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Asthma Drugs Could Cause Sudden Fatal Asthma Attacks
If you have asthma, you should be checking your labels and possibly limiting your prescription use, especially in particular combinations. The FDA has issued warnings that people with asthma should not use the medications Foradil and Serevent alone, and the usage of Symbicort and Advair in combination with each other should be limited. The reason [...]
Backlogged FDA: Will More Scientists Shrink Backlog of Applications?
The FDA has dipped into the $10 million allocated to the Office of Generic Drugs for this fiscal year to hire 50 more scientists in hopes of shrinking the backlog of around 2,000 applications that are already awaiting review.
Should the FDA Deem Tobacco Lozenges a “Modified Risk” Product
Star Scientific Inc. is asking the FDA to certify its tobacco products as less harmful than other tobacco products. Star Scientific sells tobacco lozenges that dissolve in your mouth, and they have asked the FDA to approve the lozenges as a product that is a “modified risk” commodity. The Virginia-based company claims that the levels [...]
New FDA Rules Could Change Product Liability, Consumer Protections
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is taking a close look at how it handles approval for medical devices in today’s fast-paced medical industry. A Feb. 19 report in the Insurance Journal shows that FDA staff is saying they need to change the rules on approval for different kinds of medical devices, which may lead [...]
FDA Labeling: Friend or Foe?
The application for FDA approval is usually about 100,000 pages long. According to the FDA, the label is required to provide necessary information about a particular drug. This includes how the drug is effective, potential risks, and how to use it. However, FDA officials recently suggested that certain diabetes medications, should be pulled off market [...]
H1N1 Inclusion in Next Season’s Flu Vaccine is a Good Strategy
The FDA voted to follow the advice of the World Health Organization (WHO) and include the H1N1 flu vaccine into the seasonal influenza vaccine for the coming season. That means, barring any major surprises, there should be just one flu vaccine next fall instead of two; seasonal and pandemic will be folded into a single [...]
