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Lianhuaqingwen capsule to undergo clinical trial against influenza type A H1N1 virus

Chinese Anti-Influeza Herbal Medicine Gets FDA Approval for Clinical Trial

Dec 26, 2015 06:59 AM EST

One of China's herbal medicines has been approved to undergo clinical trial testing by the United States' Food and Drug Administration. This follows China's break ground in the US market.

Dietary Supplements Jack3d, OxyElite Pro Used China-Made Synthetic Stimulants: Investigators

Desiree Sison |

Nov 18, 2015 06:36 AM EST

An American dietary supplements manufacturer and six of its executives are facing criminal charges after investigators revealed that the company used large amounts of a synthetic stimulant made in China in its bestselling products, Jack3d and OxyElite Pro. The company, however, claims that all the ingredients in the supplements come from plant extracts.

China Faces Health Risk As Pfizer Pulls Out Vaccine Product

Desiree Sison |

Apr 03, 2015 06:15 AM EDT

China is at a high risk of shortage of treatment for pneumonia after it failed to renew Pfizer's license to market its product, Prevenar.

FDA Approves First Ever 'Biosimilar' Drug for Use in the U.S.

Marco Foronda |

Mar 08, 2015 05:40 AM EDT

The drug is helpful in preventing infections and was provided to the patients of cancer who are under treatment.

Dermal Filler for Acne Scars Treatment gains FDA Approval

Kizha T. Trovillas |

Jan 08, 2015 10:13 AM EST

FDA approved the first dermal filler treatment that can effectively reduce scars caused by acne.

U.S. FDA Plans to Lift Ban on Blood Donations from Gay Men

Marco Foronda |

Dec 01, 2014 07:02 AM EST

The ban was enacted in 1983 during the national AIDS epidemic and was last updated in 1992.

FDA Warns Public of Driving While Medicated

Marc Maligalig |

Oct 08, 2014 09:27 AM EDT

The common drugs in question include some types of nonprescription anti-diarrheals, antihistamines, and anti-nausea medicines.

Anti-Addiction Demonstration Call For New FDA Commissioner

Christl Leong |

Sep 29, 2014 05:31 AM EDT

Hundreds of protesters marched outside Washington on Sunday as they called for stricter regulations on prescription drugs and for Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Margaret Hamburg to step down.