http://www.mail.com/organizations/3160-us-food-drug-administration.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/organizations/3160-us-food-drug-administration.html http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2083742-idaho-spud-giant-bets-biotech-potatoes.html BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A dozen years after a customer revolt forced Monsanto to ditch its genetically engineered potato, an Idaho company aims to resurrect high-tech spuds. This month, tuber processing giant J.R. Simplot Co. asked the U.S. government to approve five varieties of biotech potatoes. They're engineered not to develop ugly black bruises. McDonald... Tue, 14 May 2013 18:27:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2083742-idaho-spud-giant-bets-biotech-potatoes.html 2013-05-14T18:27:21Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2082222-drug-manufacturer-agrees-to-500-penalty.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A subsidiary of India's largest pharmaceutical company has agreed to pay a record $500 million in fines and penalties for selling adulterated drugs and lying to federal regulators in a case that is part of an ongoing crackdown on the quality of generic drugs flowing into the U.S. Federal prosecutors say the guilty plea by Ranbaxy USA Inc... Tue, 14 May 2013 03:33:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2082222-drug-manufacturer-agrees-to-500-penalty.html 2013-05-14T03:33:52Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2076956-judge-nyc-refuses-to-suspend-plan-ruling.html NEW YORK (AP) — A judge on Friday refused to delay enforcement of his decision giving women of all ages broad access to morning-after birth control, calling the government's appeal frivolous, a "silly argument" and an insult to the intelligence of women. U.S. District Judge Edward Korman in Brooklyn did agree to postpone implementation of his month-old de... Fri, 10 May 2013 20:04:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2076956-judge-nyc-refuses-to-suspend-plan-ruling.html 2013-05-10T20:04:28Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2073332-wrigley-takes-caffeinated-gum-market.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A Food and Drug Administration investigation into the safety of caffeine-added foods has prompted Wrigley to take its new caffeinated gum off the market for the time being. Wrigley said Wednesday that it will temporarily halt sales and marketing of Alert caffeinated gum after discussions with the FDA. President Casey Keller said the comp... Thu, 09 May 2013 06:56:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2073332-wrigley-takes-caffeinated-gum-market.html 2013-05-09T06:56:45Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2072070-fda-inspection-triggers-recall-florida-pharmacy.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration warned doctors and pharmacists Wednesday to avoid drugs made by a Florida specialty pharmacy called The Compounding Shop, due to potential safety problems uncovered by health inspectors. The St. Petersburg, Fla.-based pharmacy has agreed to recall all of its sterile drugs and is in the process of notifyin... Wed, 08 May 2013 18:57:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2072070-fda-inspection-triggers-recall-florida-pharmacy.html 2013-05-08T18:57:29Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2066758-correction-tanning-beds-fda-story.html WASHINGTON (AP) — In a story May 6 about proposed regulations for tanning beds, The Associated Press reported erroneously that an FDA proposal would not require warnings on tanning beds themselves, but on related promotional materials. The proposal, if finalized, would require warning labels on tanning beds within a year of taking effect. A corrected vers... Tue, 07 May 2013 21:16:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2066758-correction-tanning-beds-fda-story.html 2013-05-07T21:16:59Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2069454-judge-nyc-rips-opposition-to-plan-order.html NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge, asked by the government on Tuesday to freeze his plan giving teenage girls broader access to morning-after birth control, instead seized the chance to accuse health officials of taking steps that would end up hurting poor people and improve their chances of prevailing in a protracted legal fight with reproductive rights advocates. ... Tue, 07 May 2013 20:03:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2069454-judge-nyc-rips-opposition-to-plan-order.html 2013-05-07T20:03:54Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2066318-san-francisco-city-attorney-sues-monster-beverage.html NEW YORK (AP) — San Francisco's city attorney is suing Monster Beverage for marketing its energy drinks to children, saying the products pose severe health risks. City Attorney Dennis Herrera said Monday that Monster is the "industry's worst offender" in the extent to which it targets youth and children. The action comes after Monster last week sued Herre... Mon, 06 May 2013 19:47:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2066318-san-francisco-city-attorney-sues-monster-beverage.html 2013-05-06T19:47:40Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2066560-fda-warns-pregnant-women-migraine-drug-risk.html WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health regulators are warning doctors and women of child-bearing age that half-a-dozen medications used to treat migraine headaches can decrease children's intelligence if taken while their mothers are pregnant. The Food and Drug Administration said Monday that the drugs, including Depakote and Depacon, should never be taken by preg... Mon, 06 May 2013 18:41:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2066560-fda-warns-pregnant-women-migraine-drug-risk.html 2013-05-06T18:41:18Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2058640-decades-old-question-antibacterial-soap-safe.html WASHINGTON (AP) — It's a chemical that's been in U.S. households for more than 40 years, from the body wash in your bathroom shower to the knives on your kitchen counter to the bedding in your baby's basinet. But federal health regulators are just now deciding whether triclosan — the germ-killing ingredient found in an estimated 75 percent of antibacteria... Fri, 03 May 2013 03:04:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2058640-decades-old-question-antibacterial-soap-safe.html 2013-05-03T03:04:16Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2057892-obama-with-morning-after-pill-sales-age-15.html MEXICO CITY (AP) — President Barack Obama said Thursday he was comfortable with his administration's decision to allow over-the-counter purchases of a morning-after pill for anyone 15 and older. The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday had lowered the age at which people can buy the Plan B One-Step morning-after pill without a prescription to 15 — youn... Thu, 02 May 2013 22:47:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2057892-obama-with-morning-after-pill-sales-age-15.html 2013-05-02T22:47:48Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2059684-obama-comfortable-with-fda-approach-plan.html MEXICO CITY (AP) — President Barack Obama says he's comfortable with his administration's decision to allow over-the-counter purchases of a morning-after pill for anyone 15 and older. The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday had lowered the age at which people can buy the Plan B One-Step morning-after pill without a prescription to 15 — younger than th... Thu, 02 May 2013 22:35:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2059684-obama-comfortable-with-fda-approach-plan.html 2013-05-02T22:35:54Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2025284-fearing-abuse-fda-blocks-generic-oxycontin.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health regulators will require generic versions of the best-selling painkiller OxyContin to include recent formulation changes designed to make the pill harder to abuse. The Food and Drug Administration said late Tuesday it would not approve any generic versions of OxyContin based on the original formulation because it "poses an ... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 11:30:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2025284-fearing-abuse-fda-blocks-generic-oxycontin.html 2013-04-17T11:30:02Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2019688-report-finds-lax-oversight-specialty-pharmacies.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional investigators say pharmacy boards in nearly all 50 states lack the information and expertise to oversee specialty pharmacies like the one that triggered a deadly meningitis outbreak last year. A report released Monday by House Democrats shows that most states do not track or routinely inspect compounding pharmacies. Staffer... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 01:03:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2019688-report-finds-lax-oversight-specialty-pharmacies.html 2013-04-16T01:03:24Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2016692-fda-reviewing-heart-risks-glaxo-diabetes-pill.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration will hold a meeting in June to reassess the safety of GlaxoSmithKline's former blockbuster drug Avandia, which was severely restricted in 2010 due to concerns about its impact on the heart. Regulators announced the highly unusual move in a government notice published on Friday. The FDA said it will ask a ... Fri, 12 Apr 2013 21:17:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2016692-fda-reviewing-heart-risks-glaxo-diabetes-pill.html 2013-04-12T21:17:53Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2015706-fda-finds-safety-issues-specialty-pharmacies.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration says it has uncovered potential safety problems at 30 specialty pharmacies that were inspected in the wake of a recent outbreak of meningitis caused by contaminated drugs. The agency said its inspectors targeted 31 compounding pharmacies that produce sterile drugs, which must be prepared under highly sani... Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:16:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2015706-fda-finds-safety-issues-specialty-pharmacies.html 2013-04-12T16:16:14Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2007434-robot-hot-surgeons-fda-taking-fresh.html CHICAGO (AP) — The biggest thing in operating rooms these days is a million-dollar, multi-armed robot named da Vinci, used in nearly 400,000 surgeries nationwide last year — triple the number just four years earlier. But now the high-tech helper is under scrutiny over reports of problems, including several deaths that may be linked with it, and the high c... Tue, 09 Apr 2013 17:43:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2007434-robot-hot-surgeons-fda-taking-fresh.html 2013-04-09T17:43:50Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2004760-trial-baby-food-lead-warning.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An expert witness testified Monday that average lead levels in baby foods fall below the threshold for warning labels mandated under a California reporting standard. Barbara Petersen, a food safety scientist, was the first witness in the civil trial involving a lawsuit filed by an environmental group against the nation's largest baby ... Tue, 09 Apr 2013 00:01:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2004760-trial-baby-food-lead-warning.html 2013-04-09T00:01:28Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2000432-judge-making-morning-after-pill-to.