Tweet. The FDA's scientists have (once again) concluded that Plan B, the "morning after" pill, is safe for unrestricted sale over the counter...

LONDON (Reuters) - Regulators and drugmakers need to find ways to make more clinical data openly available, since vital knowledge about fighting disease is often locked away in confidential databases, the head of the U.S. drugs watchdog said on Monday.Food and ...

The Food and Drug Administration officially pulled the plug on its approval for the use of the drug Avastin in breast cancer treatment. . . There's...

Posted on 10/05/11 at 12:06pm by Benzinga Staff . SILVER SPRING, Md., Oct. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- FDA Commissioner Margaret A. Hamburg...

BANGALORE (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has named former Dartmouth Medical School Dean Stephen Spielberg to the newly created position of deputy commissioner for medical products and tobacco, according to an internal letter sent to FDA employees that was ...

WASHINGTON — Dead bodies, diseased lungs and a man on a ventilator were among the graphic images for revamped tobacco labels unveiled on Tuesday by...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Health officials on Tuesday will unveil nine graphic warning labels showing harmful effects of smoking that must be on cigarette packages and in advertisements starting in October 2012.Dead bodies, diseased lungs and a man on a ventilator were among ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. health regulator ordered painkiller makers to provide educational materials to help train physicians about the correct use of the drugs, as part of the Obama administration's plan to tackle prescription drug abuse.The U.S. Food ...

When you turn to your favorite cable news network, a story may feature an environmental issue, and more often than not, that report will have one...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Food and Drug Administration Deputy Commissioner Joshua Sharfstein will leave the agency to run the state of Maryland's health department, an aide to the state's governor said on Tuesday.Sharfstein, appointed by President Barack Obama in ...