Pia to 14th Congress: Pass bill strengthening BFAD (The Daily Tribune)
Sen. Pia Cayetano yesterday called on her colleagues in the Senate and House of Representatives to prioritize passage of the bill seeking to strengthen the Bureau of Food and Drugs (BFAD) when the 14th Congress resumes session today, April 13.

FDA Reverses Stance on Removal of Morphine Painkiller (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
THURSDAY, April 9 (HealthDay News) -- Bowing to the pleas of hospice experts, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has backed off its intent to remove from the market an unapproved liquid morphine painkiller given to dying patients.