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US FDA approves PTC Therapeutics' metabolic disorder drug
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved PTC Therapeutics' oral drug to treat a rare inherited metabolic disorder ...
The Sarepta Mugging and Drug Innovation
The Trump FDA tries to kill a therapy that has helped boys with a deadly diagnosis.
FDA Head Marty Makary on Food Dyes, Ultra-Processed Foods and the MAHA Agenda
The Food and Drug Administration commissioner reveals what health officials are prioritizing in a forthcoming report on ...
Is the FDA Doing Enough About Food Additives?
Food dyes are known to have a wide range of impacts on health, such as cancer risks, behavioral problems in children, and ...
The difference between palliative care and hospice
Many tend to confuse palliative care, which is focused on symptom management, with hospice care, which requires that all ...
People living with Alzheimer's ‒ and their caregivers ‒ need more than hope | Opinion
My husband has Alzheimer's, and my experience as his caregiver influenced me to make 'Walk With Me,' a documentary that ...
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 ...
Lawmakers press FDA to target knockoff weight-loss drug
Dozens of lawmakers are urging U.S. health regulators to crack down on the booming market for knockoff weight-loss drugs amid ...
FDA’s artificial intelligence is supposed to revolutionize drug approvals. It’s making up studies
Insiders tell CNN the FDA’s AI is “hallucinating” studies and can’t access key documents. Agency leaders insist the AI is ...
US FDA extends review of GSK's blood cancer drug
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has extended its review of GSK's blood cancer drug, Blenrep, as a combination treatment ...
This woman was prescribed antidepressants. She was in menopause and needed another drug.
Her doctor prescribed an antidepressant, even though the then 36-year-old insisted she wasn’t depressed. She even went to ...
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 ...