FDA Announces Advisory Committee Meeting to Discuss COVID-19 Vaccines
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that a public meeting of the Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee...
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FDA Broadens EUA for Veklury to Include All Hospitalized Patients for Treatment of COVID-19
On August 28, as part of its ongoing efforts to fight COVID-19, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration broadened the scope of the existing...
FDA Medical Device User Fees Increase 7% for 2021 Fiscal Year
FDA medical device user fees of both standard rates and small-business rates will slightly increase for 2021 fiscal year, which is...
FDA Issues EUA to Yale for SalivaDirect, A New Method of Saliva Sample Process
On August 15, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) to Yale School of Public Health for its...
FDA Permits First Game-Based Digital Therapeutic to Improve Attention Function in Children with ADHD
On June 15, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) permitted marketing of the first game-based digital therapeutic device to improve...
FDA Authorizes First Tests that Estimate a Patient’s Antibodies from Past SARS-CoV-2 Infection
On July 31, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the first two COVID-19 serology tests that display an estimated quantity of...
FDA Reissues EUA Revising Which Types of Respirators Can Be Decontaminated for Reuse
In response to public health and safety concerns about the appropriateness of decontaminating certain respirators, the agency is...
FDA recalls hand sanitizer products that have tested positive for methanol contamination
FDA is warning consumers and health care providers that the agency has seen a sharp increase in hand sanitizer products that are labeled...
Another FDA study shows the body absorbs chemicals in sunscreen products
Before slathering on sunscreen by the pool or on the golf course, consider this -- another study suggests you could be injecting...
How You Can Make a Difference During the Coronavirus Pandemic
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) is a virus (more specifically, a coronavirus) identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory...
Peanut Allergy for Children: FDA Approves First Drug for Treatment
On January 31, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Palforzia [Peanut (Arachis hypogaea) Allergen Powder-dnfp] to...
What is the FDA?: A Brief Introduction of the FDA
What is FDA? The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, one of the...
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