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FDA Clears Quidels Solana C. difficile Assay

FDA clears a Quidel 510(k) to market its Solana C. difficile Assay for the direct, qualitative detection of the Clostridium difficile DNA in unformed ...

Human Drugs

FDA Hits Torrent Pharma with Form 483 After Inspection

FDA issues Torrent Pharmaceuticals a four-item Form 483 following an inspection last month at the firms drug manufacturing facility in Indrad, Gujarat...

FDA General

Gottlieb Sworn in as New Commissioner

Scott Gottlieb officially starts as the new FDA commissioner after being sworn in by HHS secretary Tom Price.

Medical Devices

FDA Allows Cook Medical Pediatric Esophageal Device on Market

FDA authorizes the use of Cook Medicals Flourish Pediatric Esophageal Atresia Anastomosis, a device to treat infants up to one year old for a birth de...

FDA General

Trump Budget for FDA a Non-starter: Alliance

Holding some hope for a Trump Administration change of heart, the Alliance for a Stronger FDA calls its proposed 37% FDA budget cut in 2018 a non-star...

Human Drugs

Orphan Drug Status for Loxo Oncology Tumor Drug

FDA grants Loxo Oncology an orphan drug designation for larotrectinib for treating solid tumors with NTRK-fusion proteins, which are genetic abnormali...

Human Drugs

AstraZeneca Sees Positive Results from Imfinzi in Lung Cancer

AstraZeneca and MedImmune announce positive results from their Phase 3 PACIFIC trial, a randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial of Imfinz...

Human Drugs

Alzheimers Researchers Want Revised Drug Approval Standard

Alzheimers disease researchers urge FDA to clarify and modernize its current approach for approving new treatments for Alzheimers.

Human Drugs

Exact-Rx Cleanser Label Inaccurate: FDA

FDA says Exact-Rx must correct deficiencies in the listing for its Sulfacetamide and Sulfer Cleanser.

Human Drugs

Appeals Court Affirms Genentech Whistleblower Case Dismissal

Attorney Armandeep Sindhu says the 3rd Circuit Appeals Court affirmed a lower court ruling dismissing a whistleblower case against Genentech over its ...