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Domain Name / Nom de domaine ! (Free subscription) | yesterday
The US Food and Drug Administration keeps an eye on online sales of drugs. It has recently targeted 136 websites that appeared to be engaged in the illegal sale of unapproved or misbranded drugs to consumers in the USA. Interestingly, in addition of sending letters (letters, really? No e-mails') to the operators of these websites, they also notified ISPs and registrars that a violation of U.S. laws...
Why Dont You Blog? (Free subscription) | yesterday
Echoing the prohibition that hung round the great depression, the current global economic crisis seems to be encouraging people to ban things, almost at random. From New Scientist : THE US Food and Drug Administration is unimpressed by the fad for drinks that contain a double hit – alcohol and caffeine. Unless makers supply the FDA with scientific evidence that the drinks are safe they could...
Advanced Cell Technology (Free subscription) | yesterday
WORCESTER, MA –November 19, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE). Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. (OTCBB: ACTC – News announced today that it filed an Investigational New Drug (IND) Application with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to initiate a Phase I/II multicenter study using embryonic stem cell derived retinal cells to treat patients with Stargardt’s Macular Dystrophy (SMD). Among the...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
Attorney Robert K. Jenner says new FDA report confirms that pain pumps were never approved for use in joints./I/P PBaltimore, MD (PRWEB) November 21, 2009 -- Baltimore personal injury attorney Robert K. Jenner is applauding the decision by the Food and Drug Administration to require new...
World Wide Words newsletter (Free subscription) | yesterday
• Isthmus Magazine of 30 October discussed a public Halloween bash, Marjorie Van Handel tells us. It wrote, “The desire to strut your Sexy Noun outfit can be powerful stuff.” She wrote, “Most people prefer a Sexy Nun, except perhaps those wild and crazy English majors.” • We’ve been here before, I think, but Charles Patrick felt that the London Free Press of...
La Vida Locavore - Front Page (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Homer called it "liquid gold." Olive oil has been more than mere food to us Mediterraneans: it's our way of life. The olive tree, symbol of abundance, glory and peace, gave its leafy branches to crown the victorious in both friendly games and bloody war. Olive crowns and olive branches, ancient emblems of benediction and purifiation, were ritually offered to deities and powerful figures but...
Poor Mojo Newswire (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Flu Shot Made From Caterpillars Fails Safety Vote (Update3) - Bloomberg.com There is an arms race on right now to find a non-chicken based way to grow flu vaccines that will hopefully be much faster. So of course, caterpillars. Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Protein Sciences Corp. failed to prove its experimental flu vaccine is safe enough to be approved and more study is needed, a U.S. advisory panel said....
SunbeltBLOG (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Washington Post columnist Brian Krebs is reporting that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is moving to shut down 136 Internet pharmacy web sites that have been selling counterfeit drugs or those not approved by the FDA. The FDA office of criminal investigations has sent warning letters to the site operators and notified their ISPs that they were selling the pharmaceuticals illegally. According...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Health care company Covidien PLC said Friday the Food and Drug Administration will take longer than expected to review the potential opioid pain drug Exalgo.
The Westerner (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
A U.S. Senate committee voted unanimously on Wednesday to increase government oversight of food safety but the first significant overhaul in 50 years may not happen until 2010. Pressure to overhaul the food safety system has grown following several high-profile outbreaks involving lettuce, peppers, peanuts and spinach since 2006 that have sickened thousands and killed several. The Senate bill would...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
SEATTLE, Nov. 20 -- Dendreon Corporation (Nasdaq: DNDN) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) provided written acknowledgement that the Company's amended Biologics License Application (BLA) for PROVENGE® (sipuleucel-T) is a complete...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
NATICK, Mass. and LONDON, Nov. 20 -- Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) today announced that it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and CE Mark approval to market its WallFlex® Fully Covered Esophageal Stent for t...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
NEW YORK - Pfizer announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Revatio® (sildenafil) Injection, an intravenous formulation of Revatio. Revatio is the only FDA-approved phosphodiesterase-5 (PDE5) inhibitor available in both tablet and int
Fitness Watch (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
The news is engorged with people who have PTSD - Post-Truth Stupidity Disorder. Here is another example. "An overwhelming majority of Ohio voters - 91 percent - support food safety legislation that would give the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) new authority to ensure the food Americans eat does not make them sick, according to a new poll commissioned by the Pew Health Group and conducted by...
The Medical Quack (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Need a pain patch, hot chilies to the rescue, well sort of. The pain patch product, Qutenza need a prescription by your physician. It is stated to be helpful with relief from shingles in this article. It sounds like some pretty powerful stuff as one application applied by a physician can give up to 12 weeks relief, sign me up for all my aches and pains for that matter. BD The US Food and Drug Administration...
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money | 12/08/2009
The Food and Drug Administration documented an intent and effect of advertising for cigarettes in its proposed assertion of jurisdiction over these products and its proposed rule. In a summary statement, the agency commented: Have you ever ordered custom written essays ? [T]he preponderance of quantitative and qualitative studies of cigarette advertising suggests: (1) A causal relationship between...
kellya | 17/04/2009
The federal Food and Drug Administration has announced an expanded recall of Uncle Chen and Lian How brand products that may be contaminated with salmonella. The voluntary recall now includes sauces, oils and oil blends, in addition to dry spices sold under the Uncle Chen and Lian How brands.
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