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Novartis executive sold shares before drug data manipulation made public
Aug 19, 2019An unnamed Novartis executive sold 925,400 Swiss francs ($946,000) worth of shares less than three weeks before the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced data from tests of its gene therapy Zolgensma had been manipulated....
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FDA investigating 127 reports of seizures, neurological symptoms related to vaping
Aug 18, 2019The US Food and Drug Administration has received 127 reports of seizures or other neurological symptoms possibly related to e-cigarettes, the agency announced Wednesday. Investigators have yet to determine, however, whether vaping was directly linked to the cases....
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FDA Readies 13 Graphic Health Warning Labels To Replace Text-Only Ones On Cigarette Packs
Aug 17, 2019Images of blackened lungs, bloody urine, missing toes would be among those used in the biggest overhaul of cigarette-health warnings in more than three decades, according to the Food and Drug Administration. The cigarette industry is expected to try to block the effort. Tobacco use is still the leading cause of preventable death in the U.S....
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FDA Proposes Graphic Warning Labels on Cigarettes
Aug 17, 2019Title: FDA Proposes Graphic Warning Labels on CigarettesCategory: Health NewsCreated: 8/15/2019 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 8/16/2019 12:00:00...
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FDA Approves Drug for Most Deadly Form of TB
Aug 17, 2019Title: FDA Approves Drug for Most Deadly Form of TBCategory: Health NewsCreated: 8/15/2019 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 8/16/2019 12:00:00...
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Edwards Lifesciences, Medtronic heart valves win FDA approval for expanded use
Aug 17, 2019Heart valve systems from Edwards Lifesciences Corp and Medtronic Plc have been approved for use in a condition that restricts blood flow from the heart in patients at low-risk of death linked to open-heart surgeries, the FDA said on Friday....
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FDA approves Celgene's bone marrow cancer treatment
Aug 17, 2019The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved Celgene Corp's Inrebic to treat certain rare forms of bone marrow cancer called myelofibrosis, making it the second approved drug to treat the disease....
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FDA Proposes Graphic Warning Labels For Cigarettes
Aug 16, 2019Cigarette packs would have to carry very large warning labels that would feature color photos that graphically illustrate the damage smoking can cause. It would be the most significant change to cigarette labels in more than 35...
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FDA OKs 'Game Changer' Pretomanid for Highly Resistant TB
Aug 16, 2019The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved pretomanid today, a "major" breakthrough treatment for the most drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) when used in combination with bedaquiline and...
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FDA Approves Lifesaving Treatment For Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis, Hard-To-Cure Patients
Aug 16, 2019Pretomanid, approved for use with two other antibiotics, will be used for the toughest cases. Tuberculosis has surpassed AIDS as the world's leading cause of infectious death. The drug was developed by a nonprofit group called TB Alliance at a time when few companies are investing in creating next-generation...
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FDA proposes graphic warnings on cigarette packs, advertisements
Aug 16, 2019The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has proposed that cigarette packs carry graphic new health warnings including pictures and text outlining lesser-known risks of smoking like bladder cancer and diabetes as well as lung cancer....
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FDA Approves Drug for Most Deadly Form of TB
Aug 16, 2019The FDA approval sprang from a groundbreaking trial of 107 patients in South Africa who had been diagnosed with XDR-TB. Six months after treatment, 89% of the patients were cured, which is far higher than typical success rates for treatment of this often lethal strain of...
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'Game Changer' Pretomanid for Highly Resistant TB
Aug 16, 2019FDA OKs 'Game Changer' Pretomanid for Highly Resistant...
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Miracle Mineral Solution: Do Not Drink This, FDA Warns
Aug 16, 2019People are drinking bleach to try to treat autism, cancer, HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, or the...
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FDA proposes new graphic warnings to display on cigarette packs
Aug 16, 2019Congress instructed the FDA to require graphic warnings on cigarettes as part of the 2009 Tobacco Control Act. The tobacco industry successfully fought the initial labels, forcing the FDA to try...
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Roche's personalized cancer treatment wins FDA approval
Aug 16, 2019The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Roche Holding AG's personalized cancer treatment, which targets tumors with specific genetic mutations, irrespective of where in the body the disease started, the agency said on Thursday....
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Vaping Industry Group Sues to Delay FDA Review of E-Cigarettes
Aug 16, 2019Title: Vaping Industry Group Sues to Delay FDA Review of E-CigarettesCategory: Health NewsCreated: 8/15/2019 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 8/15/2019 12:00:00...
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FDA Reports More Seizures Among Vapers
Aug 10, 2019Title: FDA Reports More Seizures Among VapersCategory: Health NewsCreated: 8/8/2019 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 8/9/2019 12:00:00...
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Former FDA chief warns consumers that all forms of CBD in food is actually illegal
Aug 10, 2019Restaurants have all rushed to cash in on adding CBD droplets to their products. But the FDA is looking to put a stop to that, citing safety...
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FDA Orders Four Tobacco Companies To Remove Their Flavored E-Cigarettes, Hookah Products Being Sold Illegally
Aug 10, 2019Mighty Vapors, Liquid Labs, V8P Juice International and Hookah Imports have been selling products introduced to the market after the effective date of a rule that gave authority to the FDA to regulate all tobacco products. In other vaping news, researchers study a cluster of vaping-related lung illnesses in...
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