Cyber breaches driving investment in FDACyber breaches and insider threats, including malicious insiders stealing, manipulating or destroying data, are the fastest-growing risks and are driving investment in Forensic Data Analytics (FDA), a report said. Sixty-nine perce More… |
Lunatus launches FDA-approved anti-migraine deviceLunatus Marketing and Consulting, a leading Middle East based firm focused on linking international health care companies with the region’s healthcare professionals, has launched ‘Cefaly,’ the first FDA-approved anti-migraine More… |
FDA approves ‘female Viagra’ with strong warningA controversial drug to treat low sexual desire in women won approval from the US Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday, but with a warning about potentially dangerous side effects. The FDA has twice rejected the drug, flibanser More… |
Faster-acting erectile dysfunction drug gets FDA approvalAn erectile dysfunction drug that reduces by half the time patients need to take the pill before sexual activity has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration. Developed by Auxilium Pharmaceuticals and Vivus, the drug, More… |
FDA approves GSK's Tanzeum for diabetesThe US Food and Drug Administration approved GlaxoSmithKline's Tanzeum injection for treating adults with type 2 diabetes, in combination with diet and exercise. Tanzeum will carry a warning on its label that tumors of the thy More… |
FDA approves oral drug for psoriatic arthritisCelgene Corporation said the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Otezla (apremilast), the company’s oral, selective inhibitor of phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4), for the treatment of adult patients with active psoriatic arthrit More… |
Unease in US over Indian drug qualitySome US doctors are becoming concerned about the quality of generic drugs supplied by Indian manufacturers following a flurry of recalls and import bans by the Food and Drug Administration. India supplies about 40 percent of gener More… |
Move to ban trans fats in processed foodsThe US Food and Drug Administration has proposed banning artificial trans fats in processed food ranging from cookies to frozen pizza, citing the risk of heart disease. Partially hydrogenated oils, the primary dietary source of th More… |
Roche breast cancer drug gets FDA approvalUS health regulators expanded the approval of Roche Holding's breast cancer drug Perjeta and will now allow its use to help shrink tumors prior to surgery, the Food and Drug Administration said on Monday. The decision followed More… |
FDA strengthens hepatitis B warning on cancer drugsUS health regulators have strengthened the warnings on two blood cancer drugs to reflect the risk that they may reactivate the hepatitis B virus in patients previously infected with the disease. The warnings affect GlaxoSmithKline More… |