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An influx of illegal vapes that are appealing to children has been making its way into the U.S. from China, the head of the FDA warned in an interview with ABC News.
A Food and Drug Administration panel discussing the use of antidepressants during pregnancy Monday largely amounted to misinformation or facts taken out of context, according to several psychiatrists who tuned in to the meeting.
The FDA granted an orphan drug designation to novel hedgehog pathway inhibitor taladegib, also known as ENV-101, for treating patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, according to a press release from Endeavor BioMedicines.
José Adolfo "Fito" Macías Villamar escaped from a prison in Ecuador last year and was recaptured in late June.
The recall was for Rich Ice Cream Company, which is located in West Palm Beach, Florida, with the FDA saying it was for "Potential Listeria Monocytogenes Contamination." In total, there are 110,292 units with 10 different products included, but this recall is active in 23 states across the US.
President Donald Trump announced on Monday that British-Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca will be investing $50 billion in the United States by 2030.
A recall of thousands of cases of fruits and vegetables has been issued due to potential fluid contamination—the second-highest risk warning given by the FDA.
The latest inspection comes 2 1/2 years after the agency allowed Sun Pharma to keep shipping some drugs to Americans even after banning the factory from the U.S. market because of quality problems.