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Is the FDA doing enough about food additives?
Food dyes are known to have a wide range of impacts on health, such as cancer risks, behavioral problems in children, and ...
FDA Head Marty Makary on Food Dyes, Ultra-Processed Foods and the MAHA Agenda
The Food and Drug Administration commissioner reveals what health officials are prioritizing in a forthcoming report on ...
100 days into the job, FDA head talks to CNN about agency goals— and Coke’s switch to sugar
Commissioner Marty Makary says the FDA will plow ahead with big plans on ultra process foods, dietary guidelines and ...
Lawmakers press FDA to target knockoff weight-loss drug
Dozens of lawmakers are urging US health regulators to crack down on the booming market for knockoff weight-loss drugs amid ...
Houston-based Empower Pharmacy’s drugs raised red flags for FDA and other states, but not Texas
Empower Pharmacy, a Houston-based compounding pharmacy, has been sanctioned by the FDA and other states in the past decade.
LI drug treatment experts, veterans advocates divided over psychedelic treatment
The administration said it is fast-tracking clinical trials that would allow patients struggling with serious mental health ...
FDA names former pharmaceutical company executive to oversee US drug program
FDA Commissioner Marty Makary announced that Dr. George Tidmarsh, a cancer and pediatric specialist, will direct the agency’s ...
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FDA 'rewriting' food pyramid guidelines
U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary said he is focused on overhauling long-held standards and ...
EU regulator green lights an injectable HIV drug that could help stop transmission
The European Medicines Agency has recommended authorizing a twice-yearly injectable drug to prevent HIV. Scientists say this ...
FDA appoints George Tidmarsh as top drug regulator
By Sriparna Roy and Sneha S K (Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Monday it has appointed George ...
Biotech exec George Tidmarsh picked as FDA's chief drug regulator
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration named ex-biotech exec George Tidmarsh as its chief drug regulator. FDA Commissioner ...