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FDA approves Stivarga for advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumors

25/02/2013 19:06

FDA approves Stivarga for advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumors The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today expanded the approved use of Stivarga (regorafenib) to treat patients with advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) that cannot be surgically removed and no longer respond...

FDA alerts health care providers of recall of anemia drug Omontys

24/02/2013 19:13

FDA alerts health care providers of recall of anemia drug Omontys The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is alerting health care providers and patients of a voluntary nationwide recall of all lots of Omontys Injection by Affymax, Inc., of Palo Alto, Calif., and Takeda Pharmaceuticals Company...

FDA approves new treatment for late-stage breast cancer

22/02/2013 22:19

FDA approves new treatment for late-stage breast cancer The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Kadcyla (ado-trastuzumab emtansine), a new therapy for patients with HER2-positive, late-stage (metastatic) breast cancer. HER2 is a protein involved in normal cell growth. It is found in...

FDA enters into consent decree with Chicago sprout producer due to unsanitary conditions

22/02/2013 22:17

FDA enters into consent decree with Chicago sprout producer due to unsanitary conditions U Joo Foods, a Chicago sprout grower and processor and the company’s owner and president, Kiyoung Chin have agreed to enter into a consent decree of permanent injunction sought by the Justice Department on...

Kasel Associates Industries recalling certain pet treats due to Salmonella contamination

22/02/2013 07:21

Kasel Associates Industries recalling certain pet treats due to Salmonella contamination The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today that Kasel Associates Industries Inc. is recalling all pet treats it manufactured from April 20 through Sept. 19, 2012 due to potential contamination with...

FDA approves new silicone gel-filled breast implant

20/02/2013 07:19

FDA approves new silicone gel-filled breast implant The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the Natrelle 410 Highly Cohesive Anatomically Shaped Silicone-Gel Filled Breast Implant to increase breast size (augmentation) in women at least 22 years old and to rebuild breast tissue...

FDA approves first retinal implant for adults with rare genetic eye disease

14/02/2013 22:24

FDA approves first retinal implant for adults with rare genetic eye disease The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System, the first implanted device to treat adult patients with advanced retinitis pigmentosa (RP). The device, which includes a...

U.S. Marshals seize drug products distributed by a Florida company

14/02/2013 22:21

U.S. Marshals seize drug products distributed by a Florida company U.S. Marshals, acting on behalf of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, today seized tainted dietary supplements from Globe All Wellness, LLC (Globe All), in Hollywood, Fla. The products may be unsafe because they contain...

FDA Commissioner Margaret A. Hamburg’s Statement on the Institute of Medicine’s Report “Countering the Problem of Falsified and Substandard Drugs”

13/02/2013 22:27

FDA Commissioner Margaret A. Hamburg’s Statement on the Institute of Medicine’s Report “Countering the Problem of Falsified and Substandard Drugs” The U.S. Food and Drug Administration commends the Institute of Medicine (IOM) for its thorough discussion and recommendations outlined in...

CPA declared Round-IV results of third batch!!!

10/02/2013 11:08

CONGRATULATIONS!!! HERE WE HAVE OUR THIRD BATCH WINNER OF QUIZ SANGRAM CONGRRATULATIONS!!! THIRD BATCH WINNER...

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