuts Target FDA Lab Guarding US Drug Supply
A key lab that oversees US pharmaceutical safety is in limbo following moves by the Department of Government Efficiency, raising questions about the fate of the lab and the new administration’s ...
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FDA Approves New Treatment for Stroke
March 4, 2025 -- The FDA has approved the first new clot-busting drug in nearly 30 years, offering a faster way to dissolve blood clots in adults who suffer a stroke. The treatment ...
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Verona Pharma Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2024 Financial Results and Provides Corporate Update
Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088. This summary does not include all the information about Ohtuvayre and is not meant to take ...
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uniQure Announces 2024 Financial Results and Highlights Recent Company Progress
Announced alignment with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on key elements of the Accelerated Approval pathway for AMT-130 in Huntington’s disease; Initiated preparations for a potential ...
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Health officials concerned as FDA cancels meeting to update flu vaccines
The FDA has canceled a critical meeting of flu vaccine experts, making this the second vaccine policy meeting to be canceled since Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took over as secretary of Health and Human ...
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Flu vaccine panel meeting canceled, US FDA confirms
Feb 27 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration confirmed on Thursday that a meeting of its independent advisory panel to discuss the composition of this year's flu vaccine has been ...