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Consumers want tougher probe of engineered salmon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three consumer groups petitioned the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday to subject a new genetically engineered salmon to a more rigorous review process than is now in place before the fish can be approved as safe to eat. The fish at issue, AquaBounty Technologies' AquAdvantage salmon, is currently classified as a new animal drug for the purposes of FDA review. The ...
Consumer groups want tougher probe of engineered salmon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three U.S. consumer groups petitioned the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday to subject a new genetically engineered salmon to a more rigorous review process than is now in place before the fish can be approved as safe to eat. The fish at issue, AquaBounty Technologies' AquAdvantage salmon, is currently classified as a new animal drug for the purposes of FDA review ...
FDA question's Amgen drug for prostate cancer
FDA question's Amgen drug for prostate cancer WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists for the Food and Drug Administration say an Amgen drug slowed the spread of cancer to the bone in men with hard-to-treat prostate cancer, though the drug failed to extend life and carried significant side effects.
FDA questions Amgen drug for prostate cancer
FDA questions Amgen drug for prostate cancer Associated Press Copyright 2012 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 08:43 a.m., Monday, February 6, 2012 WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists for the Food and Drug Administration say that an Amgen drug slowed the spread of cancer to the bone in men with hard-to-treat ...
FDA panel votes against wider use of Amgen drug
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An advisory panel on Wednesday recommended that U.S. health regulators reject the use of Amgen Inc's drug Xgeva to delay the spread of prostate cancer to the bone, dimming the chance of a wider use for one of the company's key growth drivers. The outside advisers to the Food and Drug Administration voted 12-to-1 that the benefits of the injectable drug, known chemically as ...
FDA will speed up review of Roche cancer drug
Swiss drugmaker Roche said Tuesday that the Food and Drug Administration will make a decision on its experimental breast cancer drug pertuzumab by June.
Consumers want tougher FDA probe of engineered salmon
Three consumer groups petitioned the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday to subject a new genetically engineered salmon to a more rigorous review process than is now in place before the fish can be approved as safe to eat
Prostate cancer drug has side effects
Scientists for the Food and Drug Administration say that an Amgen drug slowed the spread of cancer to the bone in men with hard-to-treat prostate cancer, though the drug did not extend life and carried significant side effects. The Food and Drug Administration will ask a panel of outside experts on Wednesday whether the benefits of Amgen’s Xgeva outweigh its risks, which included bone disease in ...
Curis posts 4Q profit on skin cancer drug payments
Drug developer Curis Inc. said Wednesday it turned a profit during the fourth quarter as regulators reviewed its skin cancer drug Erivedge, which was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in January.
Trans-fat blood levels plummet after FDA food-labeling regulation
The amount of trans fat in the American bloodstream fell by more than half after the Food and Drug Administration required food manufacturers to label how much of the unhealthful ingredient is in their products, according to a new study . Read full article >>
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