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Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee and Anesthetic and Analgesic Drug Products Advisory Committee to meet in June

A meeting of the Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee and the Anesthetic and Analgesic Drug Products Advisory Committee will take place on June 11 and June 12.

FDA asked to investigate JUUL’s claims of smoking cessation

The Food and Drug Administration has been asked to investigate the e-cigarette company JUUL and its claims that it helps people to stop smoking.

SELENBIO, INC.: Texas-Based Biotech Company To Launch FDA-Approved Product Geared Toward Healthier Pets

Pet lovers and veterinarians stay tuned. Texas-based SelenBio is soon to launch an effective breakthrough in helping to prevent gum disease in dogs and cats.

WEST CANCER CENTER: FDA-Approved, Innovative Treatment for Glioblastoma (GMB) Cancer at West Cancer Center

Optune®, a wearable, portable device from Novocure delivers Tumor Treating Fields (TTFields) to slow down or stop GBM cancer cells from dividing, and destroys the cancer without disrupting healthy, resting cells

ALIVECOR: FDA Grants First Ever Clearance For Six-Lead Personal ECG Device

KardiaMobile® is the Only Personal ECG that Delivers Multi-Dimensional Insight into a Patient's Heart

AYALA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.: FDA Grants Orphan Drug Designation to Ayala’s AL101 for Potential Treatment of Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma (ACC)

Ayala Pharmaceuticals, a clinical-stage company developing medicines for cancers that are genetically defined, announced today that it has been granted Orphan Drug Designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Office of Orphan Products Development (OOPD) for AL101, a potent and selective inhibitor of gamma secretase-mediated Notch signalling, for the treatment of ACC.

23 food, dietary supplement recalls initiated

Food producers carried out 23 food or dietary supplement product recalls over the past month, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS: U.S. FDA Approves GATTEX® (teduglutide) for Children 1 Year of Age and Older With Short Bowel Syndrome (SBS)

GATTEX is the only glucagon-like peptide-2 (GLP-2) analog approved that improves intestinal absorption in patients with SBS who are dependent on parenteral support (PS)

Expert says sunscreen users shouldn't be deterred

Despite a recent study which concluded that sunscreen enters the bloodstream after just one day of use, experts are urging the public to continue using sunscreen.

FDA warns homeopathic manufacturers about false labeling

Five companies with products considered homeopathic have been found to be in violation of the FDA’s current good manufacturing practice regulations.

New blood thinner approved for pediatric patients

An anticoagulant injection, Fragmin, was approved by the Food and Drug Administration last week for pediatric patients.

Doctors support FDA in its claim against 'worthless,' 'hocus pocus' homeopathic drugs

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration sent letters to companies that produce homeopathic products claiming they were in violation of current good manufacturing practice (CGMP) regulations.

JOHNSON & JOHNSON: U.S. FDA Grants Priority Review of INVOKANA® (canagliflozin) sNDA for the Treatment of Chronic Kidney Disease in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

If approved, INVOKANA® will be the first and only therapy in nearly 20 years indicated to reduce the risk of kidney failure when added to current standard of care

MAYNE PHARMA: FDA Approves SORILUX(R) for Adolescent Plaque Psoriasis

Mayne Pharma Group Limited (ASX: MYX) is pleased to announce that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved SORILUX® (calcipotriene) Foam, 0.005% in adolescents.

U.S. FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION: FDA permits marketing of first diagnostic test to aid in detecting prosthetic joint infections

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration permitted marketing of the Synovasure Lateral Flow Test Kit as an aid for the detection of periprosthetic joint infection (infection around a joint replacement) in the synovial (lubricant) fluid of patients being evaluated for revision surgery, which is surgery performed to replace or compensate for a failed implant.

FDA Update: April medical device recalls

Recalls of medical devices occur when a company sees a need to either take corrective action or remove a potentially hazardous device from the market, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

U.S. FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION: FDA approves innovative gene therapy to treat pediatric patients with spinal muscular atrophy, a rare disease and leading genetic cause of infant mortality

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Zolgensma (onasemnogene abeparvovec-xioi), the first gene therapy approved to treat children less than two years of age with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), the most severe form of SMA and a leading genetic cause of infant mortality.

U.S. FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION: FDA approves first PI3K inhibitor for breast cancer

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Piqray (alpelisib) tablets, to be used in combination with the FDA-approved endocrine therapy fulvestrant, to treat postmenopausal women, and men, with hormone receptor (HR)-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative, PIK3CA-mutated, advanced or metastatic breast cancer (as detected by an FDA-approved test) following progression on or after an endocrine-based regimen.

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