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EU regulator green lights an injectable HIV drug that could help stop transmission
The European Medicines Agency has recommended authorizing a twice-yearly injectable drug to prevent HIV. Scientists say this ...
LI drug treatment experts, vets advocates divided over psychedelic treatment
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. last month told a congressional panel that the administration was ...
Layoffs, shutdowns and billions up in smoke. What's wrong with Bay Area biotech?
BioMarin Pharmaceuticals is one of many biotech companies that’s laid off workers over the past two years. Its office in ...
100 days into the job, FDA head talks to CNN about agency goals— and Coke’s switch to sugar
Commissioner Marty Makary says the FDA will plow ahead with big plans on ultra process foods, dietary guidelines and ...
FDA’s artificial intelligence is supposed to revolutionize drug approvals. It’s making up studies
Insiders tell CNN the FDA’s AI is “hallucinating” studies and can’t access key documents. Agency leaders insist the AI is ...
This woman was prescribed antidepressants. She was in menopause and needed another drug.
Her doctor prescribed an antidepressant, even though the then 36-year-old insisted she wasn’t depressed. She even went to ...
FDA appoints biotech veteran George Tidmarsh to lead drug evaluation division
Stanford's George Tidmarsh has authored 143 scientific papers and patents, as well as played a central role in developing ...
Biotech exec George Tidmarsh picked as FDA's chief drug regulator
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration named ex-biotech exec George Tidmarsh as its chief drug regulator. FDA Commissioner ...
FDA names former pharmaceutical company executive to oversee US drug program
FDA Commissioner Marty Makary announced that Dr. George Tidmarsh, a cancer and pediatric specialist, will direct the agency’s ...
FDA appoints George Tidmarsh as top drug regulator
By Sriparna Roy and Sneha S K (Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Monday it has appointed George ...
US FDA extends review of Bayer's menopause relief drug
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has extended its review of Bayer's experimental menopause relief drug, the German company said on Friday.
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The FDA Is Using an AI to "Speed Up" Drug Approvals and Insiders Say It's Making Horrible Mistakes
Insiders at the Food and Drug Administration are ringing alarm bells over the agency's use of an AI to fast-track drug ...