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...second study will serve as a pivotal approval trial,” Guinan said. “The pharmaceutical company can then take our results to the FDA...
...creamy gel or goop, called NanoGreen, can be used by the military to decontaminate skin--and may eventually have topical and vaginal applications for consumers, according to NanoBio CEO Ted Annis. The firm, which hopes to partner with existing companies, is preparing to submit seven products to the FDA for approval, a process that takes several years...
...that is as bad as the hydrogen bond in saturated fats--maybe even worse, according to CNN dietitian Liz Weiss, an expert on family nutrition. While saturated fats raise ldl cholesterol, Weiss explains, "trans fats appear to both raise bad (LDL) cholesterol and lower the good (HDL) cholesterol." The FDA does not currently require vendors to label foods for trans-fatty-acid content, but the agency has new rules in the works that would force McDonald's and others to do just that...
Call them the ephedra wars. For the past five years, the FDA has been trying to restrict the availability of ephedra, an herbal stimulant and the active ingredient in hundreds of popular diet aids and energy boosters sold across the U.S. The reason for the agency's mounting alarm: ephedra has been linked to a number of strokes, heart attacks and seizures and more than 100 deaths. But every time the FDA gets closer to its goal, the dietary-supplements industry successfully lobbies other parts of the government to roll back changes...
...FDA is calling in the big guns at the Justice Department, which last week confirmed that it has launched a criminal investigation of Metabolife, a leading seller of remedies containing ephedra. At issue is whether the company, based in San Diego, lied about ephedra's safety in 1998 when it said Metabolife had never been notified of "any serious health event" caused by its products. A company spokesperson maintains that no false statements were made and that ephedra is safe when used according to directions...