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FDA weighing first over-the-counter birth control pill
Advisers to the Food and Drug Administration meet next week to review drugmaker Perrigo’s application to sell a decades-old pill over the counter
Advisers to the Food and Drug Administration meet next week to review drugmaker Perrigo’s application to sell a decades-old pill over the counter
After decades of failure in developing an RSV vaccine, the FDA decision Wednesday makes GSK’s shot the first of several in the pipeline to be licensed
The new treatment from Seres Therapeutics provides a simpler, rigorously tested version of stool-based procedures that some medical specialists have used for more than a decade to help hard-to-treat patients
The Food and Drug Administration is allowing an extra dose of the omicron-targeted vaccine for anyone 65 and older if it’s been four months since their last shot
The Biden administration on Monday asked a federal appeals court to allow women to continue to be able to access to the most commonly used abortion drug in the U.S. while a lawsuit over it plays out
Massachusetts has purchased enough doses of the drug mifepristone to last for more than a year, while California has secured an emergency stockpile of up to two million pills of another abortion medication, misoprostol
Supplements to combat hair loss have become trendy, but the ingredient is not as miraculous as it’s made out to be
The move marks the first time a opioid treatment drug will be available without a prescription, something advocates have long sought
Minnesota sued Juul in 2019, accusing the San Francisco-based company of unlawfully targeting young people with its products to get a new generation addicted to nicotine
A panel of outside experts voted 16-1 that Paxlovid remains a safe and effective treatment for high-risk adults with Covid-19
Matthew Kacsmaryk was appointed by President Donald Trump and confirmed in 2019 over fierce opposition by Democrats over his history opposing LGBTQ rights
A decision against the drug would be swiftly appealed by US Department of Justice attorneys representing the FDA
The pharmacy giant indicated it would not sell an abortion pill by mail in some conservative-led states