Thomas A. Daschle, a former Senate majority leader and a confidant of President-elect Barack Obama, will be nominated as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services and will take on a ...
In a letter to Congress, federal scientists said that officials ignored their concerns and approved unsafe or ineffective medical devices.
The U.S. opened a branch of the Food and Drug Administration in the Chinese capital, the first of several overseas offices aimed at regulating the safety of imported food and medicine.
When President Obama takes over in January as manager in chief of nearly 2 million federal employees, he will need a plan to reinvigorate a frustrated and demoralized workforce, career employees warn.
SuperGen Inc. has received clearance from the Food and Drug Administration to begin clinical trials of an anticancer compound, triggering a $5.2 million milestone payment from SuperGen. (SUPG)
In yesterday's post, we noted the opening of the FDA office in Beijing and the frustration that they are bound to expect. The struggle has begun. "China hopes the U.S.
NEW YORK - Cook Medical, the world leader in endovascular repair of aortic disease, has received Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) conditional approval from the U.S.
ImClone Systems Inc. said Thursday it received approval to make three cancer drug candidates at a facility in New Jersey, as it prepares to ramp
Taking its name from both the color of its cover and the fact it lists the "plum" positions in government, the volume contains more than 7,000 jobs, 4,000 of which are political appointments.
It would be unusual now to have only domestic product in your kitchen or in your medicine cabinet.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration opened its first overseas office Wednesday in China with others planned around the globe.
Henry Miller: The US food and drug administration must shield itself from political pressure and streamline the approval of new drugs
Pharma Marketing News did a poll of its readers on who shoul dbe Obama's FDA Commissioner. Whistleblower (and Soft Skull author) Peter Rost was suggested.
Despite governmental pressure to "drop the issue," parents in China whose children died from complications of melamine-laced milk are taking a very western approach -- they are suing.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov 20, 2008 - Targanta Therapeutics Corporation (Nasdaq: TARG) today announced that oritavancin, the Company's investigational antibiotic therapy for the treatment ...
Targanta Therapeutics Corporation (Nasdaq: TARG) today announced that oritavancin, the Company's investigational antibiotic therapy for the treatment of complicated skin and skin structure infections ...
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- ImClone Systems Inc. said Thursday that the Food and Drug Administration approved its "BB50" manufacturing facility in Branchburg, N.J., to manufacture multiple products.
Pharmacogenomics Reporter (subscription required) describes an intriguing twist in the ongoing struggle between the nascent personal genomics industry and regulatory bodies: apparently the FDA is ...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) yesterday (19 November) opened an office in Beijing, in a move designed to improve the safety of Chinese food imports.
China has requested that the U.S.
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