Food and Drug Administration

The Senate has cleared the way for approval of President Barack Obama’s nominee for commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration.Senators voted 80-6…

Federal health advisers recommended approval Tuesday for an experimental implant designed to treat patients recovering from heroin and painkiller…

Approvals for first-of-a-kind drugs climbed last year, pushing the annual tally of new U.S. drugs to its highest level in 19 years.The rising figures…

President Barack Obama’s nominee to lead the Food and Drug Administration defended his record Tuesday as senators pressed him about rising drug prices,…

The nation’s biggest pharmacy benefits manager has decided to cover two new drugs that lower artery-clogging cholesterol but raise concern over prices…

The Food and Drug Administration exercised its regulatory power to compel a tobacco company to stop selling cigarettes after the maker failed to show they don't raise new public health issues.

Food manufacturers must be more vigilant about keeping their operations clean under new government safety rules released Thursday in the wake of deadly…

Next year, the military will officially lift restrictions on women in combat, the end of a process that may open up as many as 245,000 jobs that have been…

The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved a first-of-a-kind drug that lowers artery-clogging cholesterol more than older drugs that have been…

The Obama administration is cracking down on artificial trans fats, calling them a threat to public health.The Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday…