FDA Won't Ban Drug For ADHD
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The Food and Drug Administration said yesterday that it does not plan to follow the lead of Canadian regulators who took a drug for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder off the market because of reports that it has been linked to 20 sudden deaths and a dozen strokes, including some among children.
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Federal health advisers unanimously rejected a weight-loss drug Wednesday after hearing testimony that it increases the risk of suicidal thoughts, even in patients without a history of depression. The manufacturer, Sanofi-Aventis SA, further failed to show the drug rimonabant is safe, the panel said.
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WASHINGTON Dec 3, 2004 - In a move that could chill excitement about experimental drugs to treat female sexual dysfunction, federal advisers refused to endorse a new testosterone patch for women.
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Two health agencies will conduct the largest-ever study of potential heart risks from medicines used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), officials said on Monday.
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The use of drugs to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, has more than tripled worldwide since 1993, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.
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The U.S. Food and Drug  Administration failed to protect the public from Merck & Co.  Inc.'s MRK.N now-withdrawn painkiller Vioxx and is incapable  of guarding America from dangerous drugs, a veteran FDA  researcher told Congress on Thursday.
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U.S. regulators have rejected  GlaxoSmithKline Plc's  experimental drug gepirone ER for  adults with major depression.
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Federal health advisers are refusing to recommend a hormone patch that works to restore a woman&#39;s sex drive. An advisory committee says the patch, called Intrinsa, shouldn&#39;t win government approval until more
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AstraZeneca Plc AZN.L AZN.N on  Friday said U.S. regulators did not approve its anti-clotting  drug Exanta.
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The U.S Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday it will not allow imports of Chinese farm-raised catfish, shrimp and other seafood until suppliers can prove the shipments are free from harmful residues.
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The drug maker Eli Lilly &amp; Co. said Friday it is warning doctors to stop using its attention deficit disorder drug Strattera in patients with jaundice or laboratory evidence of liver injury.
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WASHINGTON - Alarmed at a recommendation that antidepressants for children carry a strict new warning label, some parents are not letting their kids take the drugs as part of a clinical trial for young people who have attempted suicide.    Government health advisers said last week the labels on these drugs should have bold warnings surrounded by a black box to draw attention and say that, in some cases, the medication increases suicidal thoughts and behavior...
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AstraZeneca Plc (AZN) on Friday said US regulators did not approve its anti-clotting drug Exanta. The US Food and Drug Administration followed the advice of an advisory panel, which last
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Pfizer Inc., the world's largest drugmaker, said Wednesday it won a court ruling in the Netherlands preventing Indian rival Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. from releasing a generic version of the company's cholesterol-reducing drug Lipitor.
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning about the generic drug naproxen, after the National Institutes of Health (NIH) halted a clinical trial involving patients at risk of developing Alzheimers.
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Parents of kids on prescription drugs   for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder are 10 times more   likely to be on such a medication themselves, according to an   analysis of U.S. prescription use released on Thursday.
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The Food and Drug Administration has told a researcher that he cannot be part of an advisory panel that will review the safety of a class of drugs used to treat arthritis and pain.