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FDA issues Veterinary Feed Directive final rule for antibiotic use in farm animals

2015-06-03 01:00:00| Food Processing Technology

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has introduced new restrictions regarding the use of antibiotics in cows, chickens and other farm animals in an attempt to fight the spread of superbugs that have become increasingly resistant to infection-fi

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FDA Accepts Supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) for KEYTRUDA (pembrolizumab), Mercks Anti-PD-1 Therapy, in Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, and Grants Priority Review

2015-06-01 22:34:00| Merck.com - Product News

Dateline City: KENILWORTH, N.J. KEYNOTE-001 Data Served as the Basis for U.S. FDA Filing and Breakthrough Therapy Designation in Advanced NSCLC Across Histologies KENILWORTH, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Merck (NYSE:MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for review the supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) for Mercks anti-PD-1 therapy, KEYTRUDA (pembrolizumab), for the treatment of patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose disease has progressed on or after platinum-containing chemotherapy and an FDA-approved therapy for EGFR or ALK genomic tumor aberrations, if present. Language: English Contact: MerckMedia:Pamela Eisele, 267-664-0282Claire Mulhearn, 908-200-1889orInvestors:Joseph Romanelli, 908-740-1986Justin Holko, 908-740-1879 Ticker Slug: Ticker: MRK Exchange: NYSE read more

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FDA approves Pfizer drug to treat rare lung disease

2015-05-29 07:59:05| Biotech - Topix.net

The US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved the first drug to treat a rare, progressive lung disease that mainly affects women of childbearing age. WASHINGTON: The US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved the first drug to treat a rare, progressive lung disease that mainly affects women of childbearing age.

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FDA, FTC asked to stop Coca-Cola, Pepsi from falsely advertising unhealthy "diet" soda

2015-05-23 21:09:50| Beverages - Topix.net

How is it that a product that can make people gain weight is allowed to be labeled as "diet"? Doesn't that word imply that it aids in shedding pounds and is something that those hoping to lose or maintain weight should gravitate towards? Coca-Cola Co. and PepsiCo Inc.'s advertising and overall branding of some sodas as "diet" is misleading, so much so that the advocacy group U.S. Right to Know is asking the Federal Trade Commission and the Food and Drug Administration to investigate the companies for false advertising.

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FDA releases proposed rules to collect antimicrobial sales information

2015-05-19 17:39:00| National Hog Farmer

Source: U.S. Food & Drug Administration The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is proposing revisions to its annual reporting requirements for drug sponsors of all antimicrobials sold or distributed for use in food-producing animals in order to obtain estimates of sales by major food-producing species read more

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