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FDA Orders DNA Company To Stop Sales
FDA Orders DNA Company To Stop Sales
FDA Orders DNA Company To Stop Sales
The Food and Drug Administration is ordering a company that sells DNA home-test kits to stop selling them to consumers. The FDA says the company 23andMe has not proven that its DNA testing service is being done properly or accurately, warning of health risks from inaccurate results...
Most Supplements Violate FDA Rules
Most Supplements Violate FDA Rules
Most Supplements Violate FDA Rules
Most companies that make dietary supplements have violated Food and Drug Administration rules. The man who heads the FDA's Dietary Supplement Programs says 70% of the nations supplement companies have broken agency rules over the past five years...
Report Finds Lax Oversight Of Specialty Pharmacies
Report Finds Lax Oversight Of Specialty Pharmacies
Report Finds Lax Oversight Of Specialty Pharmacies
A congressional investigation finds that specialty pharmacies like the one that triggered a deadly meningitis outbreak last year get little state oversight.       The new report from House Democrats shows that most states do not track or routinely inspect compounding pharmacies and that pharmacy boards in nearly all 50 states lack the information and expertise they need...