PBS13d
The FDA banned Red 3 food coloring. A scientist explains the dye’s history and health risks
Red 3 – also called FD&C Red No. 3, erythrosine or E127 – has been widely used in food, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals since ...
STAT7d
How to protect HHS, FDA, NIH, and other health agencies from political interference
When politicians subordinate scientific institutions to electoral interests, they undermine immediate public health efforts ...
BioSpace9d
How Might the FDA Evolve Under RFK Jr. and Makary?
Ahead of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s confirmation hearings, experts—and RFK’s own family—expressed concerns about his ...
FDA approves Vertex’s non-opioid painkiller, first new kind of pain medicine in decades
The Vertex drug is a milestone after a long history of unsuccessful efforts to develop painkillers without the addictive ...
JD Supra11d
Navigating FDA from 2024 into 2025 Human Foods Program
FDA Restructures its Food Resources Although there were a number of significant new regulations, the most significant food ...
CNET11d
FDA Finally Bans Red Dye No. 3: What You Need to Know
The US Food and Drug Administration announced this month that it's effectively banning Red No. 3, the controversial ...
New York Daily News23d
FDA seeks to limit nicotine in cigarettes, says move could prevent 48M youth from smoking
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration proposed a rule Wednesday to cap nicotine levels at 0.7 milligrams per gram of tobacco in cigarettes and other combusted tobacco products, including cigars ...
pharmaphorum6d
FDA makes history, approving Spark's eye gene therapy
But now the FDA has rubber-stamped the approval of Luxturna, the first ever gene therapy it has backed, all the attention is now on Spark, and what price it plans to charge for the therapy.