FDA to stop the marketing of unapproved injectable colchicine (News-Medical-Net)
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced its intention to take enforcement action against companies marketing unapproved injectable colchicine, a drug used to treat gout.

Novel, Third Generation Heart Valve Shows Major Improvements (Newswise)
A third generation of heart valve has successfully completed animal studies to evaluate the in vivo safety, performance, healing and handling characteristics in both the aortic and mitral positions of its heart valve. Leman Cardiovascular ("LCV"), a Swiss biomedical device company, designed the device and tested it in compliance with ISO/FDA standards. Results showed increased performance over ...

AMI: FDA Unveils New Policy To Address Listeria Control In Food (CattleNetwork.com)
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced a new draft compliance policy for control of Listeria monocytogenes (Lm) in ready-to-eat (RTE) foods that for the first time creates different policies for foods that support growth of the organism and foods that do not.