FDA adds new warning to weight loss drugs
The FDA has added a new warning to drugs including Ozempic and Wegovy, cautioning that patients taking the drugs may be at a higher risk of inhaling gastric contents into their lungs while under
FDA's New Rules Require TV Drug Ads to Be Clearer, More Direct
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration ( FDA) now requires TV and radio drug ads to be clearer and more direct. The new guidelines, which have been over 15 years in the making, are designed to end industry practices that downplay or distract viewers from risk information.
FDA Adds New Warning to GLP-1 Drugs
The warning affects all treatments containing GLP-1 receptor agonists, including semaglutide ( Ozempic, Wegovy, Rybelsus ), tirzepatide ( Mounjaro, Zepbound ), dulaglutide ( Trulicity ), exenatide ( Byetta, Bydureon BCise ), liraglutide ( Victoza, Saxenda ), and lixisenatide ( Adlyxin ).
New FDA Rules for TV Drug Ads: Simpler Language and No Distractions
Those ever-present TV drug ads showing patients hiking, biking or enjoying a day at the beach could soon have a different look: New rules require drugmakers to be clearer and more direct when explaining their medications' risks and side effects.
New FDA rules target those ubiquitous TV drug commercials
The agency’s new guidelines are created to eliminate pharmaceutical company practices that minimize or distract consumers from knowing risk information about drugs.
FDA puts new restrictions on TV ads for drugs
The new rules instruct drugmakers to use simple, consumer-friendly language when describing their drugs, without medical jargon.
FDA pushes to ban Tianeptine, the drug known as gas station heroin
While in a legal grey area in California and most other states, the FDA has issued a strong warning about the dangers of ...
RFK Jr vow to purge FDA sets up collision with Big Pharma
Any changes Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants to make will come up against a pharmaceutical industry that pays much of the U.S.
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FDA warns of arterial bypass device safety concerns: 5 things to know
The FDA has warned providers of safety concerns and supply issues for Getinge/Maquet's VasoView HemoPro Endoscopic Vessel Harvesting Systems. The device is primarily used during endoscopic arterial ...
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CCHR Urges FDA Overhaul to End Psychiatric Drug and Device Harms
The Mental Health Watchdog calls for reforms to protect public safety, citing decades of antidepressant, electroshock, and psychedelic drug risks.
FDA Recalls 80,000 Pounds of Costco Butter Over Missing Milk Allergy Warning
Last month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recalled almost 80,000 pounds of Costco's popular store-brand butter ...
Is the FDA contributing to the homelessness crisis?
The FDA’s REMS program has been found to have unintentionally created barriers to accessing clozapine, a crucial ...
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New FDA Warning Added to Popular Weight Loss Drugs
Nov. 6, 2024 – The FDA has updated the labels for all GLP-1 weight loss drugs with a warning about pulmonary aspiration ...
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FDA adds new warning to weight loss drugs including Wegovy
The FDA is warning that patients taking GLP-1s may be at a higher risk of inhaling fluid into their lungs while under ...
FDA vaccines chief hopes for common ground with RFK Jr.
The FDA's Dr. Peter Marks says he hopes to keep his job under a second Trump term, and urges Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to "keep ...