FDA head reports progress on food-import screening
Apr 13, 2011 (CIDRAP News) The rollout of a new Web-based system for screening imported food and drugs last year stumbled because of software interface problems, but it is now operating at four entry ports, with a goal of becoming operational at all of them by the end of the year, US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Margaret Hamburg, MD, told legislators today.

FDA Issues Warnings To Hand Sanitizer Companies
Regulators?issued warnings to four manufacturers of hand sanitizing products for making unsupported claims about?products' bacteria-fighting benefits.

CytRx s INNO-206 Receives FDA Approval for Orphan Drug Designation for Pancreatic Cancer
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESSWIRE)-- CytRx Corporation , a biopharmaceutical company specializing in oncology, today announced that its tumor-targeting pro-drug candidate INNO-206 has been approved ...