Melatonin brownie maker: We ll sell them as supplements
Memphis-based HBB, LLC, which makes Lazy Larry chocolate brownies (formerly Lazy Cakes) containing the neurohormone melatonin, received a warning letter from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on July 28.

Celebrating 1H2011 s New Drug Approvals (sort of)
The FDA approved 20 new molecular entity NDAs in the first half of 2011, which is an impressive count. Of the 20, eighteen are new therapeutics (two were diagnostic reagents). This number of approvals is exciting, especially since in 2011 only 21 similar NDAs. This news was celebrated by some in the media as a turnaround for Pharm'a pipelines, andwelcomed more skeptically by others ...

New report urges overhaul of medical device approvals
The Institute of Medicine says the FDA's current approach doesn't meet its goals.