Category: FDA

PREMIERING 7:30PM ET: Aaron Siri (Part 2): How the Vaccine Paradigm Has Led to Medical Coercion and Conflicted Health Agencies

“I was always told that vaccines are safe. And if a product is safe, why do you need to give the manufacturer … essentially immunity to liability for the injuries that that product causes? Because if it’s safe, certainly in the way that our public health authorities project it safe to the public, there shouldn’t…


Popular Dog Food Recalled Over Toxicity Risk: FDA Announcement

Nestle Purina PetCare announced a recall of certain types of dog food after the firm found potentially elevated levels of vitamin D, which could be fatal for dogs, according to a notice published Wednesday. In a notice published on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s website, Nestle’s Purina is recalling the prescription dog food…


Positive COVID Test Result No Longer Required to Prescribe Paxlovid, Lagevrio: FDA

Doctors and pharmacists can now prescribe COVID-19 drugs Paxlovid and Lagevrio to patients without a positive test of infection, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said Wednesday. Pfizer’s Paxlovid and Merck’s Lagevrio were granted emergency-use authorizations by the FDA in December 2021. Both oral pills have since been used as postinfection treatments for patients…


After Recall, Should Americans Be Worried About Infection From Eye Drops?

The maker of a type of over-the-counter eye drops is recalling the product after federal officials linked it to drug-resistant infections that may have led to at least one death in the United States, said officials Thursday. Global Pharma Healthcare (pdf) issued a recall Wednesday for artificial tears made by EzriCare Artificial Tears after the Centers…


FDA Issues Alert, Announces Recall of Common Thyroid Medication

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday announced the recall of a thyroid medication after it was found that lots of the drug may be “subpotent.” IBSA Pharma Inc. confirmed it is recalling Tirosint-SOL, or levothyroxine sodium, a medication used to treat an underactive thyroid gland. It said that the “voluntary recall has…


FDA Restricts Imports of Eye Drops Amid Bacterial Outbreak With Risk of Blindness, Death

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said Thursday that it has restricted imports from an Indian health care company amid a multistate bacterial outbreak linked to recalled eye drops. At least one person has died, five are permanently blind, and at least 55 cases have been identified as of Jan. 31 in the 12-state outbreak involving…


Food and Drug Administration Proposes Human Foods Program Redesign

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Robert Califf said on Jan. 31 that major reforms will be coming to his agency in the wake of the recent infant formula shortages. The FDA chief said in a press release that he was “announcing a new, transformative vision for the FDA Human Foods Program.” The decision came…


FDA Reveals ‘Impact’ After White House Announces End to COVID Emergency

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday said that a recent announcement from the Biden administration will not impact the agency’s ability to issue emergency use authorizations for certain COVID-19 treatments and vaccines. “Importantly, the ending of the public health emergency declared by HHS under the Public Health Service Act will not impact…


CDC Issues New COVID-19 Guidance After FDA Makes Change

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued new guidance to people with weak immune systems, saying they should take extra precautions after a key COVID-19 antibody treatment’s emergency use authorization was pulled by another federal agency. The guidance again calls for immunocompromised individuals to wear masks and engage in social distancing, the CDC’s…


Top FDA Safety Official Frank Yiannas Resigns

A top Food and Drug Administration (FDA) safety official resigned this week due to concerns about the agency’s oversight structure and the infant formula shortage. Frank Yiannas, the deputy commissioner for food policy and response since 2018, told FDA Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf that he’s leaving the agency in February. “Today, I informed Commissioner [Robert]…