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EU regulator green lights an injectable HIV drug that could help stop transmission
The European Medicines Agency has recommended authorizing a twice-yearly injectable drug to prevent HIV. Scientists say this ...
Lawmakers press FDA to target knockoff weight-loss drug
Dozens of lawmakers are urging US health regulators to crack down on the booming market for knockoff weight-loss drugs amid ...
100 days into the job, FDA head talks to CNN about agency goals— and Coke’s switch to sugar
Commissioner Marty Makary says the FDA will plow ahead with big plans on ultra process foods, dietary guidelines and ...
Layoffs, shutdowns and billions up in smoke. What's wrong with Bay Area biotech?
BioMarin Pharmaceuticals is one of many biotech companies that’s laid off workers over the past two years. Its office in ...
This woman was prescribed antidepressants. She was in menopause and needed another drug.
This woman was prescribed antidepressants. She was in menopause and needed another drug. Leslie Ann McDonald was so tired she ...
FDA names former pharmaceutical company executive to oversee US drug program
FDA Commissioner Marty Makary announced that Dr. George Tidmarsh, a cancer and pediatric specialist, will direct the agency’s ...
Biotech exec George Tidmarsh picked as FDA's chief drug regulator
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration named ex-biotech exec George Tidmarsh as its chief drug regulator. FDA Commissioner ...
FDA appoints George Tidmarsh as top drug regulator
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Monday it has appointed George Tidmarsh, a seasoned biotech executive and ...
FDA appoints biotech veteran George Tidmarsh to lead drug evaluation division
Stanford's George Tidmarsh has authored 143 scientific papers and patents, as well as played a central role in developing ...
FDA Suspends Muscular Dystrophy Drug After 3 Patient Deaths
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration ( FDA) has placed an immediate clinical hold on Sarepta Therapeutics' investigational ...
FDA to appoint George Tidmarsh as top drug regulator, Bloomberg News reports
U.S. Food and Drug Administration commissioner Marty Makary has chosen former biotech executive George Tidmarsh as the ...
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An unusual FDA panel on antidepressant use during pregnancy elevated skeptics of the drugs
An unusual FDA panel on antidepressant use during pregnancy elevated clinicians and researchers who are deeply skeptical of ...