Word: fda
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...family of genetically engineered foods continues to grow. The FDA declared five more genetically enhanced vegetables -- three tomatoes with longer shelf lives and a squash and potato that resist common crop pests -- safe for human consumption...
...Food and Drug Administration is on the verge of approving Prozac, the drug often prescribed to treat depression and obsessive-compulsive disorders, as a treatment for bulimia. The move, indicated by an "approvable letter" the FDA has issued, could prompt many doctors to turn to the touted miracle drug to help solve the eating disorder -- despite an unresolved controversy over whether the faddish pills from Eli Lilly & Co. actually leave some depression patients worse off. TIME science writer Christine Gorman points out that physicians have already been giving bulimia patients Prozac (it's not an "approved use," but still legal...
...whose generic name is mifepristone, has already been approved for use in such countries as China, Great Britain and Sweden. It has not yet been tested and approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in the United States...
...only comment is that we realize this pill is still killing babies," said Judie Brown, president of the American Life League. "We will do everything we can to stop the FDA from approving it and if it is approved, we will boycott any company that uses...
...scientists, politicians and the FDA have a different perspective on the issue...