Government Experts Urge New Talc Testing Standards Amid Asbestos Worries January 13, 2020 By Chad Terhune and Lisa Girion An expert panel formed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has endorsed asbestos testing standards for cosmetics that reject...
FDA Under Fire for Years of Delays on E-Cigarette Regulation December 18, 2019 By Chris Kirkham As the FDA pressures e-cigarette firms to stamp out youth vaping, the agency faces criticism itself for failing to rein...
Drug-Plant Inspections Ebbed as Tainted Pills Flowed to U.S. December 11, 2019 By Timothy Annett, Michelle Fay Cortez and Jacquie Lee Inspections of foreign drug manufacturers by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration have fallen in recent years despite increasing worry...
J&J CEO Spurns U.S. Congressional Hearing on Carcinogens in Talc Products December 10, 2019 By Lisa Girion and Carl O'Donnell Johnson & Johnson Chief Executive Officer Alex Gorsky has declined to appear at a U.S. congressional hearing set for Tuesday...
FDA is Green-Lighting Drugs at Breakneck Speed and Raising Alarm December 6, 2019 By Michelle Fay Cortez and Cristin Flanagan The U.S. is approving new drugs so fast that companies are now preparing for a green light months in advance...
Powder Keg: FDA Bowed to Industry for Decades as Alarms Were Sounded Over Talc December 3, 2019 By Lisa Girion and Chad Terhune At an invitation-only gathering late last year, U.S. regulators and their guests huddled at a hotel near Washington, D.C., to...
Dollar Tree Gets FDA Warning for Potentially Dangerous Drugs November 15, 2019 By Michelle Fay Cortez Dollar Tree received a warning letter from U.S. regulators for buying over-the-counter drugs from foreign manufacturers that were made in...
Bausch Yanked Talc From Its Body Powder Months Before J&J Recall November 6, 2019 By Jef Feeley As retailers pull Johnson & Johnson’s recalled talc-based baby powder from their shelves over reports of asbestos contamination, one competitor...
Georgia Plant Agrees to Close in Fight Over Gas Emissions October 30, 2019 By Sudhin Thanawala ATLANTA — Georgia officials reached an agreement Monday to temporarily shut down a medical sterilization facility that uses a gas...
J&J Says New Tests Find no Asbestos in Same Baby Powder Bottle that Sparked Recall October 30, 2019 By Carl O'Donnell and Lisa Girion Johnson & Johnson said on Tuesday that 15 new tests found no asbestos in a bottle of baby powder that...