FDA Alerts

Statins
Statins
08/14/2017
The FDA has announced a recall of pravastatin tablets due to mislabeling.
08/14/2017
Obesity
Obesity
08/11/2017
In response to several reported deaths, the FDA has issued a warning to alert health care providers of potential mortality risk related to intragastric balloon systems.
08/11/2017
Hepatitis C
Hepatitis C
08/03/2017
The FDA has approved a new option for the treatment of hepatitis C infection genotypes 1-6.
08/03/2017
Leukemia
Leukemia
08/03/2017
After its efficacy was demonstrated in a clinical trial, the US Food and Drug Administration approved a new treatment options for adult patients with 2 types of poor-prognosis acute myeloid leukemia.
08/03/2017
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
08/03/2017
The Arthritis Advisory Committee of the US Food and Drug Administration has voted against recommending a new option for rheumatoid arthritis.
08/03/2017
Hematology
Hematology
08/02/2017
After results from a recent trial demonstrated its efficacy, the FDA expanded the indication of a cancer drug to include adult patients with chronic graft versus host disease who do not respond to other...
08/02/2017
Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy
08/01/2017
The FDA granted accelerated approval to a new treatment for adolescent and adult patients with mismatch repair deficient and microsatellite instability metastatic colorectal cancer.
08/01/2017
Leukemia
Leukemia
08/01/2017
The US Food and Drug Administration recently approved a new treatment option for patients with relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia who have IDH2 mutations.
08/01/2017
smoking
smoking
07/31/2017
To address growing public health concerns, the US Food and Drug Administration is designing a new plan to serve as a roadmap for regulating tobacco products in the future, in order to reduce smoking...
07/31/2017
Melanoma
Melanoma
07/24/2017
The FDA has expanded the approval of an intravenous injection for the treatment of metastatic or unresectable melanoma to include use in pediatric patients.
07/24/2017