FDA proposes allowing sunscreen ingredient already used in Europe and Asia

Bemotrizinol, a broad-spectrum chemical sunscreen ingredient, has long been used abroad. Experts say it offers better ...

Pharma major Dr. Reddy’s to produce and market drug for gonorrhoea granted approval by U.S. FDA

The FDA approves two new drugs for gonorrhoea treatment, with Dr. Reddy’s to market one in Thailand and South Africa.

FDA considering allowing new sunscreen ingredient in U.S.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced it is reviewing a proposal to allow bemotrizinol in sunscreens sold in the United States.
The New York Sun

FDA Plans ‘Black Box’ Warning for COVID-19 Vaccines Amid Internal Policy Shifts: Report

Such warnings are reserved for medications that carry risks of death or life-threatening reactions.
Scientific American

Health Experts Slam Possible FDA ‘Black Box’ Warning for COVID Vaccines

The FDA is reportedly considering the addition of high-level warning labels to COVID vaccines, a move that some experts say ...

US FDA approves Innoviva's oral antibiotic for gonorrhea

The U.S. health regulator on Friday approved Innoviva's oral antibiotic to treat gonorrhea, a common sexually transmitted ...

FDA removing warning labels from some hormone replacement therapy medication

More changes are coming from the Food and Drug Administration as officials move to get rid of warning labels on some ...

MO Sen. Josh Hawley pressures FDA chief to limit medication abortion

Hawley and other anti-abortion groups and legislators say the health organization is "slow-walking" a review of the drug ...

FDA approves first new antibiotics to treat gonorrhea in decades, with hope to combat drug resistance

For the first time in decades, the US Food and Drug Administration has signed off on new antibiotics to fight gonorrhea. The approvals come at a critical moment: The sexually transmitted infection is ...

F.D.A. Approves Two New Drugs to Treat Gonorrhea

On Friday, the F.D.A. approved a new antibiotic, zoliflodacin, a day after an article published in The Lancet reported that a ...

The FDA Wants to Approve a New Sunscreen Ingredient—And Dermatologists Are Here For It

A new sunscreen can be brought to market without an approved drug application if it meets certain requirements, according to ...
STAT

FDA approves first new kind of drug to target gonorrhea in decades

Zoliflodacin, which will be marketed under the name Nuzolvence, is the first new drug to uniquely target gonorrhea infections ...