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The morning-after pill might become as easy to buy as aspirin. In a scathing rebuke accusing the Obama administration of letting election-year politics trump science, a federal judge ruled Friday that there should be no age restrictions on the sale of emergency contraception without a doctor's prescription. Today, buy... Fri, 05 Apr 2013 23:04:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2000432-judge-making-morning-after-pill-to.html 2013-04-05T23:04:28Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1991128-fda-longer-use-nicotine-gum.html RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration says smokers who are trying to quit can safely use over-the counter nicotine gum, patches and lozenges for longer than previously recommended in a move to help millions of Americans kick the habit. Current labels suggest consumers stop smoking or using other products containing nicotine when they begin... Mon, 01 Apr 2013 17:46:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1991128-fda-longer-use-nicotine-gum.html 2013-04-01T17:46:43Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1965552-apnewsbreak-us-to-revise-cigarette-warning-labels.html RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The U.S. government is abandoning a legal battle to require that cigarette packs carry a set of large and often macabre warning labels depicting the dangers of smoking and encouraging smokers to quit. Instead, the Food and Drug Administration will go back to the drawing board and create labels to replace those that included images of ... Tue, 19 Mar 2013 20:56:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1965552-apnewsbreak-us-to-revise-cigarette-warning-labels.html 2013-03-19T20:56:06Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1954684-fda-probes-pancreas-risks-with-diabetes-drugs.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration is looking into new evidence that suggests a group of recently approved diabetes drugs can increase the risk of pancreatitis and other problems. The agency said Thursday samples of pancreas tissue taken from a small number of patients showed inflammation and cellular changes that often precede cancer. Aca... Thu, 14 Mar 2013 20:21:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1954684-fda-probes-pancreas-risks-with-diabetes-drugs.html 2013-03-14T20:21:27Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1953940-brominated-vegetable-oil-gatorade.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — When PepsiCo Inc. announced it would stop putting an obscure vegetable oil in its Gatorade right before the Super Bowl, one of the loudest cheers came from a high school student who had made it her mission to get rid of the ingredient. "I was like, 'Whoa,'" said Sarah Kavanagh, a 16-year-old from Hattiesburg, Miss., who wanted to know... Thu, 14 Mar 2013 17:14:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1953940-brominated-vegetable-oil-gatorade.html 2013-03-14T17:14:05Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1949238-hard-to-find-good-info-drug-safety-pregnancy.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly every woman takes a medication at some point during pregnancy. Yet there's disturbingly little easy-to-understand information about which drugs pose a risk to her baby, and what to do about it. Need some pain relief? In the fine print is the warning that painkillers like Advil aren't for the third trimester. Left unsaid is whether... Tue, 12 Mar 2013 22:59:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1949238-hard-to-find-good-info-drug-safety-pregnancy.html 2013-03-12T22:59:54Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1948044-fda-head-menu-labeling-thorny-issue.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Diners will have to wait a little longer to find calorie counts on most restaurant chain menus, in supermarkets and on vending machines. Writing a new menu labeling law "has gotten extremely thorny," says the head of the Food and Drug Administration, as the agency tries to figure out who should be covered by it. The 2010 health care law ... Tue, 12 Mar 2013 15:27:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1948044-fda-head-menu-labeling-thorny-issue.html 2013-03-12T15:27:01Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1946414-us-probes-sanofi-blockbuster-drug-plavix.html PARIS (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department is investigating drug maker Sanofi's disclosures to the Food and Drug Administration about different responses to its blockbuster blood thinner Plavix. The French company said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission last week that it learned in June about the investigation. It did not provide detail... Mon, 11 Mar 2013 19:13:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1946414-us-probes-sanofi-blockbuster-drug-plavix.html 2013-03-11T19:13:28Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1919904-budget-cuts-affect-you.html Automatic spending cuts scheduled to take effect Friday are expected to touch a vast range of government services. Some examples: DEFENSE One of the Navy's premiere warships, the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman, sits pier-side in Norfolk, Va., its tour of duty delayed. The carrier and its 5,000-person crew were to leave for the Persian Gulf on Feb. 8... Fri, 01 Mar 2013 02:22:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1919904-budget-cuts-affect-you.html 2013-03-01T02:22:17Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1922166-fda-commissioner-budget-cuts-safe-food.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Fewer food safety inspections and an increased risk to consumers will result from the lack of a new 2013 budget from Congress and the upcoming across-the-board spending cuts, Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Margaret Hamburg said Thursday. The cuts are scheduled to take effect Friday unless the White House and Congress can come ... Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:52:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1922166-fda-commissioner-budget-cuts-safe-food.html 2013-02-28T19:52:35Z