P&amp;G Seeks OK for New Drug
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A Procter &amp; Gamble officials told federal health advisers today that a hormone patch aimed at restoring women&#39;s lost libido has not been linked to any serious safety problems.
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Drug companies could soon make more experimental drugs available for a fee to more patients with serious or life-threatening diseases that have no approved treatments, under revised rules the U.S. Food and Drug Administration proposed on Monday.
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GAITHERSBURG, Md.  - Procter & Gamble Co.'s  testosterone patch needs to undergo more study to identify  potential, long-term safety risks before it could be approved,  a U.S. advisory panel ruled on Thursday.
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More patients with serious diseases could get experimental drugs under revised rules proposed on Monday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that also detail how manufacturers can charge for them.
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(CBS) Food and Drug Administration advisers are scheduled on Thursday to review Procter and Gamble&#39;s Intrinsa, which could be the first prescription medication to win approval for female sexual dysfunction.
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U.S. health officials said on Friday they would review whether to take regulatory action over Merck & Co Inc  and Schering-Plough's  cholesterol medicine Vytorin following the drug's failure to work better than a generic drug in a study of plaque build-up in neck arteries.
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Abbott Laboratories Inc. said on Tuesday said it is seeking U.S. regulatory approval for a drug to treat advanced prostate cancer that has spread through the body.
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The Food and Drug Administration has published a note on its Web site regarding new warnings added to the labeling for Bextra, an arthritis pain drug made by Pfizer (nyse: PFE - news - people ). The warnings
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The FDA decides to debate the company's lead drug.
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J&J already has generic competition for its new drug.
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GlaxoSmithKline Plc , Europe's  biggest drugmaker, is set to seek European Union approval for  its experimental breast cancer drug Tykerb, a spokesman said on  Sunday.
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Pfizer plans to ask for approval of torcetrapib, a heart drug crucial to the companyÂs future, despite evidence that the drug increases blood pressure.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday asked an outside group to review the way it monitors safety risks associated with medicines already on the market, such as Merck & Co. Inc.'s withdrawn painkiller Vioxx.
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Government drug-buying agency Pharmac wants drug companies to act more swiftly when concerns are raised over potential side-effects of their drugs, and to be responsible in promoting their products.
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U.S. health officials said on Friday  they would review whether to take regulatory action over Merck  & Co Inc  and Schering-Plough's  cholesterol  medicine Vytorin following the drug's failure to work better  than a generic drug in a study of plaque build-up in neck  arteries.
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Washington, Dec 16 : One-fifth of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) scientists surveyed as part of an official review have said they had been pressured to recommend approval of a new drug despite their reservations about its safety, effectiveness
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Pfizer plans to ask or approval of torcetrapib, a heart drug crucial to the companyÂs future, despite evidence that the drug increases blood pressure.