Tag: FDA

FDA Issues Safety Concerns Over Amniotic Fluid Eye Drops

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued an alert to patients and health care practitioners about safety concerns surrounding amniotic fluid eye drops that have been marketed and distributed to treat or mitigate dry eye disease and similar conditions. The FDA noted that manufacturers of the amniotic fluid eye-drop products of the brands…


Moderna and Serious Side Effects During Vaccine Trial

In February 2021, Moderna announced that “no serious adverse effects were observed” in an article about the preliminary results of the mRNA vaccine trial published in the medical journal Vaccine. Moderna was halfway through phase 2 of its P201 vaccine trial that enlisted 600 participants. Phase 2 vaccine testing aimed to further determine vaccine safety,…


Texas House Passes Bill to Import Prescription Drugs From Canada

The Texas House passed a bipartisan proposal that could save Texans as much as 70 percent on the cost of some commonly used prescription medications. House Bill 25, authored by state Rep. James Talarico (D), would create a program to import certain drugs from Canada. “Texans pay TWICE as much as Canadians for their prescription…


FDA Approves Narcan for Fentanyl Crisis, but Activists Say It’s a ‘Band-Aid’

April Babcock is a grieving mother on a mission—to save others from the pain she experienced on Jan. 26, 2019, when her son, Austen, took what he believed was cocaine. Unbeknownst to him, it was laced with a lethal dose of illicit fentanyl. He died shortly after. To raise awareness, Babcock started The Lost Voices…


Biden Administration Proposes Stricter Patient Privacy Rules for Abortion Seekers

The Biden administration is taking new measures to protect the privacy of abortion seekers after a federal judge halted the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of the abortion drug mifepristone. The new actions were announced on April 12, ahead of the third meeting of the Task Force on Reproductive Health Access. “Efforts to…


Federal Government Declares Fentanyl Laced With Xylazine an ‘Emerging Threat’

The White House has named the veterinary tranquilizer xylazine as an “emerging threat” when it’s mixed with the powerful opioid fentanyl, noting that the combination is increasingly being used and triggering overdoses. The decision to name the drug as such, announced Wednesday, is the first time in U.S. history that the federal government declared a…


Elon Musk Accuses Major Media Outlet of Spreading COVID Misinformation, Ignoring Vaccine Injuries

Elon Musk has defended Twitter’s decision to terminate a policy where posts on the platform would be accompanied by a “misleading information” warning label if the content related to COVID-19, saying the pandemic “is no longer an issue.” The microblogging service, which was taken over by the billionaire industrialist last year, said in a report…


House Judiciary Probing Claims That Biden Admin Pressured FDA to Rush COVID-19 Booster Approvals

The House Judiciary Committee has launched an investigation into whether the Biden administration pressured the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to speed up its approvals of COVID-19 booster shots. In three April 10 letters to current and former FDA officials, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.)—who chairs the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform,…


Hundreds of Drugmakers Call for Reversal of Texas Court Ruling on Abortion Pill

More than 300 current and former biotech and pharmaceutical executives have signed an open letter criticizing a federal Texas judge over his recent decision to suspend FDA approval of the abortion pill mifepristone. “We cannot stay quiet. We call for the reversal of this decision to disregard science, and the appropriate restitution of the mandate…


Rep. Gonzales Suggests Defunding FDA If Biden Admin Ignores Ruling on Abortion Pill

Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) has said that defunding the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) could be an option if the Biden administration dismisses a court ruling that suspended approval of the abortion pill mifepristone. Gonzales, who sits on the Appropriations Committee, said House Republicans might decide to use the “power of the purse” to hold…