Attorneys for a dietary supplement manufacturer asked the 11th Circuit on Friday to overturn a district court ruling which found that the U.S. government rightfully seized $2.2 million worth of a supplement ingredient.
Read moreSouthern California resident Paula Kahn says she began exploring the use of psychoactive drugs as a teenager to help her heal from past trauma, a practice that health researchers – and health-tourism entrepreneurs – have begun studying and promoting in recent years.
Read moreThe Seventh Circuit ruled that a dairy conglomerate cannot continue its $30 million advertising campaign saying its cheeses are safer than competitors’ products just because its cows do not consume a hormone supplement approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
Read moreA Ninth Circuit panel on Thursday entertained arguments over whether to reverse the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by a University of California researcher who claims the Food and Drug Administration’s failure to adequately regulate sleeping pills leads to thousands of deaths annually.
Read moreAhead of a long weekend where millions will flock to beaches around the United States, conservationists petitioned the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday to ban two chemicals found in sunscreen that are known to irreparably damage coral reefs.
Read moreThe Food and Drug Administration is seeking a permanent injunction to stop two stem cell clinics from treating patients with stem cell products for serious health conditions and diseases, claiming that the treatments were marketed without proof of safety from the FDA, according to complaints filed Wednesday in federal court.
Read moreProducers of pure maple syrup and honey aren’t sweet on a plan to label their pure natural products as containing added sugars.
Read moreU.S. health officials are placing new restrictions on a permanent contraceptive implant that has been subject to reports of painful complications from thousands of women. But the metal implant called Essure will remain on the market.
Read moreA coalition of environmental, food safety and animal rights groups dropped their legal challenge over the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s approval of an animal-growth drug that is banned in dozens of nations.
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Injected with 600 million stem cells grown from his own stomach fat, an elderly man said the injections stopped his Parkinson’s disease tremors and he’s now teeing up his own golf balls and competing in golf tournaments.
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Shareholders of biopharmaceutical company Tesaro Inc. claim in a class action that the company covered up health risks associated with a cancer drug until forced by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to report the drug’s serious adverse effects.
Read moreFederal health officials faced the wrath of House lawmakers Friday on the heels of an audit that says food companies waited an average of 57 days to act on reports of tainted food.
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Once high-flying biotech firm Intercept Pharmaceuticals faces a derivative action after the company’s share price collapsed when the FDA revealed that 19 patients died after taking its flagship drug Ocaliva.
Read moreTwo companies behind a vodka product engineered to reduce health risks brought a federal complaint Monday against naysayers in the U.S. government.
Read moreThe federal government claims in court that a Long Island company and its owner made and distributed adulterated dietary supplements that were mislabeled, in violation of federal law.
Read moreA federal judge ruled Monday that a group of health organizations cannot intervene in a lawsuit filed by tobacco companies against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration over a rule expanding warning requirements to cigars and pipe tobacco.
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The American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii filed a federal lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration over federal restrictions that limit access to an abortion pill.
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