Topic - Food And Drug Administration

• FDA: New suppliers to ease 2 cancer drug shortages

  Federal regulators said Tuesday that they've approved new suppliers for two crucial cancer drugs, easing critical shortages _ at least for the time being _ that have left patients and parents frightened about missing life-saving treatments.

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  FDA: New suppliers to ease cancer drug shortages

  Federal regulators said Tuesday that they've approved new suppliers for two crucial cancer drugs, easing critical shortages — at least for the time being — that have left patients and parents frightened about missing life-saving treatments.

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  Inside Politics

  The vice president is hitting the road — to what the White House wrote as "Road Island," mistakenly spelled R-O-A-D instead of R-H-O-D-E.

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  Feds: Fresh milk 150 times more dangerous than pasteurized dairy

  The federal government said Tuesday that fresh milk is 150 times more dangerous than pasteurized milk — a finding that bolsters the government's argument as it goes after farmers who sell unpasteurized milk across state lines.

• Shortage of 2 cancer drugs met by new suppliers

  Federal regulators have approved new suppliers for two crucial cancer drugs, easing critical shortages that had been ratcheting up fears that patients, particularly children with leukemia, would miss lifesaving treatments.

• FDA: New suppliers to ease 2 cancer drug shortages

  Federal regulators said Tuesday that they've approved new suppliers for two crucial cancer drugs, easing critical shortages _ at least for the time being _ that have left patients and parents frightened about missing life-saving treatments.

• HAGELIN: Other health issues lost in birth control debate

  The past few weeks have been alive with talk about the urgency of "women's health."

• FDA raises safety concerns for Vivus diet pill

  Federal health officials say they still have safety concerns about an experimental diet pill from drugmaker Vivus Inc., as the company prepares to make a second attempt to convince experts of the drug's safety next week.

• System to catch fake drugs has idled for years

  The news this week that a fake version of the cancer medicine Avastin has made its way into the United States highlights a longtime concern: There are few safeguards to make sure fake drugs can be spotted before they make it to your doctor's office.

• Recent counterfeit drug warnings in US

  The Food and Drug Administration is investigating fake vials of the cancer drug Avastin that may have been sold to doctors in three states. In recent years the agency has warned the public about several pharmaceutical counterfeiting cases:

• Industry bickers over how to catch fake drugs

  The news this week that a fake version of the cancer medicine Avastin has made its way into the United States highlights a longtime concern: There are few safeguards to make sure fake drugs can be spotted before they make it to your doctor's office.

• Roche warns of counterfeit cancer drug in US

  The maker of the widely prescribed cancer drug Avastin is warning doctors and patients about counterfeit vials of the product that have been distributed in the U.S.

• End to children's cancer drug shortage is unclear

  A severe shortage of a childhood cancer drug should ease before hospitals run out of it in a couple weeks, a top federal regulator said Tuesday. But the companies that make the drug are giving few details about how they will find a long-term solution to end the problem.

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  Feds shut down Amish farm for selling fresh milk

  The FDA has won its two-year fight to shut down an Amish farmer who was selling fresh, raw milk to eager consumers in the Washington region, after a judge this month banned Daniel Allgyer from selling his milk across state lines, and he told his customers he'll shut his farm down altogether.

• Q&A: Obama and the birth control controversy

  What birth control debate? A half-century after the introduction of the pill, acceptance of birth control by American women is virtually universal.

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