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FDA pushes for ban of potent Kratom derivative 7-OH amid safety concerns
A new opioid threat you probably haven't heard about is targeting kids. Products containing 7-OH are currently being sold ...
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FDA’s Top Regulator Is Out Amid MAHA Backlash Over Blocking Access to $3.2 Million Per Dose Therapy for Rare Disorder in Boys
Dr. Vinay Prasad, who came under fire from patient advocacy groups and Laura Loomer, is gone after less than three months on ...
FDA’s Prasad Exits After Sarepta Gene Therapy Controversy
Vinay Prasad, a top regulator at the US Food and Drug Administration, has left the agency after a controversy over his ...
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FDA targets 'legal morphine' kratom compound in push for regulation
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced new action Tuesday to classify "7-hydroxymitragynine" – often called "7-OH" – as a Schedule I controlled substance.
Vinay Prasad, controversial FDA official, abruptly departs agency
Prasad's exit ends a tumultuous tenure during which he led a reworking of agency guidelines on COVID vaccines and his office ...
The FBI’s Leaders ‘Have No Idea What They’re Doing’
Feinberg, an assistant special agent in charge at the FBI’s field office in Norfolk, Virginia, realized right away that he ...
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Vinay Prasad, a powerful FDA official, departs after controversy over rare disease drug
Vinay Prasad, a top official at the Food and Drug Administration, has suddenly departed after a series of controversial ...
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FDA Warns Dangers of Drug “7-OH”
HHS Sec. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), along with FDA Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary, announce new ...
Continuous glucose monitors are in vogue. But do you really need to track your blood sugar?
A healthy fasting blood glucose level for a person without diabetes is roughly 70 milligrams per deciliter to 99 milligrams ...
Top F.D.A. Official Resigns Under Pressure
After turning down several new drugs and restricting use of another, Dr. Vinay Prasad drew the ire of the right-wing ...
US FDA's chief medical and science officer Prasad departs agency
Vinay Prasad, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's chief medical and science officer, has left the health regulator, the U ...
Vocal FDA critic who became top agency vaccine regulator abruptly departs
Vinay Prasad, who became prominent as a critic of coronavirus vaccine policy, briefly served as the FDA’s top regulator of vaccines, gene therapies and the blood supply.