US Food and Drug Administration News

The Johnson and Johnson vaccine was authorised for emergency use in February last year. As of mid-March, federal scientists had identified 60 cases of the side effect, including nine that were fatal. FDA said the shot should only be given to adults who cannot receive a different vaccine.

FDA approved the use of third doses of Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines. FDA also approved "mix and match" booster doses.

Artesunate will be administered to Covid-19 patients intravenously for seven days Imatinib will be given once daily for 14 days Infliximab will be injected in one single dose

Made with a special paper that works long enough to take the test and but then degrades in water, the pregnancy test has no glass and requires no batteries.

The development comes after the US Food and Drug Administration last year approved a cell-based gene therapy, namely the CAR T-cell treatment.

Moody`s Investors Service upgraded India`s sovereign credit rating for the first time in nearly 14 years on Friday, saying continued progress on economic and institutional reforms would boost the country`s growth potential.

Poor compliance with drug regimens is a common problem in many disease areas, especially when patients suffer from chronic conditions.

Gene therapy is a treatment that uses a patient`s own immune cells to fight leukemia.

The FDA’s limit for lead in cosmetics is 20 micrograms per gram. Nineteen percent of the US samples and 43 percent of the India samples exceeded that limit. 

Pembrolizumab is indicated for the treatment of adult and paediatric patients with unresectable or metastatic solid tumours that have been identified as having a biomarker referred to as microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H) or mismatch repair deficient (dMMR).

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has allowed 23andMe, a genetic testing company, to market its "controversial" direct-to-consumer tests for assessing the risk for 10 diseases or conditions, including Alzheimers and Parkinsons disease.

US Food and Drug Administration regulators have approved the first drug 'Ocrevus' to treat adult people with an aggressive kind of multiple sclerosis.

Texas prison authorities have carried out the first US execution of 2017, as controversy continued to swirl around the drugs used to conduct such lethal injections.

Drug major Lupin has received tentative approval from the US health regulator to sell Olmesartan medoximil tablets, used for treating high blood pressure, in the American market.

Consumers should stop using these products and dispose of any in their possession, FDA recommended on Friday.

The Zydus Cadila has received final approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) to market Voriconazole tablets in strengths of 50 and 200 mg, Cadila Healhtcare said in a BSE filing.

Asserting that regulatory action by the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) on leading Indian firms has impacted exports from the country, Dr Reddy's Laboratories Chairman Satish Reddy Wednesday asked for a dialogue between government and US health regulator.

Aurobindo Pharma has received final approval from the US health regulator to manufacture and market anti-viral Valganciclovir tablets in the American market.

A drug used to treat high blood pressure has been found to reduce cell damage often linked to Alzheimer's disease, reports a new study.

The US Food and Drug Administration (US FDA), which had issued a warning letter to Dr Reddy's Laboratories over quality issues, has said it might withhold approval of the company's fresh drugs and stop import if no corrective action is taken.