German pharmaceutical and chemical group Bayer said Thursday that its Ciprofloxacin treatment for Cystic Fibrosis was set to benefit from an exclusive seven-year status in the United States. Ciprofloxacin, a powder inhaler in phase two development designed to evaluate a drug's effectiveness, has obtained "an orphan drug designation" by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), a Bayer statement ...

Fear of salmonella contamination has prompted Nature’s Variety to expand its February recall of the company’s Chicken Formula and Organic Chicken Formula Raw Frozen Diets pet food products. The Nebraska-based company this week pulled from the market all of its Chicken Formula and Organic Chicken Formula products with a “Best ...

BOSTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators said on Wednesday they have found no link between oral bisphosphonate osteoporosis medications such as Merck & Co Inc's Fosamax and certain thigh bone fractures. The Food and Drug Administration issued its statement following the publication of case reports of atypical subtrochanteric femur fractures -- or fractures in the bone just below the hip joint ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Recent new powers have helped the U.S. Food and Drug Administration combat contaminated medications, counterfeit pills and other safety woes, but more work is needed to address lingering concerns about drug risks, FDA officials said on Wednesday. FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg told lawmakers at a U.S. House of Representatives budget panel she was "moving forward with ...