US FDA approves first drug under new fast-track review program

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved on Tuesday the first drug under its new fast-track program designed to shorten ...

F.D.A. Approves Two New Drugs to Treat Gonorrhea

On Friday, the F.D.A. approved a new antibiotic, zoliflodacin, a day after an article published in The Lancet reported that a ...
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Pharmalittle: We’re reading about FDA staff fears, a Lilly weight loss drug and much more

In her nine months as scientific adviser to U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary, Tracy Beth Høeg’s ...
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Legislators seek one agency for food safety

IL, and U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-CT, have reintroduced the Federal Food Administration Act. The act is designed to ...
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The breakthrough drug transforming HIV prevention: FDA-approved lenacapavir protects with twice-yearly injections

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved a groundbreaking new option for preventing HIV, the virus that ...
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FDA approves first new kind of drug to target gonorrhea in decades

Zoliflodacin, which will be marketed under the name Nuzolvence, is the first new drug to uniquely target gonorrhea infections ...

FDA reviewing safety of RSV drugs for infants, no incidents reported

Federal regulators have begun a safety review of two RSV medicines used to protect infants, even though no safety problems ...

FDA opens safety review of injectable RSV drugs approved for babies and toddlers

Federal health officials are reviewing the safety of two injectable drugs used to protect babies and toddlers from the RSV ...