FDA Expands Approved Use For Carotid Stent
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved an expanded indication that will allow a new group of patients at risk of stroke due to clogged neck arteries to be treated with the RX Acculink carotid stent. The carotid arteries on each side of the neck bring blood to the brain. The blood flow in the arteries can become partially or totally blocked by fatty material called plaque. Lack of ...

FDA Approves Novartis Drug Afinitor To Treat Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors
Yesterday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the Novartis drug Afinitor (everolimus) for the treatment of advanced pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors. Neuroendocrine tumors make up less than five percent of all pancreatic cancer diagnoses and are generally slower growing and less aggressive than the more common form of pancreatic cancer, pancreatic adenocarcinoma. "The FDA ...

WEB ONLY: FDA Approvals Meningococcal Vaccine For Children
A local drug maker has been granted approval for a vaccine to protect infants against a potentially deadly disease.