Juul Bulks Up Science Staff With FDA Vaping Deadline Nearing February 5, 2020 By Angelica LaVito Juul Labs Inc. has hired former Food and Drug Administration employees and is recruiting more researchers as it prepares for...
FDA to Hold Public Meeting on Testing for Asbestos In Talc February 4, 2020 By Chad Terhune and Lisa Girion SILVER SPRING, Md., — For the first time in nearly 50 years, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will examine...
FDA’s Juul Inquiry Found Consumers Had 2,600 Health Complaints January 13, 2020 By Lauren Etter Juul Labs Inc. received roughly 2,600 complaints about adverse health effects related to its e-cigarette during its first three years...
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...