food and drug

Mead Johnson Nutrition Co. said tests it conducted on samples of its Enfamil baby formula tied to an U.S. Food and Drug Administration investigation found no presence of bacteria.

Medical device executives say regulation by the Food and Drug Administration has hurt the industry domestically.

The Food and Drug Administration helped Arizona and California obtain a quick overseas source of a hard-to-find execution drug even as the agency declared it would not regulate or block imports, records show.

The Food and Drug Administration will be able to order a recall rather than relying on the cooperation of the company.

Scientists for the Food and Drug Administration said Friday a pill to treat obesity from Orexigen Therapeutics Inc. helped patients lose weight, though it didn't meet all the criteria set forth by the agency.

Food and Drug Administration advisers will consider a request by a pharmaceutical company to lower how obese someone must be to qualify for surgery using its device.

A medical device company at the center of a controversial approval decision by the Food and Drug Administration is pushing back against the agency's plan to review the implant.

Pharmaceutical companies previously did all their own research and testing and submitted the results to the Food and Drug Administration for approval to put a medication on the market.

The agency's review was devised to settle concerns about the drug makers' vested interest in showing a pill was safe and effective.

The Food and Drug Administration is working to lift the smokescreen clouding the ingredients used in cigarettes and other tobacco products.

Drugmaker Wyeth is suing the Food and Drug Administration to block the sale of a generic rival to its intravenous antibiotic Zosyn, claiming the generic is not an equivalent product and could harm critically ill patients.