Marking a first for the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, the FDA has given the go-ahead for clinical trials on a stem-cell based approach to …
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FDA audit of Texas stem cell clinic revealed by Houston Chronicle
I haven't written much about it here, but I've been following carefully the ongoing drama between the Food and Drug Administration and a Texas stem …
Medical experts question the safety of spray-on tanning products
Medical experts have advised wearing sunscreen outdoors and staying out of tanning beds altogether to reduce preventable skin damage and other health risks. But those …
Studies show new drug may treat and prevent basal cell carcinoma
Each year approximately 2.8 million people in the United States are diagnosed with basal cell carcinoma (BCC), the country's most common form of cancer. New studies …
FDA panel recommends use of new cost-effective tool to curb AIDS epidemic
In a very promising step forward, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration panel has taken the unusual step of recommending approval of the first once-a-day …
New ideas to help FDA discover drug risks
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration sometimes finds out that a drug it has approved for the market has dire and unanticipated side effects. A …
What's being done about the way tobacco companies market and manufacture products
A week ago at Med School 101, an annual Stanford event for area high-schoolers, I sat in on a session by tobacco expert Robert Jackler, …
An in-depth look at the even-deeper problem of drug supply
A shortage of chemotherapy drugs continues to plague patients in the U.S. The recent, widespread scarcity of medications continues to grow in severity, Healthland reports …
Medical technology entrepreneurs discuss challenges facing start-ups at Stanford event
Earlier this week on the Stanford campus, medical technology entrepreneurs shared advice and commented on the challenges faced by young companies in the biotechnology, medical …
Childhood leukemia patient on methotrexate shortage
If, like me, you've been following news of the nation's methotrexate shortage, you already know that severely curtailed supplies of this powerful chemotherapy drug are …
FDA accepting public comments on social media rules for drug companies
Two years ago, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration held hearings on regulating how drugs and medical devices under its oversight are promoted through social …
Stanford and FDA to collaborate on med-tech education
I guess you could say that the Stanford Biodesign Program “wrote the book” on how to teach medical technology innovation to multidisciplinary teams. The U.S. …
Avastin Q&A from the Food and Drug Administration
Anyone interested in the trials and tribulations of bringing a new cancer therapy to market, and keeping it there, is likely already aware of the …
An in-depth look at pharmaceutical shortages
Jessica Wapner at Work in Progress, which is part of the PLoS Blogs network, has just posted a fascinating look at some very disturbing drug …
How have U.S. tobacco regulations affected smokers?
In 2009, with the passage of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, the FDA was given the authority to regulate tobacco products. Now …
FDA introduces pilot programs to improve methods of identifying foodborne illness sources
Each year, outbreaks of foodborne illness sicken 48 million Americans and kill 3,000, and force large-scale recalls of eggs, peanut butter and other foods. In …