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FDA Vaccine Chief Steps Down After Controversial Tenure

During his first term, Trump signed the “Right to Try” law, which allows terminally ill patients to seek treatments that ...

Fish recall sparks FDA risk warning

Moon N Sea Ga Llc. issued a voluntary recall on June 24 for various fish products after they were potentially produced under ...

Controversial FDA official Dr. Vinay Prasad departs agency

Dr. Vinay Prasad, the controversial critic of the US Food and Drug Administration who took a top role at the regulatory ...

FDA Commissioner Marty Makary: Starting Process To Schedule "7-Hydroxymitragynine" Kratom Extract As Dangerous, Illegal Opioid

FDA Commissioner Marty Makary said at a press conference Tuesday that the federal government is beginning to process to ...

Botanic Tonics Applauds FDA Action on 7-OH Products, Refutes Misleading Media Coverage Conflating Natural Leaf Kratom with Synthetic Concentrates

As FDA Commissioner Makary stated, the agency is “not focused on natural kratom leaf products,” which contain only “trace ...
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An FDA panel spread misinformation about SSRI use in pregnancy, alarming doctors

A panel organized by the FDA cast doubts on the safety of antidepressants during pregnancy — drawing ire from doctors who say SSRIs are a crucial treatment option for women with perinatal depression.

Sunscreen boss slams FDA recall for putting him "out of business"

The CEO said that the FDA's regulation of sunscreen, particularly for organic products, was "impossible" to meet.

FDA chief says NIH ‘brewed up a virus that killed 20 million people’

Commissioner Marty Makary again promoted a conspiracy theory about the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic on Wednesday, ...