Patients using diabetes apps can miss critical alerts. Here’s how to make sure you’re getting them
U.S. officials are warning about a potentially life-threatening issue with smartphone apps that help manage diabetes.
FDA Alerts Patients of Potential to Miss Critical Safety Alerts Due to Phone Settings When Using Smartphone-Compatible Diabetes Devices
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is alerting patients of a safety concern regarding diabetes devices, such as continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), insulin pumps and automated insulin dosing ...
United Therapeutics Corporation Announces FDA Clearance of its Investigational New Drug Application for the UKidney Xenotransplantation Clinical Trial
United Therapeutics Corporation (Nasdaq: UTHR), a public benefit corporation, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared its Investigational New Drug application (IND ...
Chocolate Recall Update As FDA Sets Highest Risk Level for 9 States
A recall which was issued across nine states has now been given the highest risk classification by the federal agency.
United Therapeutics scores FDA go-ahead for pig organ transplant clinical trial
Silver Spring’s United Therapeutics has scored a regulatory green light to start clinical trials for its genetically modified pig kidneys to be transplanted into humans. It's as significant for the ...
RFK Jr. wants to improve Americans’ health. Here’s some advice from the outgoing FDA chief
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has big plans for the FDA if he's confirmed as Secretary of Health and Human Services. FDA Commissioner ...
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Texan judge blocks US FDA changes on cigarette packaging
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is pushing to reduce the levels of nicotine in cigarettes and other combusted ...
Judge blocks Trump’s federal workers buyout program that Maryland leaders call a ‘scheme’
A federal judge on Thursday temporarily paused President Donald Trump’s plan to offer buyouts to millions of federal workers, ...
She's a medical miracle. Could her animal transplant success be just the beginning?
Towana Looney of Alabama is 'going strong and feeling great' after a pig kidney transplant. No one has lived longer with an ...
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FDA Commissioner Califf’s Advice to His Successor and RFK Jr.
The Los Angeles Times had an insightful article on the barriers to change and political threats the agency faces -- from the outgoing commissioner just before he left office.
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The science behind the first pig-organ transplant trial in humans
The small trial will help to establish whether kidneys from genetically modified pigs can be transplanted into people safely and effectively.