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The Food and Drug Administration said Friday it cleared Novartis' seasonal flu vaccine Agriflu for sale. Agriflu is given as a single shot, and is approved for seasonal flu subtypes A and B in people age 18 and older.
Food recalls seem out of control these days. We’re not just seeing a few sporadic cases of food poisoning here and there anymore. I regularly publish recall alerts for hundreds of thousands of pounds of beef and poultry.
HARBIN, China, Nov. 25 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- China Sky One Medical, Inc.
Fast-C, developed by Scientific Food Solutions and distributed by ET Horn in partnership as Alkemy Partners, achieves faster entry of vitamin C into the blood while urinary excretion was slightly less, suggesting excellent retention by tissues, according to the study’s authors.
Sanofi Pasteur opens its factory doors to reveal the creation process. Officials at the Pennsylvania company say the shots are made the same way seasonal flu vaccines have been made for decades. Forget the chicken. At vaccine-maker Sanofi Pasteur, it all starts with the egg -- millions of them each week. The mini vaccine factories will grow more than 75 million doses of H1N1 vaccine this year.
South Brunswick has received approval to participate in the federal and state program that allows towns to administer the H1N1 vaccination to community members. It is unknown at this time when or how many doses will be received, but when they are received, the priority groups as indicated by the Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC) will take precedence.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is seeking a permanent injunction against Sharkco Seafood International Inc., located in Venice, La. The injunction is intended to stop the seafood processing company from distributing scombrotoxin-forming fish in interstate commerce
SHENZHEN, China, Nov.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack pledged that the government will do a better job alerting schools across the nation when it suspects that food for school lunches might be contaminated.
New asthma treatment heats up muscle tissue in the windpipe to reduce the need for medications.
WHAT: The Lupus Foundation of America (LFA) invites those living with lupus to a special Webinar with LFA's Medical Director, Dr. Joan Merrill. Human Genome Sciences (HGSI) and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) recently announced positive results for two Phase III clinical trials for BENLYSTA(TM), a potential new treatment for lupus. If approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), BENLYSTA(TM ...
Physicians at UT Southwestern Medical Center soon will begin implanting a new device designed to improve breathing in patients with upper spinal-cord injuries or other diseases that keep them from breathing independently.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the recall of some large seedless watermelons in California and Texas due to possible bacterial contamination.
Citing support for recent enforcement actions against rogue Internet pharmacy websites, the National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) submitted a letter to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The letter expresses the Association’s concern about these Internet sites, both domestic and foreign, that are engaged in a pattern of illegal activity regarding the prescribing and dispensing ...
BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — A division of Johnson&Johnson said Wednesday that federal regulators grant...
Since its first use in medical devices in the late 1940s, silicone tubing has become indispensable in a range of now traditional applications, from shunts to drainage tubes, catheters to feeding tubes.
