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FDA Commissioner Marty Makary: Starting Process To Schedule "7-Hydroxymitragynine" Kratom Extract As Dangerous, Illegal Opioid
FDA Commissioner Marty Makary said at a press conference Tuesday that the federal government is beginning to process to ...
Carl’s Drug Store celebrates 200 years as America’s oldest pharmacy still in operation
A young man opened a drug store in Greencastle, Pennsylvania on April 27, 1825. Two hundred years later, it's still a vibrant ...
Longtime N.J. drug dealer sentenced to decade in federal prison
A New Jersey man with a history of dealing drugs has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for selling fentanyl, heroin and cocaine out of an apartment in East Orange . Ibraheem Muhammad, 41, ...
With WV’s history, it’s no surprise most opioid settlement money has gone to law enforcement
For those who have been following the state’s opioid epidemic over the years, it probably came as no surprise more than half ...
FDA recommends concentrated Kratom be scheduled as illicit substance
The Trump administration is recommending that a compound called 7-OH be scheduled as an illicit drug, Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary announced Tuesday. The compound ...
FDA Inspectors Again Find Dangerous Breakdowns at an Indian Factory Supplying Medications to U.S. Consumers
The latest inspection comes 2 1/2 years after the agency allowed Sun Pharma to keep shipping some drugs to Americans even ...
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FDA’s CDER Gets New Chief in Biopharma Veteran George Tidmarsh
Tidmarsh, an adjunct professor at Stanford’s medical school, brings decades of industry experience to the table. Serving as ...
Biotech exec George Tidmarsh picked as FDA's chief drug regulator
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration named ex-biotech exec George Tidmarsh as its chief drug regulator. FDA Commissioner ...
After Falling 68%, Where Will This Weight-Loss Drug Stock Be in 2 Years? History Shows Massive Gains Ahead.
After Falling 68%, Where Will This Weight-Loss Drug Stock Be in 2 Years? History Shows Massive Gains Ahead. Yet another ...
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Two brothers indicted following South Carolina's largest drug bust in state history
Investigators believe the seized drugs originated in Mexico and were transported across the southern U.S. border.
FDA Layoffs Could Compromise Safety of Medications Made at Foreign Factories, Inspectors Say
Beyond staff cuts, the departures of some longtime investigators in recent months have left less experienced people tasked ...
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New FDA Drug Chief: 'Revolving Door' or Reformer?
The founder and former CEO of several pharmaceutical companies, Tidmarsh was tapped by FDA Commissioner Marty Makary, MD, MPH ...