STAT13h
FDA is still struggling with a lack of inspectors, but doesn’t have a plan, watchdog finds
A key reason positions haven't been filled is that they require travel that ranges from 25% to 75% of the time.
News Medical14h
The benefits and challenges of FDA Fast-Track and Accelerated Approval in drug development
This approach enables an ongoing dialogue between the regulatory body and drug developers. Expediting the review process ...
FDA grants Simulations Plus to use PBPK to expand mechanistic modeling for LAI
Simulations Plus (SLP) announced that it has been awarded a newly funded grant from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration FDA to use ...
Fox Business20d
McDonald's E.Coli outbreak linked to California farm, FDA investigating
The McDonald's E. Coli bacterial outbreak has been linked to a farm in California and will be investigated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), per reports. Taylor Farms, based in Salinas ...
The New York Times20d
Fatal Drug Overdoses Are Dropping. Not Everyone Is Spared.
Federal officials have celebrated a striking drop in drug overdoses across the country. But state-level data shows that Black people are suffering significantly worse outcomes than white people.
KVIA20d
DEA’s Take Back Day aims to prevent prescription drug misuse in El Paso
EL PASO, TX (KVIA) — The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is holding its annual National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, October 26. This is an opportunity to safely dispose of ...
KTVZ21d
How teen drug use compares by state
In 2023, about 1 in 5 children between the ages of 12 and 17 had used an illicit drug in the past year, down from about 28% of teens in 2020, according to the University of Michigan’s annual ...
Reuters21d
Novo Nordisk asks US to stop compounding pharmacies from making weight-loss drug copies
Oct 23 (Reuters) - Novo Nordisk (NOVOb.CO), opens new tab on Tuesday asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to ban compounding pharmacies from making copycat versions of its popular weight ...
New York Post21d
Louisiana AG sues Biden administration after Chinese migrant with ‘rare, aggressive and drug-resistant’ tuberculosis entered US
Republican Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill filed an “emergency lawsuit” against several Harris-Biden administration ... aggressive, and drug-resistant form of tuberculosis which carries ...
BBC22d
Cocaine use fuels record high in drug deaths
Drug-poisoning deaths in England and Wales have hit the highest level in 30 years, fuelled by a 30% rise in fatalities involving cocaine. The highest rate of drug deaths is still among men in ...
Associated Press22d
What is the recreational drug ‘pink cocaine’?
Experts say it rarely contains cocaine and is more likely to contain ketamine, a drug with very different effects. Pink cocaine is pink thanks to food coloring or dye, said Joseph Palamar, who studies ...
The Hill22d
The next administration can reframe asylum rules to address the immigration crisis
Perhaps the best way to move forward as we wait for Congress to act is to focus on simple steps that an incoming administration should take. The Biden-Harris administration has used CBP One — a ...