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Victoza indication expanded to include children
The approval marks the first noninsulin drug approved for pediatric use in almost 20 years.
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Obesity and overweight declined among lower-income kids
The reduction still leaves 29.1% of 2 to 4-year-olds in the Supplemental Nutrition Program for WIC either overweight or obese.
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Rosacea: Quality of life improves with treatment success
A National Rosacea Society survey suggests that the amount quality of life improves depends on degree of skin clearance.
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Teva expands its recall of losartan lots
Some lots of this and other ARBs have been implicated in having high levels of possibly cancer-causing impurity.
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FDA invites sample submission for FDA-ARGOS database
The project hopes to make diagnosing pathogens – including biothreats like Ebola and Zika – both easier and faster.
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FDA approves Nucala’s new at-home formulations
Approved in 2015 for severe eosinophilic asthma, Nucala (mepolizumab) will now available as an autoinjector and as a prefilled safety syringe.
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FDA: Vinpocetine associated with fetal harms, miscarriage
Although vinpocetine is an unregulated ingredient in many dietary supplements in the United States, it’s regulated as a prescription drug in some...
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Timolol shortens propranolol use in infantile hemangioma
This is of interest because of the rare but serious adverse effects associated with propranolol.
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FDA approves first drug for steroid-refractory acute GVHD
Ruxolitinib will be made available to appropriate patients immediately, according to Incyte.
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Refrigerator-stable varicella vaccine held safe and effective
This formulation may help increase vaccination rates against varicella by making it more available in areas without frozen storage capabilities....
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FDA: Faulty hematology analyzers face class I recall
Beckman Coulter has released a software patch it hopes may help warn operators of inaccurate results, but this fix has not been evaluated by the...
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FDA issues warning about use of unauthorized diabetes devices
The agency received an adverse event report about a patient using a combination of unauthorized devices who required medical intervention.
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Benzodiazepines nearly double the odds of spontaneous abortion
This is thought to be the first study to investigate the risk of spontaneous abortion associated with benzodiazepine duration of action.