Category: Food and Drug Administration
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Consumer group urges FDA to crack down on unapproved ‘Abortion Reversal’ procedure
By Stephanie Russell-Kraft
FairWarning.org
A consumer watchdog group is asking the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to shut down a group of websites advertising a so-called abortion pill reversal, a potentially dangerous treatment that is not FDA-approved. -
DeSantis bragged about deal with lab firm now at center of COVID-19 testing scandal
By Daniel Ducassi
FloridaBulldog.org
Gov. Ron DeSantis touted an $11 million COVID-19 testing deal with a Texas-based lab now embroiled in controversy and facing questions about the reliability of its tests. -
FDA to Florida company: Stop turning silver into fools’ gold with fake COVID-19 cure
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Could silver cure COVID-19? Not according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. -
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First Amendment claims seen as Rx for drug makers, headache for consumers
By Paul Raeburn
FairWarning
Off-label promotion has long been considered a serious white-collar crime. The FDA has fined drug companies billions of dollars for off-label violations. The aim: to prevent them from overstating the benefits and understating the risks of their products, a practice known as misbranding – and one that sometimes leads to patients getting drugs that prove harmful or even deadly. -
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Talc-Ovarian cancer link sparks growing legal battle
By Fair Warning
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As more imported foods reach the dinner table, holes remain in FDA safety net
By Rick Schmitt
FairWarning
In April 2012, a team of inspectors from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration investigated a seafood company in southern India that had been exporting tons of frozen yellow fin tuna to the United States. Tainted fish shipped by the company sickened 425 people in 28 states and the District of Columbia.
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