A new treatment for metastatic melanoma, a rare but fatal type of skin cancer, was authorized by the US Food and Drug Administration on Friday. Produced by Iovance Biotherapeutics, a California-based company, the medication is licensed for the treatment of patients whose skin cancer has progressed to other places of the body or cannot be…
Pfizer’s vaccine against respiratory syncytial virus, a common disease that injures and kills thousands of seniors annually, was approved by the Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday. In a statement released on Wednesday, Pfizer stated that it anticipates having supplies available prior to the RSV season in the third quarter of this year. On June…
Lecanemab, a treatment for Alzheimer’s disease, received an expedited approval from the Food and Drug Administration on Friday. This is the second treatment from Biogen and its Japanese partner Eisai to receive an early green light in less than two years. After clinical trial results that were published in November showed that lecanemab slows cognitive…
On Monday, the Food and Medicine Administration approved a drug to treat severe alopecia, a condition that affects more than 300,000 Americans each year. The FDA said in a news release on Tuesday that the approval of Olumiant (baricitinib) was significant since it is the first treatment approved by the government that addresses the autoimmune…
According to federal food officials, packages of FreshKampo and HEB brand strawberries are likely linked to more than a dozen recent instances of hepatitis A in California. The FDA and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are investigating a multistate outbreak of hepatitis A infections in the United States and Canada that may be…
As part of its efforts to ease a statewide shortage, the US Food and Drug Administration announced Monday that it is making it simpler to import certain infant formulae. According to the EPA, the US produces 98 percent of the infant formula it consumes, with imported formula mostly coming from Mexico, Ireland, and the Netherlands.…
The US Food and Medication Administration stated on Monday that the Covid-19 drug remdesivir has been approved to treat patients as young as 28 days old and weighing around 7 pounds. This is the first time that Covid-19 has been approved for children under the age of 12. The FDA stated that children must be…
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a new monoclonal antibody treatment for Covid-19 that appears to act against the virus’s Omicron form. Monoclonal antibodies are lab-created proteins that mimic the immune system’s ability to fight diseases such as the coronavirus. Eli Lilly and Company’s Bebtelovimab is a monoclonal antibody administered via intravenous injection.…
Vuity, an eye drop intended to treat presbyopia, or age-related hazy near vision, was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration in October. When people try to focus on anything close to them, their vision becomes hazy. This problem usually begins after the age of 40. The eye drops are now accessible by prescription…
Methanol close by sanitizers is a wellbeing danger, the FDA says. Ensure the items you purchase don’t have it. The Food and Drug Administration discharged an admonition articulation on June 19 saying purchasers ought not accepting hand sanitizer items from the Mexico-based producer Eskbiochem. The admonition comes after the FDA found methanol, or wood liquor,…