Pfizer's Geodon gets expanded FDA approval
AP - Fri Nov 20, 2:15 pm ETPfizer Inc. said Friday the Food and Drug Administration approved Geodon as a part of a combination maintenance treatment for bipolar disorder in adults.
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Pfizer Inc. said Friday the Food and Drug Administration approved Geodon as a part of a combination maintenance treatment for bipolar disorder in adults.
Suitably opaque, Section 2006 takes up only a few dozen lines in a sweeping health care bill that runs to 2,074 pages and mentions neither Sen. Mary Landrieu nor her state of Louisiana.
PRINCETON, N.J. & TOKYO----Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the supplemental New Drug Application for ABILIFY® for the treatment of irritability associated with autistic disorder in pediatric patients ages 6 to 17 years, including symptoms of aggression towards others, deliberate self ...
Drug developer Pfizer Inc. said Friday the Food and Drug Administration approved an intravenous version of its high blood pressure drug Revatio.
Health care company Covidien PLC said Friday the Food and Drug Administration will take longer than expected to review the potential opioid pain drug Exalgo.
Biotechnology company Dendreon Corp. said Friday the Food and Drug Administration will make a regulatory decision on the potential prostate cancer vaccine Provenge by May 1.
Unilever United States Inc. said on Friday it was voluntarily recalling certain Shedd's Country Crock chilled side-dish products because they may contain sulfites.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved top-selling Abilify as a treatment for autism-related irritability in children from the ages of 6 to 17, drug maker Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. said Friday.
Authorities in the U.S. and across the globe conduct raids this week to intercept fake medications. In highly orchestrated raids around the world this week, Interpol officers in Europe, drug agents in the United States and task forces from Sweden to Singapore confiscated counterfeit prescription drugs in an attempt to stem a rapidly growing criminal business that preys on financially pressed ...
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The Food and Drug Administration Friday said it was conducting a safety review of the weight-loss drug Meridia, which is made by Abbott Laboratories (ABT).
Biotechnology company Antigenics Inc. said Friday it will not seek approval for a potential kidney cancer treatment after a European advisory committee recommended against approving the drug candidate.
AstraZeneca plc has announced the submission of a New Drug Application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its blood clot preventer Brilinta.
A US company said it would consider making its innovative flu vaccine abroad after a panel of experts advising the US drug regulator voted not to recommend it for approval.
Sang H. Park/Orange County Register/MCTA February file photo of employees inspecting romaine lettuce coming into the processing line at Los Angeles Salad Company in City of Industry, California.A long-awaited Senate bill to overhaul the Food and Drug Administration’s food safety...
CHICAGO, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Dental Association (ADA) today asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to establish appropriate classifications for tooth-whitening chemicals.
At Sweetwater Nursing Center, residents line up to use their favorite piece of therapy equipment, a robotic machine called a Quadriciser, invented and made in Knoxville."We don't fight over it, but we come close," said Karen Anderson, speech therapist at the center.The Quadriciser is about the size of a home gym. It has boots and gloves that hold the user's hands and feet. These are attached by ...