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Bristol Myers, which sponsors the ddI research, plans to file an application for FDA approval late this year or early next year, said company spokesperson Susan J. Yarin...
Protesters will call on the pharmaceutical firm Bristol Myers to file an application with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the approval of ddI, a drug currently in the second phase of clinical trials, ACT UP members...
...Europe and Canada for decades, but not in the U.S., because it was suspected of causing heart abnormalities in rats. Rapeseed oil was relegated to American industrial uses, like lubricating heavy machinery or putting the shine in glossy paper. Oil from a new strain of the plant won FDA approval as a cooking oil in 1985. Even then, manufacturers had to label products, unappetizingly, as low-erucic-acid rapeseed oil. Finally, in 1988, the FDA allowed the product to be called by the name used in Canada, where most canola is produced. Soon thereafter its reputation took...
...Manly Molpus, president of the Grocery Manufacturers of America: "It is a win-win situation for consumers and the food industry." The full extent of the victory, however, may not be clear until as late as 1993. The law would not go into effect until six months after the FDA issues its final labeling regulations, sometime within the next two years...
...claims on labels is already producing a mild crackdown. Phoenix Fiber Cookies were touted as being low in fat and calories, high in fiber and useful for treating cardiovascular disease, colon cancer, diabetes and diverticulitis. Last May the munchables were whisked off supermarket shelves by their manufacturer when the FDA judged the claims to be false. Just last month, the agency warned six food companies, including Health Valley Foods, Select Origin and Ralston Purina, to remove cholesterol-reducing claims from a variety of packaged foods, ranging from Oat Chex cereal to Rice Bran...