Category: Regulations
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Workplace Health And Safety – Why It’s More Important Than Ever
Today, businesses are judged heavily on their ethics, so it’s important that your business is seen as not only protecting your employees, customers and clients.
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Engineered T-Cells Show Extended Leukemia Remission
A clinical trial shows a patient’s immune system cells, modified to add cancer-fighting proteins, can extend high remission among children with a type of leukemia for as long as 12 months, but also with high rates of adverse effects.
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Report: 19 New Precision Medicines Approved in 2017
A report on Food and Drug Administration approvals of new therapies says the agency is accelerating its reviews of treatments designed to address the specific molecular composition of individuals.
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What Does Mumbai Death Mean For The Future Of MRI Testing?
In reality, the MRI machine itself is quite safe. Issues only occur when you introduce other metals into the mix.
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Spin-Off Gains FDA Clearance for Bone Graft Material
A company spun-off from a university tissue engineering research lab received clearance from the Food and Drug Administration to market its polymer material in the U.S. to help regrow bones.
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Agencies Send Warnings to Halt Opioid Cessation Scams
Two federal agencies sent warning letters to companies the agencies say are illegally marketing products making false or unsubstantiated claims about their treating opioid addiction or withdrawal.
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Little Data to Support Wearable Device Health Benefits
A review of published research since 2000 shows little evidence to support claims of beneficial health outcomes from the use of wearable devices like smart watches or wristbands, at least not yet.
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FDA to Release More Accessible Clinical Trial Data
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration plans to make available in a more user-friendly format details from clinical trials of new drugs approved by the agency.
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FDA Clears Targeted Breast Cancer Radiation Treatment
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a device that sends high doses of radiation to cancerous breast tissue while sparing healthy tissue nearby.
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FDA Approves Gene Therapy for Inherited Vision Loss
A therapy using transfers of healthy genes to treat a rare form of inherited vision loss was approved today by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.