FDA To Restrict Only Some Drug Uses in Food Animals

Drug residues in food animals.

A total of 292 field investigative reports of drug residues in food animals for 1983 to 1988 were analyzed. The investigations had been conducted by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Virginia State Veterinarian's Office, in cooperation with the Center for Veterinary Medicine of the FDA, to trace residues reported by the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service to the source of the a...

Nonmedical Uses of Antibiotics: Time to Restrict Their Use?

The global crisis of antibiotic resistance has reached a point where, if action is not taken, human medicine will enter a postantibiotic world and simple injuries could once again be life threatening. New antibiotics are needed urgently, but better use of existing agents is just as important. More appropriate use of antibiotics in medicine is vital, but the extensive use of antibiotics outside ...

Recent Actions by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

FDA approves new drug to treat dementia.

Actavis and Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc., announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the New Drug Application for NamzaricTM for the treatment of moderate to severe dementia of the Alzheimer’s type in patients stabilized on memantine hydrochloride and donepezil hydrochloride. Namzaric will be available in two dosage strengths: 28/10 mg (memantine extended release/donepezi...

FDA to review "missing" drug company documents.