
FDA approved a novel device to treat breathing difficulty associated with severe emphysema.

FDA approved a novel device to treat breathing difficulty associated with severe emphysema.

A combination melanoma treatment that was just approved by FDA is available through select specialty pharmacies.

FDA’s approval of a cannabidiol (CBD) medicine to treat seizures associated with 2 severe forms of epilepsy is a positive sign for other CBD drugs under development.


The manufacturer of bevacizumab (Avastin), snagged FDA approval for yet another type of cancer.


FDA approved the first biosimilar to Neulasta, as well as a new combination treatment for osteoarthritis pain and hypertension and a new drug to treat chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

The manufacturer of two cancer drugs hiked the price on the medicines despite President Donald Trump’s new plan to lower drug prices.

FDA is warning that 2 liquid-filled intragastric balloon systems used to treat obesity are causing deaths in some patients

FDA’s new guidances on Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) requirements aims to help generic and biosimilar drugs get to market faster.

FDA is asking manufacturers to immediately stop selling OTC products containing the pain reliever benzocaine (such as Orajel) for teething in infants or children.

While the pharmaceutical industry has made tremendous advances in new drug development this year, FDA has also had to remove drugs from the market or investigate problem drugs. Here are the top 3 drug warnings and problems so far in 2018.





The first smallpox treatment, being developed for the United States government in the case of a bioterrorism attack, could be available as early as August.

A combination cancer treatment has been expanded to include treating both melanoma and anaplastic thyroid cancer (ATC).

FDA is re-examining the safety of a breakthrough Parkinson’s disease drug after reports of hundreds of deaths.

After FDA approved the first epinephrine injection specifically for infants and toddlers last year, the drug is now on the market.

A new draft guidance document from FDA aims to help pharmaceutical manufacturers develop new medications to treat opioid use disorder.

FDA approved a new treatment for non-small cell lung cancer, as well as drugs to treat chronic immune thrombocytopenia and a rare form of childhood rickets.

FDA is permitting marketing of the first medical device that uses artificial intelligence to detect greater than a mild level of the eye disease diabetic retinopathy.

FDA approved a new indication for Exparel Bupivacaine Liposome injectable suspension (Exparel, Pacira) for use as a nerve block to produce post-surgical regional analgesia following shoulder surgery in adults.

After US Surgeon General Jerome M. Adams, MD, MPH, urged more Americans to carry naloxone to reverse opioid overdoses, organizations and medical experts praised the decision.

A new deal between pharma giants AbbVie and Samsung Bioepis is designed to postpone competition against a biosimilar to Humira until 2023.