FDA considers temporary cancer drug imports from unapproved companies to ease U.S. shortage
Shortages of cisplatin and carboplatin, bedrock cancer treatments, have forced some hospitals to ration the drugs. Source link
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Pandemics
FDA approves Pfizer RSV vaccine for older adults
The approval of a vaccine by Pfizer targeting RSV comes just weeks after the Food and Drug Administration cleared a
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FDA advisors recommend sale of birth control pill without a prescription
FDA scientists raised concerns about whether the general public will understand the drug label and use HRA Pharma's Opill in
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WHO declares end to Covid global public health emergency
The end of the emergency comes more than three years after the WHO first issued the declaration in January 2020.
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Biden will end Covid vaccine mandates for federal workers and international travelers on May 11
The Biden administration will end Covid vaccine mandates for federal employees, contractors and air travelers on May 11. Source link
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Senate legislation would cap insulin at $35 per month for people with private insurance
More than 2 million patients with diabetes who take insulin are privately insured, according to the Health and Human Services
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Supreme Court lifts abortion pill restrictions for now
A U.S. appeals court blocked an earlier decision suspending the FDA's approval of mifepristone, but imposed restrictions on its use.
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New York and California are stockpiling alternative abortion pill misoprostol
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has ordered the state health department to immediately start purchasing 150,000 doses of misoprostol, a
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DOJ urges appeals court to keep abortion pill mifepristone on market, says it may ask Supreme Court to intervene
Danco Laboratories will likely ask the Supreme Court to intervene if the 5th Circuit does not at least temporarily block
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