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News Articles: FDA

The first vaccine to protect infants from respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, moved a step toward approval by the Food and Drug Administration with positive votes Thursday from a panel of experts.

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  • Health

FDA advisers support approval of RSV vaccine to protect infants

At least 58,000 childern younger than 5 years old are hospitalized each year with RSV infections. A Pfizer vaccine given to pregnant people could help protect their infants from severe RSV illness.

May 18, 2023
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By:
  • Scott Hensley and
  • Rob Stein
In a close vote, advisers to the Food and Drug Administration recommended approval of a gene therapy for muscular dystrophy developed by Sarepta Therapeutics.

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  • Health

FDA advisers narrowly back first gene therapy for muscular dystrophy

A panel of experts voted 8-6 in favor of Food and Drug Administration approval of the first gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a fatal genetic disease.

May 12, 2023
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By:
  • Scott Hensley and
  • Rob Stein
The U.S. is moving to ease restrictions on blood donations from gay and bisexual men and other groups that traditionally face higher risks of HIV. Here, tubes direct blood from a donor into a bag in Davenport, Iowa, on Friday, Nov. 11, 2022.

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  • Health

More gay and bisexual men will now be able to donate blood under finalized FDA rules

While the number of people eligible to donate blood has expanded, the agency says it will continue to monitor the safety of the blood supply.

May 11, 2023
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By:
  • Jonathan Franklin
An advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration supported drugmaker Perrigo's application to sell the oral contraceptive Opill without a prescription.

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  • Health

Advisers to the FDA back first over-the-counter birth control pill

In a unanimous vote, 17-0, a panel of advisers to the Food and Drug Administration recommended that the agency approve the first over-the-counter birth control pill.

May 11, 2023
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By:
  • Scott Hensley and
  • Rob Stein
Advisers to the Food and Drug Administration will make a recommendation about whether the agency should approve the first over-the-counter birth control pill in the U.S.

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  • Health

The FDA considers first birth control pill without a prescription

The Food and Drug Administration is weighing whether to allow a birth control pill to be sold over the counter for the first time. An advisory committee opens a two-day hearing Tuesday.

May 09, 2023
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By:
  • Rob Stein
A closeup of a person's nose, mouth and hand while smoking a cigarette

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  • Health

Menthol cigarettes disproportionately harm Black people. Why hasn't the FDA enacted a proposed ban?

A recent report finds that banning menthol and flavored cigarettes would eliminate disparities in lung cancer death rates between Black Americans and other racial groups within the next five years.

April 24, 2023
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
The drug manufacturer GenBioPro received FDA approval for its generic version of the abortion pill mifepristone — the first dose in a widely-used, two-drug protocol — in 2019.

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  • National

Generic abortion pill manufacturer sues FDA in effort to preserve access

GenBioPro, which makes a generic form of mifepristone, is suing the FDA seeking to preserve access to the drug amidst ongoing federal litigation.

April 19, 2023
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  • Sarah McCammon
The abortion drug mifepristone.

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  • Law

Supreme Court briefly puts on hold lower court's limits on abortion drug mifepristone

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has placed a hold on a lower court ruling that restricts access to the abortion drug mifepristone until Wednesday night.

April 15, 2023
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo and
  • Lexie Schapitl
Packages of Mifepfex, the brand-name version of mifepristone, seen at a family planning clinic in Rockville, Md.

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  • Health

Here's what really happened during the abortion drug's approval 23 years ago

A Texas judge ruled that the Food and Drug Administration wrongly approved mifepristone in 2000 and accused it of doing a rush job. Here's what really went down.

April 15, 2023
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By:
  • Sydney Lupkin
The Justice Department had asked the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans for an emergency stay of an abortion pill ruling by a federal judge in Texas while the court hears the case.

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  • Law

U.S. appeals court preserves partial access to abortion pill, but with tighter rules

The Biden administration had asked the higher court to stay a decision from a Texas judge while the appeal plays out.

April 13, 2023
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By:
  • Sarah McCammon
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has pulled its approval for an unproven drug intended to prevent premature births.

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  • Health

FDA pulls the only approved drug for preventing premature birth off the market

The drug had been fast-tracked for approval under the agency's accelerated approval program, and has been available for more than a decade, despite the drugmaker's failure to prove that it works.

April 06, 2023
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By:
  • Sydney Lupkin and
  • Will Stone
Shana Alesi administers a COVID-19 booster vaccine to Marine Corps veteran Bill Fatz at the Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital in Hines, Ill., in 2021. A new round of boosters could become available for some people this spring.

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  • Health

The FDA may soon authorize a spring round of COVID-19 boosters for some people

The Food and Drug Administration appears poised to make available the COVID-19 vaccines that target omicron as a second booster for people with weak immune systems and those ages 65 and older.

March 29, 2023
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By:
  • Rob Stein
In this 2021 file photo, NBA star Steph Curry talks to kids in Oakland, Calif., about nutrition and exercise.

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  • Politics

Biden turns to Steph Curry, DoorDash and others to advance nutrition and hunger goals

The White House is working with private companies like DoorDash and Instacart to try to make healthy food more accessible. It also named Olympic athletes to a council focused on nutrition.

March 24, 2023
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo
A Walgreens pharmacy is pictured on Jan. 5 in New York City. Walgreens says it won't sell mifepristone in states where Republican attorneys general threatened legal action.

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  • Health

Walgreens won't sell abortion pills in red states that threatened legal action

The 20 states where Walgreens won't sell mifepristone include some where abortion remains legal. It's not clear whether other retail pharmacies will follow suit.

March 04, 2023
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By:
  • Kaitlyn Radde and
  • Sarah McCammon
Congress gave the Food and Drug Administration more power to hold drugmakers accountable as part of the mammoth spending bill that became law in December 2022.

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  • Health

FDA has new leverage over companies looking for a quicker drug approval

The Food and Drug Administration has new tools to hold drug companies accountable for promises they make about medications. But the agency has yet to show its hand in using this new power.

March 03, 2023
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By:
  • Sydney Lupkin
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