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Friday 27 November 2020
The FDA will meet on 10 December to discuss the request for emergency use authorization
Remdesivir was one of the first drugs to show relative promise in shortening the time to recovery in some coronavirus patients
Joe Biden has said he shouldn’t debate Trump next week if the president remains Covid-positive.
The Food and Drug Administration acted after preliminary results from a government-sponsored study of remdesivir.
The FDA said it couldn’t assure women that these devices were safe and effective longterm.
“A renewed focus on nicotine can help us to achieve a world where cigarettes no longer addict future generations of our kids,” the FDA said.
Drugmakers have, by and large, put their drugs off-limits for executions.
The tiny implant is called Probuphine and could address some of the hardest parts of treating addiction.
It could be used as a viable treatment for use in psychotherapy to treat PTSD.
The side effects don’t exactly breed confidence though.
A policy paper being examined sets out options including a total removal of the ban and a time deferral on donation.
The FDA is investigating whether this product is harmful as people may accidentally breath in dangerous chemicals.
The White House has been briefed on the incident, which came to public attention yesterday.
World health authorities had believed the only samples left of the disease were safely and securely stored away.
The US Food and Drug Administration issued a warning to GlaxoSmithKline over the contamination which the company first became aware of in January 2012.
‘Flibanserin’ is believed to work on key neurotransmitters in the brain that affect sexual desire, excitement and inhibition.
You may be surprised by the beverages and foods containing the stimulant… even chewing gum.
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland has said parents should keep highly caffeinated drinks away from their children.
THE Food and Drug Administration now have the ability to declare certain stem cells as drugs in the hope of greater policing their use.
The over-the-counter test has the potential to identify people who would otherwise go untested for the infection.
Pfizer cited packaging faults as the reason for the recall as pills could be out of sequence, leading to an increased risk of unwanted pregnancies.
The food we live on is less healthy than ever before – and some of it is hardly food at all. But a few simple actions can help turn the tide, writes Emma Murphy.
THE GREYHOUND RACING industry has been put in the spotlight again this week, the Social Democrats put forward a motion proposing to end State funding of the sector.
Writing for TheJournal.ie this week, TD Holly Cairns explained that greyhound racing in Ireland will receive €19.2m in public funding next year – an increase of €2.4m on 2020.
Last year, an RTÉ investigation claimed that almost 6,000 greyhounds were killed for not racing fast enough in 2017.
But advocates for the sector have claimed it supports thousands of jobs and that annual Government funding represents an economic investment.
So, today we’re asking: Should the Government stop funding greyhound racing?
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