'Stevia is a drug', says FDA citizen s petition (Nutraingredients.com)
The petitioner, identified as Coburn & Coffman PLLC, contends that stevia glycosides (SGs) are drugs and therefore cannot be legally added to conventional foods.

FDA should lift stevia import alert, says ABC (Nutraingredients.com)
In the upcoming issue of HerbalGram , ABC s publication, Mark Blumenthal, ABC s founder and executive director, calls FDA s 1991 Import Alert on stevia for use as a food additive "unreasonable and illogical" given the "current scientific and medical information supporting the safety of stevia when consumed in relatively small amounts in foods to give them a sweet taste."

FDA Approves Johnson & Johnson's Prezista For HIV-Positive People Who Have Never Taken Antiretrovirals (Medical News Today)
FDA on Tuesday approved Johnson & Johnson's protease inhibitor Prezista for use by people who have never taken antiretroviral drugs in the past, the Wall Street Journal reports. FDA in 2006 approved Prezista for HIV-positive people who had developed resistance to other drugs.