President Barack Obama's nominee to lead the Food and Drug Administration defended his record on Tuesday as senators pressed him about rising drug prices, slow approval times for new drugs and medical devices and his ties to the pharmaceutical industry.
The Food and Drug Administration is warning doctors and patients that a widely used antibiotic from Pfizer can cause rare but deadly heart rhythms in some patients.
The Food and Drug Administration is approving a weight loss drug from Vivus Inc. that many doctors consider the most effective therapy among a new generation of anti-obesity pills.
A majority of Food and Drug Administration panelists have voted against a new use for Johnson & Johnson's blood thinner Xarelto to reduce life-threatening blood clots.