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 Time.com via Yahoo! News Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:10 PM PDT In a new report, the GAO blows the whistle on Food and Drug Administration's inability to protect us from our produce FDA: Statins don't increase ALS risk UPI Tue, 30 Sep 2008 7:46 AM PDT WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says it has determined statins do not increase the incidence of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's Disease. Eurand expects delay in lead drug application AP via Yahoo! Finance Tue, 30 Sep 2008 7:40 AM PDT Drug developer Eurand NV said Tuesday it expects the Food and Drug Administration to take an additional quarter to make a decision on its lead drug candidate because of a raw materials supplier's timeline. 'Superbug' Test Detects MRSA Faster HealthDay via Yahoo! News Mon, 29 Sep 2008 2:02 PM PDT MONDAY, Sept. 29 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a new test that can detect skin infections, including antibiotic-resistant infections such as the so-called "superbug" MRSA, in less than an hour, the test's manufacturer said Monday Lee Lee market pulls White Rabbit candy from shelves The Arizona Republic Tue, 30 Sep 2008 8:40 AM PDT Lee Lee Oriental Supermarket in Peoria has removed all White Rabbit brand candy from its shelves. The Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning on the Chinese-made candy because of possible melamine contamination in milk and milk-based products. ULURU files 510k application with FDA for Altrazeal Silver - Update Nasdaq Tue, 30 Sep 2008 6:47 AM PDT (RTTNews) - Tuesday, ULURU Inc. (ULU), a pharmaceutical company, said it filed a 510(k) application with the United States Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, for Altrazeal Silver, a wound dressing. ULURU expects to launch Altazeal Silver in the first quarter 2009. Melamine found in Chinese milk powder in Thailand Thailandnews.net Tue, 30 Sep 2008 1:17 AM PDT Thailand's Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has found traces of melamine in 20 tonnes of milk powder imported from China, where at least four children have died from excessive melamine intake, media reports said Tuesday. FDA froze 60-tonne milk powder shipment from China The Nation - Thailand's English news Tue, 30 Sep 2008 7:11 AM PDT The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has confiscated 60 tonnes of milk powder imported by Dutch Mill and.... Statins Not Linked To Higher Risk Of ALS Says FDA Medical News Today Tue, 30 Sep 2008 6:07 AM PDT A new analysis by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of data from over 40 clinical trials did not show a link between statins, drugs used to lower cholesterol, and higher risk of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a neurodegenerative disease often referred to as "Lou Gehrig's Disease". The FDA said there is no need to change prescribing practice. FDA: Statins don't increase ALS risk Moldova.org Tue, 30 Sep 2008 8:07 AM PDT The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says it has determined statins do not increase the incidence of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's Disease.The FDA's review began in 2007 after the agency received a higher-than-expected number of reports of ALS developing in patients taking statins, cholesterol-lowering drugs. But officials said subsequent data from 41 long-term controlled ...

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