Health care providers have been reporting unprecedented shortages of prescription drugs, including vital medications such as chemotherapies and antibiotics. Under current law, the FDA has no power to act, so two senators have i…
In a surprise move Tuesday, the FDA rejected Orexigen’s proposed new diet drug Contrave, saying the company needed to run another study of its cardiovascular risks. With this rejection, all three of a slate of similar diet drug…
Could caffeinated alcoholic drinks, which the FDA deemed unsafe for human consumption in November, turn out to be good for cars? A Virginia-based ethanol recycler, MXI Environmental Services, is turning those soon-to-be-banned …
After the U.S. Food and Drug Administration rejected two other weight-loss pills earlier this year, an advisory panel has recommended the approval of Orexigen Therapeutics’s Contrave. If the FDA follows the recommendation, Cont…
Allergan’s Lap-Band, a device implanted in the stomach to limit the amount of food that can be ingested, is already on the market to help the very obese lose weight. But now the company hopes to win approval for less obese pati…