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  1. Skin Cancer Warning: Sunscreen Labels Misleading?

    Fri, 25 May 2012

    t make all the changes in time for summer so the FDA gave them till December. This is another some merit that have false and misleading claims on them. The FDA says it's necessary delay. FDA just caving to industry we're really not and it

    FDA found at 0:55, 1:04

    they couldn't make all the changes in time for summer so the FDA gave them till December.
    The FDA says it's -- necessary delay. FDA just caving to industry we're really not and it's an inch and a public health to give them this extra time we

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  1. The Truth About Sunscreen: Are Labels Lying?

    Fri, 25 May 2012

    and offering all-day protection. The FDA has labeled both these claims "misleading together to damage the skin. In 2011 the FDA took action against the sunscreen makers these realities. Among other things, the FDA now requires a "test method to demonstrate

  2. FDA Panel Sends Mixed Messages on Rare Disease Drug

    Fri, 25 May 2012

    WASHINGTON -- An FDA advisory panel considering an investigational may provide enough evidence for the FDA to approve the once-daily pill. Read the only option is liver transplant. The FDA said the 5-year survival rate rate for

  3. FDA Bill: Changes to FDA Drug and Device Oversight

    Thu, 24 May 2012

    that would reshape how the Food and Drug Administration assures the safety of the program which helps fund the FDA 's budget for reviewing new additional provisions influencing FDA policies and the drug industry BREAKTHROUGH DRUGS: Allows the FDA to speed up the approval of

  4. Senate Bill Aims to Increase Drug Import Safety

    Thu, 24 May 2012

    For more than 70 years, the Food and Drug Administration has focused its inspections country doubled, according FDA figures. Today roughly 80 away with a requirement that FDA inspect all U.S. factories facilities. Currently, the FDA inspects the average foreign

  5. Senate Bill Aims to Increase Drug Import Safety

    Thu, 24 May 2012

    drug supply. Under the Senate bill, approved 96-1, the Food and Drug Administration would have more flexibility to inspect manufacturing sites renews user fee programs under which drugmakers pay the FDA to review new products.

  6. Baby Saved by Smallest Artificial Heart

    Thu, 24 May 2012

    carried out in March, it was only made public this week, Reuters reported. In December 2011, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the Berlin Heart for pediatric patients awaiting heart transplants. The device is a scaled down

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  1. Frito-Lay Jumps Into Gluten-Free Craze With New Labels

    Wed, 23 May 2012

    release from its corporate offices in Plano, Texas, that it has developed a validation program that meets Food and Drug Administration standards of 20 parts per million of gluten. Even Montemurno recognizes it's a "marketing ploy

  2. FDA Panel Votes Against New Use for J&J's Xarelto

    Wed, 23 May 2012

    A majority of Food and Drug Administration panelists have voted against a new life-threatening blood clots. The FDA 's panel of experts voted 6-4 replacement surgery. Now J&J wants the FDA to approve it as a preventive measure

  3. Dendreon Falls as Analyst Starts Coverage

    Wed, 23 May 2012

    Amin wrote that peak sales of Provenge will be less than $600 million per year. THE BIG PICTURE: The Food and Drug Administration approved Provenge in April 2010. It uses the body's own immune system to fight cancer, and it is used

  4. Dendreon Falls as Analyst Starts Coverage

    Wed, 23 May 2012

    Amin wrote that peak sales of Provenge will be less than $600 million per year. THE BIG PICTURE: The Food and Drug Administration approved Provenge in April 2010. It uses the body's own immune system to fight cancer, and it is used

  5. Stewart Becomes Non-Executive Chairman of Company

    Wed, 23 May 2012

    2004 on federal criminal charges of lying to prosecutors about selling ImClone shares a day before the Food and Drug Administration announced it declined to review an ImClone application for a cancer drug. She served five months in prison

  6. Chinese Pet Treats Linked to 900 Dog Deaths, Illnesses

    Wed, 23 May 2012

    treats made in China, the Food and Drug Administration confirms it has logged more by ABC News in March. The FDA says its investigation is samples being tested by the FDA . The agency told ABC News those samples. To date, the FDA has not been able to determine

  7. Stewart Becomes Non-Executive Chairman of Company

    Wed, 23 May 2012

    2004 on federal criminal charges of lying to prosecutors about selling ImClone shares a day before the Food and Drug Administration announced it declined to review an ImClone application for a cancer drug. She served five months in prison

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  1. Skin Cancer Warning: Sunscreen Labels Misleading?

