F.D.A. Panel Votes Against Sale of Statins Over Counter
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The panel said that while Americans could benefit from taking a Merck cholesterol-lowering drug, they should not begin such a regimen without a doctor's advice.
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A Senate panel is nearing a vote on a proposal to put tobacco under Food and Drug Administration regulation despite objections that such a move would only entrench the market position of the nation's No. 1 tobacco company.
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Campaigners appeal against a decision they say is restricting doctors from prescribing osteoporosis drugs on the NHS.
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NEW YORK - A US Food and Drug Administration advisory panel rejected Procter &amp; Gamble&#39;s testosterone patch to treat female sexual dysfunction.
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Details on how a controversial change was made in a study of their cholesterol drugs Zetia and Vytorin.
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The American Heart Association defended the drug Vytorin, an expensive drug combination for cholesterol, which was shown last week to work no better than Zocor, a cheaper alternative.
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Federal advisers who met last week to consider whether to restrict doses of popular antianemia drugs were themselves under scrutiny during the hearing. The Food and Drug Administration is considering a top-to-bottom reshaping of how it picks and uses the outside scientists who serve on the agency's advisory panels.
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A federal judge denied a request by Pfizer (nyse: PFE - news - people ) to halt competitors&#39; sales of gabapentin, a generic form of Pfizer&#39;s Neurontin epilepsy drug.
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Consumer advocates backed by some  prominent doctors and researchers on Thursday questioned a new  U.S. policy recommending wider use of statin drugs to lower  cholesterol.
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A U.S. panel of medical experts recommended on Friday that U.S. regulators reject AstraZeneca's   application to sell its anti-clotting drug Exanta.
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GAITHERSBURG, Maryland  - A U.S. advisory panel on Friday was divided over whether current data warrant changes to drug-coated heart stent labels for their use in patients with more medical complications unapproved for the device.
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By The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  May 30--Shareholders of managed care giant UnitedHealth Group on Tuesday narrowly rejected a proposal championed by California's two massive public pension funds to make it easier to nominate company directors.
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AstraZeneca will defend its new prescription drug Exanta before a federal panel today after new questions were raised about the safety and effectiveness of the stroke prevention medication.
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The move comes after months of criticism that the F.D.A. was too slow to react to reports linking Vioxx and Celebrex to increased risks.
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A U.S. judge on Thursday granted a   request from Sanofi-Aventis and Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. to   block the sale of a generic form of their top-selling Plavix   blood thinner.
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An advisory panel of experts recommended unanimously yesterday that the Food and Drug Administration reject a new weight-loss drug after hearing testimony that it increases the risk of suicidal behavior.
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An FDA advisory panel voted unanimously not to approve Protcer &amp; Gamble&#39;s testosterone patch, Intrinsa, for the female treatment of low sex drive (libido).