CVS removes popular cough and cold medicines from store shelvesCVS has removed popular oral cough and cold medicines like Sudafed, Mucinex, Vicks, Allegra, and Dayquil from its stores. The FDA advisory ...
20 Oct, 2023, 03.39 PM IST
J&J, P&G sued after FDA panel ruling on cold medicine decongestantAccording to a proposed class action on Wednesday filed in Pensacola, Florida, federal court, the companies knew or should have known by 20...
14 Sep, 2023, 10.41 PM IST
Popular nasal decongestant Sudafed, Allegra, and Dayquil doesn't actually relieve congestionFDA advisers unanimously vote against phenylephrine's effectiveness in over-the-counter decongestants. Recent studies suggest it provides n...
12 Sep, 2023, 09.40 PM IST
US proposes once-a-year Covid shots for most AmericansThe proposal comes as boosters have become a hard sell. While more than 80% of the U.S. population has had at least one vaccine dose, only ...
24 Jan, 2023, 08.50 AM IST
Blood oxygen monitors don't work as well on people with darker skin: FDAAs smartwatches now claim to read blood oxygen levels, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has raised fresh concerns over pulse oxime...
04 Nov, 2022, 12.06 PM IST
U.S. FDA reviews Pfizer & Moderna Covid 19 vaccines in young childrenUS health experts' panel will be reviewing the use of covid vaccines in young children on Wednesday. If the committee recommends using covi...
15 Jun, 2022, 07.00 PM IST
US FDA advisers to discuss second COVID vaccine boosters in AprilThe panel will also discuss the process for selecting COVID-19 vaccine strain to address current and emerging variants, the U.S. FDA said.
21 Mar, 2022, 07.54 PM IST
Final US hurdle for Merck's COVID-19 pill: FDA panel reviewIf authorized, Merck's pill would be the first that U.S. patients could take at home to ease symptoms and speed recovery, a major step towa...
30 Nov, 2021, 08.39 PM IST
Key data on US J&J, Moderna COVID-19 boosters 'weeks away,' Fauci saysU.S. health regulators already have begun to consider a third dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine.
19 Sep, 2021, 10.52 PM IST
USFDA advisers recommend vaccine boosters for Americans aged 65+The panel also recommended that the FDA include healthcare workers and others at high risk of occupational exposure to the virus that cause...
18 Sep, 2021, 11.11 PM IST
US panel recommends Covid boosters for people 65 and olderThe decisions came after a day-long meeting full of data presentations and at times charged debate that was convened by the Food and Drug A...
18 Sep, 2021, 10.52 AM IST
FDA approves much-debated Alzheimer's drug panned by expertsThe new drug, which Biogen developed with Japan's Eisai Co., did not reverse mental decline, only slowing it in one study. The drug is give...
08 Jun, 2021, 11.38 AM IST
Johnson & Johnson’s one-shot vaccine effective, safe: FDA staffJohnson & Johnson’s one-shot Covid-19 vaccine appeared safe and effective in trials, US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) staff said in do...
25 Feb, 2021, 10.41 AM IST
Trump, ahead of FDA, says Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine has been approvedThe FDA had not yet authorized emergency use of the vaccine, a Bloomberg reporter said on Twitter, citing the agency. FDA and Moderna did n...
18 Dec, 2020, 07.12 PM IST
Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine faces last hurdle before US decisionThursday's meeting of the Food and Drug Administration's vaccine advisory panel is likely the last step before a U.S. decision to begin shi...
10 Dec, 2020, 12.08 PM IST
FDA panel reviews first new Alzheimer's drug in 2 decadesA panel of outside experts meets Friday to advise the Food and Drug Administration on aducanumab, a drug from Cambridge, Massachusetts-base...
06 Nov, 2020, 12.10 PM IST
- Experts urge US to restrict drug Avandia
A majority of members of a key advisory committee recommended Wednesday that the US government allow diabetes drug Avandia to stay on the m...
15 Jul, 2010, 10.10 AM IST