Biotech Calendar: FDA Drug Approvals in 2011
BOSTON (TheStreet) -- An early Christmas present for biotech investors: The first (overstuffed) FDA drug approval calendar of 2011. For easy reference, I've organized this regulatory calendar in chronological order based on the drug approval decision date. I've also included information on pending FDA advisory panels. At the end of the calendar is a list of companies with potential regulatory ...

FDA: Tainted Products Marketed As Dietary Supplements Potentially Dangerous
In a letter sent yesterday to dietary supplement manufacturers, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration expressed concern about undeclared or deceptively labeled ingredients in products marketed as dietary supplements. These substances include the active ingredients in FDA-approved drugs or their analogs (closely-related drugs), or other compounds, such as novel synthetic steroids, that do not ...

FDA Approves Gardasil For Anal Cancer Prevention
Gardasil is now approved as a vaccine for preventing anal cancer and associated precancerous lesions due to human papillomavirus (HPV) types 6, 11, 16, and 18, in males and females from 9 to 26 years old, said the The US Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday. Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a sexually transmitted infection that usually causes genital warts, but it can also cause several ...