July 13, 2020 by MMR
FDA, Home Collection Kit, Kroger
2020, Issue 07-13-2020, Issues
CINCINNATI — Kroger Co. this month said that the Food and Drug Administration had authorized use of its COVID-19 Test Home Collection Kit, which includes a nasal swab, transport vial, instruction sheet, prepaid shipping label and packing materials for return shipment of the sample to a laboratory. The testing solution combines the safety and convenience
February 18, 2020 by MMR
FDA, GlaxoSmithKline, NSAID, O-T-C, over-the-counter, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Voltaren Arthritis Pain, Voltaren Gel
Leading Headlines, Supplier News
WARREN, N.J. — The Food and Drug Administration has approved Voltaren Arthritis Pain as an over-the-counter remedy for arthritis pain, GlaxoSmithKline said Tuesday. With the FDA’s approval, Voltaren Arthritis Pain becomes the first and only prescription strength, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory (NSAID) topical gel for arthritis pain available O-T-C in the United States. Voltaren Gel, which GSK Consumer
October 1, 2019 by MMR
CVS, FDA, Food and Drug Administration, Ranitidine, Rite Aid, Walgreens, Zantac
Leading Headlines, Retail News, Supplier News
NEW YORK — Pharmacy chains CVS, Walgreens and Rite Aid and other retailers are pulling heartburn medication Zantac and its store-brand versions from their shelves after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned it had detected low levels of a cancer-causing chemical in samples of the drug. The actions follow the FDA’s release of a
July 10, 2019 by MMR
AAHP, Emerson Group, FDA, Francis Godwin, Mark Land, Scott Emerson, The American Association of Homeopathic Pharmacists, The Emerson Group
Leading Headlines, Slideshows
BALTIMORE — The American Association of Homeopathic Pharmacists (AAHP) convened its inaugural industry summit here last month to celebrate recent gains in the marketplace while assessing the challenges suppliers face in engaging with regulators and earning consumers’ trust. “We have a responsibility to produce products of the highest quality so that consumers and families across
March 6, 2019 by MMR
FDA, Food and Drug Administration, Scott Gottlieb
Leading Headlines, People
SILVER SPRING, Md. — Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb is resigning, effective in about a month. The 46-year-old Gottlieb, who has been commuting weekly to the FDA office here from his home in Connecticut, wants to spend more time with his family, an administration official told The Washington Post. Health and Human Services