The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday took the rare step of urging doctors to stop performing a surgical procedure used on tens of thousands of women each year to remove uterine growths, saying the practice risks spreading hidden cancers within a woman’s body.
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How to Handle FDA Rejection
Women’s groups are calling the FDA sexist for not approving female Viagra. They are so wrong.
FDA Approves Combo IVF Drugs for Infertility
Ferring Pharmaceuticals announced that the FDA has approved a new labeling for Menopur (menotropins for injection) and Bravelle (urofollitropin for injection) stating that both products can be safely mixed and administered in a single injection.
FDA to Review Experimental Fertility Treatment
The Food and Drug Administration has accepted for review Merck & Co. Inc.’s new drug application for an investigational fertility treatment. Merck (NYSE:MRK) is seeking FDA approval of corifollitropin alfa for controlled ovarian stimulation in women participating in assisted reproductive technology.
Can an Antibacterial Ingredient Be the Cause of the Rise of Infertility
Can an anti-bacterial ingredient be some of the cause of infertility? Fox2now reports today that the FDA is now reevaluating the ingredient used in 75 percent of anti-bacterial liquid soaps and body washes sold in the United States. This chemical is also found on kitchen counters, baby bassinets and most hand and body soap.
Will This Pill Fix Your Sex Life?
Pharma’s race for a ‘pink viagra’ finally has a winner, and the promises for it are grand. Osphena, as the recently FDA-approved drug is called, is the newest answer for painful sex. The drug’s creator, pharmaceutical company Shionogi, Inc., is particularly interested in the more than 64 million U.S. women who have hit menopause, half of whom, it claims, could use the drug. In theory, that’s a lot of women who could be having a lot better sex, and soon.
FDA Warns Health Professionals to Halt Use of Other-Sonic Generic Ultrasound Transmission Gel
An FDA press release reports, “U.S. Marshals, acting at the request of the Food and Drug Administration, have seized Other-Sonic Generic Ultrasound Transmission Gel located at Pharmaceutical Innovations Inc. in Newark, N.J., after an FDA analysis found that product samples contained dangerous bacteria. The agency reports that at least 16 patients from one hospital were infected with the bacteria.
Lead in Lipstick? “Don’t Worry” Says the FDA
by Heather Sarantis, Commonweal
In 2007, the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics released a report, “A Poison Kiss: The Problem of Lead in Lipstick.” More than half of the 33 brand-name lipsticks tested contained …