Adventures in HousingDecoding DemocracyI've Always Wondered ...My Economy

Loading...

0:00
0% played
⏩ Donations to Marketplace are being MATCHED right now! ⏩ Double my gift
Stories Tagged as

FDA

New class of generics could save consumers, insurers billions. FDA is moving carefully.

by Dan Gorenstein
Jul 13, 2016
The European Union has some 20 "biosimilar" generics on the market; the US has one.
Pre-filled syringes of the adalimumab biosimilar. The biosimilar is used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, juvenile idiopathic arthritis, psoriatic arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis.
SAM PANTHAKY/AFP/Getty Images
ListenLISTEN
HTML EMBED:
COPY
EMBED EMBED
Share Now on:
SHARE
Subscribe Using:
SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE

FDA says it's time to look again at food labeling claims

by Sally Herships
May 10, 2016
Reevaluating dietary guidelines to help consumers decide what's healthy
Kind bars were the subject of discussion recently when it came down to the semantics of what can be labeled as "healthy" per FDA rules. 
John Parra/Getty Images for SOBEWFF®
ListenLISTEN
HTML EMBED:
COPY
EMBED EMBED
Share Now on:
SHARE
Subscribe Using:
SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE

How the new e-cigarette regulations will impact small businesses

by Nova Safo and Levi Sharpe
May 5, 2016
Small shops and vape-makers worry the regulation will put them out of business.
The FDA's new regulations on tobacco includes e-cigarettes, which may impact the industry.
FRANCK FIFE/AFP/Getty Images
ListenLISTEN
HTML EMBED:
COPY
EMBED EMBED
Share Now on:
SHARE
Subscribe Using:
SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE

What are the FDA's new e-cigarette regulations?

by Donna Tam
May 5, 2016
The administration's new rules take aim at many parts of the emerging business.
MOHD RASFAN/AFP/Getty Images
Share Now on:
SHARE

Reluctantly, more major food brands take up GMO labeling

by Tony Wagner
Mar 24, 2016
A Vermont law becomes a defacto federal requirement.
A Safeway customer shops for milk at a Safeway 'Lifestyle' store July 18, 2007 in Livermore, California. 
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
Share Now on:
SHARE

FDA takes step to improve generic drug competition

by Dan Gorenstein
Mar 15, 2016
We'd pay a lot more if it wasn’t for generics, which amount to as much as 85% of what we take.
Joe Raedle/Getty Images
ListenLISTEN
HTML EMBED:
COPY
EMBED EMBED
Share Now on:
SHARE
Subscribe Using:
SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE

How more generics could relieve sky-high drug prices

by Dan Gorenstein
Feb 4, 2016
More generics are needed to create competition — but can the FDA approve them fast enough?
With high drug prices, more generics are needed to create competition, but can the FDA is having a hard time keeping up.
NVinacco/Flickr
ListenLISTEN
HTML EMBED:
COPY
EMBED EMBED
Share Now on:
SHARE
Subscribe Using:
SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE

For public good, not for profit.

Donate

New cholesterol drugs shed light on pricing conundrum

by Dan Gorenstein
Dec 29, 2015
Earlier this year, the FDA approved applications from Sanofi and Amgen.
ListenLISTEN
HTML EMBED:
COPY
EMBED EMBED
Share Now on:
SHARE
Subscribe Using:
SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE

Salmon first GMO animal OK'd for sale

by Mitchell Hartman
Nov 23, 2015
A Massachusetts bio-agriculture firm can now market its fast-growing GMO salmon, without special labeling.
ListenLISTEN
HTML EMBED:
COPY
EMBED EMBED
Share Now on:
SHARE
Subscribe Using:
SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE

The extraordinary security around GMO salmon

by Tony Wagner
Nov 23, 2015
Everything's accounted for when you're breeding the first-ever U.S.-approved GMO fish.
Share Now on:
SHARE