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What to know about FDA's review of new Zyn advertising proposal

Company wants to advertise its pouches as a less-harmful alternative to cigarettes ...

Pro-life organization calls on HHS and FDA to suspend abortion pill approval, tighten safety rules

Live Action alleges "reckless distribution" of the abortion drug mifepristone, urging the Trump administration to suspend its ...

FDA Weighs Allowing Zyn Pouches to Be Marketed as Lower-Risk Nicotine Option

FRIDAY, Jan. 23, 2026 (HealthDay News) — Flavored nicotine pouches called Zyn could soon be legally advertised as a ...

The FDA's Hands-Off Approach to Medical AI Is a Win for Health-Conscious Consumers

The post The FDA's Hands-Off Approach to Medical AI Is a Win for Health-Conscious Consumers appeared first on Reason.com.
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FDA’s new ‘plausible mechanism pathway’ for personalized gene editing raises concerns

In November, six months after KJ’s debut, top Food and Drug Administration officials Marty Makary and Vinay Prasad published ...

New FDA steps aim for clearer gluten labeling

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is taking active steps to improve disclosure of gluten ingredients in foods.
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Excitement and wariness as FDA shifts to much more flexible cell and gene therapy oversight

At a Food and Drug Administration cell and gene therapy (CGT) roundtable last June, most speakers pushed for the agency to ...

FDA Eases Wearable Oversight: Industry Leaders React at Newsweek Event

Looser regulations around consumer-grade wearable devices could be a "path to ROI" for health systems—or a "double-edged ...

FDA Clears HeartLung’s AI-CVD®, Enabling the Broadest Opportunistic Cardiovascular & Multisystem CT Screening Platform

FDA-cleared AI-CVD® extracts preventive insights from routine CT—identifying hidden cardiovascular, metabolic, and ...

US infant botulism outbreak linked to ByHeart supplier's whole milk powder, FDA says

Jan 23 (Reuters) - U.S. authorities have linked an outbreak of infant botulism across several states, caused by ByHeart's ...
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FDA grants urcosimod 0.05% single-patient use for neuropathic corneal pain

The FDA has authorized urcosimod 0.05% for single-patient expanded access, or compassionate use, in a patient with ...

Dr. Roach: Low-risk estradiol treatment comes with an FDA-boxed warning

In my opinion, the risks of estrogen cream like the estradiol you have been prescribed are low. I agree with removing the boxed warning, which can scare women from using these helpful, low-risk ...