FDA touts uptick in new drug approvals
The Food and Drug Administration is highlighting an uptick in new drug approvals after a decade-long downturn in the number of innovative medications approved by the agency.

FDA Approves Cord Blood For Stem Cell Transplant
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first product to use umbilical cord blood for stem cell transplantation. In a news release on Thursday, the agency said it has approved Hemacord, developed by the New York Blood Center, as "the first licensed hematopoietic progenitor cells-cord (HPC-C) cell therapy". Hemacord is "indicated for use in hematopoietic stem cell ...