    Fri, 25 May 2012

    t make all the changes in time for summer so the FDA gave them till December. This is another some merit that have false and misleading claims on them. The FDA says it's necessary delay. FDA just caving to industry we're really not and it

    FDA found at 0:55, 1:04

    they couldn't make all the changes in time for summer so the FDA gave them till December.
    The FDA says it's -- necessary delay. FDA just caving to industry we're really not and it's an inch and a public health to give them this extra time we
  2. FDA Refuses to Ban BPA

    Sat, 31 Mar 2012

    canned foods on Friday the Food and Drug Administration announced it was refusing government protecting us. But the FDA despite consumer concerns A is harmful in humans to FDA 's decision was based on BP in 2008. And says the FDA made the wrong. Call we didn

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    a chemical found. In plastic bottles and canned foods on Friday the Food and Drug Administration announced it was refusing to ban BP A they said there's not enough evidence it's harmful. But people who say the chemical
  3. Contentious 'Gummy Bear' Breast Implant

    Tue, 22 May 2012

    implants approved for use in March by the FDA are marketed by a company called C intra like the term gummy bears neither does the FDA . But through pamphlets like this she entered That people would get only apparently. The FDA says it is confident these newly approved

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    their shape. The new implants approved for use in March by the FDA are marketed by a company called C intra. CN -- doesn't like the term gummy bears neither does the FDA . But through pamphlets like this she entered touts him as implants that keep their shape even if -- cut in half. Doctor
    The FDA says it is confident these newly approved -- entry implants are -- After an eight year clinical trial involving 18100 women so
    swears by the gummy bear but others say not so fast. The FDA approval of these new devices is contingent on follow up studies to make sure they're safe over time. Doctor -- Fisher says
  4. High-Tech Procedures for Summer Slim-Down

    Tue, 22 May 2012

    penetrate the skin to start breaking down the toxins it also healing it's great for vaccine. It's great for wrinkles. The FDA has approved the technology but there's no conclusive evidence to suggest LED lights help with weight loss or healing wounds

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    The FDA has approved the technology but there's no conclusive evidence to suggest LED lights help with weight loss or healing wounds. Still mark
  5. Will FDA Approve Obesity Drug?

    Thu, 23 Feb 2012

    experts recommended that the Food and Drug Administration approve a new drug that has next up at two years ago the FDA . Refused to approve it saying country that's right now the FDA has to decide are they gonna such a hard thing for the FDA to approve it's been ten

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    in the fight against obesity. A panel of experts recommended that the Food and Drug Administration approve a new drug that has been shown to reduce weight by as much as 10%. It is new hope for the
  6. Imported Shrimp Tested for Chemicals

    Fri, 18 May 2012

    broad oak. This is good old whom is god made it. We asked the FDA how this could possibly happen and why the government inspects of the president's. It's it's not a safety things. The FDA and industry both say they have an effective system of trust

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    We asked the FDA how this could possibly happen and why the government inspects less than 2% of foreign trip. Their answer and occasional antibiotic contaminated
    The FDA and -- industry both say they have an effective system of trust and verify but critics say there's a lot more trust
  7. X-Ray Radiation Concerns for Kids

    Wed, 9 May 2012

    radiation from cat scans and X rays. The FDA said they're concerned about children higher risk of cancer. That's what the FDA 's warning about today one study finding this little button here yes to date the FDA called on doctors to give children a fraction

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    warning issued today about radiation from cat scans and X rays. The FDA said they're concerned about children exposed to radiation at levels used on adults and -- calling for urgent action. ABC's medical editor
    radiation. Any radiation -- a higher risk of cancer. That's what the FDA's warning about today one study finding that the number of CT scans in children has jumped 500%. Since 1995. 21 point 65
    Parameter to this this little button here yes to date the FDA called on doctors to give children a fraction of the -- in adult gets. And on manufacturers to make it easier. I
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