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The Food and Drug Administration is a government agency that regulates certain food, drugs, cosmetics, and medical products. They are the government agency responsible for reviewing, approving and regulating medical products, including pharmaceutical drugs and medical devices.
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JUL 25, 2017Cancer
This year, an estimated 246,660 women in the US will be diagnosed with breast cancer. The disease currently ranks as one ...JUL 25, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
For the first time in almost two decades, patients with sickle cell disease will have access to a new drug thanks to a r ...JUL 22, 2017Immunology
There’s a new way to predict if cancer patients will respond well to newly FDA-approved immunotherapy drugs for ca ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 22, 2017Cancer
A cutting-edge therapy that uses a person’s own immune cells to kill cancer just received a historic vote of confi ...JUL 19, 2017Neuroscience
A government agency spending millions of dollars on an implantable brain chip for use in humans? It might sound like a s ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 13, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
In a first for the US, a committee of experts appointed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an experi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 08, 2017Videos
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are working together to make sure our v ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 08, 2017Cancer
The cooling cap device that limits hair loss during chemotherapy just scored another thumbs up from the FDA. The regulat ...JUL 07, 2017Videos
In 2016, a study published in the JAMA journal found that Americans spent a whopping $73 billion on the pricey brand-nam ...JUL 02, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
The Orphan Drug Act has tried to spur development of therapeutics for diseases affecting less than 200,000 people.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 30, 2017Cancer
In cancer research, identifying the patients who do not need aggressive treatment is just as important as identifying th ...JUN 30, 2017Videos
It's no secret that treating cancer is expensive. From innovative new drugs, to specialists and high tech treatments, ev ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 22, 2017Neuroscience
Major depressive disorder impacts almost 15 million people in America. Other forms of depression and anxiety impact many ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 20, 2017Cancer
The cancer drug olaparib was recently shown to be effective in some types of advanced prostate cancer. Now, scientists s ...JUN 19, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
In a first, the US FDA requested that Opana ER (oxymorphone hydrochloride), an opioid painkiller, be voluntarily removed ...JUN 09, 2017Cardiology
A natural sugar called trehalose reduces plaques associated with atherosclerosis and heart disease by improving t ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 01, 2017Videos
While it's been debated, new research hopes to settle the argument: cold water can remove bacteria just as effectively a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 01, 2017Cancer
Pancreatic cancer is a ruthless killer - about three-quarters of patients don’t make it past the one-year mark fro ...MAY 26, 2017Cancer
For the first time, the US FDA approved a cancer drug for patients based on presence of genetic biomarkers. Whereas canc ...MAY 24, 2017Videos
Baking soda solution (sodium bicarbonate) is used as an essential ingredient in a number of hospital-based remedies, inc ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 23, 2017Videos
A quick look around the grocery store shelves and it becomes clear that a label of "Non-GMO" is a pretty popular way to ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 22, 2017Cancer
A cancer drug that’s considered a game-changer for leukemia and lymphoma could also be a game-changer for allergy ...MAY 18, 2017Immunology
There's a new standard treatment for a rare immunological disease: mepolizumab. No need for an approval process, tho ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 11, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
For the first time in over 20 years, the US Food and Drug Administration approved a new drug for the treatment of a dise ...
JUL 25, 2017
Cancer
This year, an estimated 246,660 women in the US will be diagnosed with breast cancer. The disease currently ranks as one
...
JUL 25, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
For the first time in almost two decades, patients with sickle cell disease will have access to a new drug thanks to a r
...
JUL 22, 2017
Immunology
There’s a new way to predict if cancer patients will respond well to newly FDA-approved immunotherapy drugs for ca
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 22, 2017
Cancer
A cutting-edge therapy that uses a person’s own immune cells to kill cancer just received a historic vote of confi
...
JUL 19, 2017
Neuroscience
A government agency spending millions of dollars on an implantable brain chip for use in humans? It might sound like a s
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 13, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
In a first for the US, a committee of experts appointed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an experi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 08, 2017
Videos
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are working together to make sure our v
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 08, 2017
Cancer
The cooling cap device that limits hair loss during chemotherapy just scored another thumbs up from the FDA. The regulat
...
JUL 07, 2017
Videos
In 2016, a study published in the JAMA journal found that Americans spent a whopping $73 billion on the pricey brand-nam
...
JUL 02, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
The Orphan Drug Act has tried to spur development of therapeutics for diseases affecting less than 200,000 people.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 30, 2017
Cancer
In cancer research, identifying the patients who do not need aggressive treatment is just as important as identifying th
...
JUN 30, 2017
Videos
It's no secret that treating cancer is expensive. From innovative new drugs, to specialists and high tech treatments, ev
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 22, 2017
Neuroscience
Major depressive disorder impacts almost 15 million people in America. Other forms of depression and anxiety impact many
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 20, 2017
Cancer
The cancer drug olaparib was recently shown to be effective in some types of advanced prostate cancer. Now, scientists s
...
JUN 19, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
In a first, the US FDA requested that Opana ER (oxymorphone hydrochloride), an opioid painkiller, be voluntarily removed
...
JUN 09, 2017
Cardiology
A natural sugar called trehalose reduces plaques associated with atherosclerosis and heart disease by improving t
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 01, 2017
Videos
While it's been debated, new research hopes to settle the argument: cold water can remove bacteria just as effectively a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 01, 2017
Cancer
Pancreatic cancer is a ruthless killer - about three-quarters of patients don’t make it past the one-year mark fro
...
MAY 26, 2017
Cancer
For the first time, the US FDA approved a cancer drug for patients based on presence of genetic biomarkers. Whereas canc
...
MAY 24, 2017
Videos
Baking soda solution (sodium bicarbonate) is used as an essential ingredient in a number of hospital-based remedies, inc
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 23, 2017
Videos
A quick look around the grocery store shelves and it becomes clear that a label of "Non-GMO" is a pretty popular way to
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 22, 2017
Cancer
A cancer drug that’s considered a game-changer for leukemia and lymphoma could also be a game-changer for allergy
...
MAY 18, 2017
Immunology
There's a new standard treatment for a rare immunological disease: mepolizumab. No need for an approval process, tho
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 11, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
For the first time in over 20 years, the US Food and Drug Administration approved a new drug for the treatment of a dise
...