OTC Coverage

FDA Supplement Guidance Not Strict Enough, MD Says

1/26/2012

An FDA proposal to require dietary supplement manufacturers to submit data proving their product is safe doesn't go far enough, one expert charged. more

FDA Holds OJ Imports Pending Fungicide Testing

1/12/2012

WASHINGTON -- The FDA has turned off the spigot on foreign orange juice until it completes testing for the presence of a fungicide in OJ from processing plants outside the U.S.  more

FDA to Test O.J. for Unapproved Fungicide

1/11/2012

WASHINGTON -- The FDA has warned the orange juice processing industry that it will step up testing for the fungicide carbendazim in juice products.  more

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Excedrin, NoDoz, Other OTC Products Recalled

1/9/2012

Drugmaker Novartis has issued a recall for Excedrin, NoDoz, Bufferin, and Gas-X Prevention because packages may contain the wrong product. more

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Renewed Warning on Baby Acetaminophen

12/22/2011

The FDA is renewing a warning about the potential for dosing errors with liquid acetaminophen products for infants, which may have been compounded by the recent introduction of a new  more

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FDA Panel Barely OKs Wider Indication on Defibrillator

12/9/2011

WASHINGTON -- An FDA advisory panel voted 3-2 to expand the indication for Medtronic's cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators (CRT-Ds) to treat a milder form of heart failure. more