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FDA names former pharmaceutical company executive to oversee US drug program
The Food and Drug Administration named a longtime pharmaceutical executive to run the agency’s drug program. Dr.
Biotech exec George Tidmarsh picked as FDA's chief drug regulator
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration named ex-biotech exec George Tidmarsh as its chief drug regulator. FDA Commissioner ...
FDA appoints biotech veteran George Tidmarsh to lead drug evaluation division
Stanford's George Tidmarsh has authored 143 scientific papers and patents, as well as played a central role in developing ...
FDA Appoints Biotech Executive as Top Drug Regulator Under RFK Jr.
Food and Drug Administration commissioner Marty Makary has chosen former biotech executive George Tidmarsh as the agency’s ...
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Drugmaker Refuses FDA's Request to Pull Gene Therapy Tied to Patient Deaths
The agency also revoked Sarepta's platform technology designation for AAVrh74 Friday and issued a safety communication saying ...
BMO's Kostas Biliouris: It will be challenging for the FDA to force a market withdrawal for Sarepta
Kostas Biliouris, BMO Capital Markets biotech analyst, joins CNBC's 'Squawk on the Street' to discuss the latest details on ...
FDA taps biotech industry veteran as RFK Jr.'s top drug regulator
Tidmarsh, who has founded and served as CEO of several biotech companies, will lead a crucial FDA division that reviews the ...
FDA Elevates Dubai Chocolate Spread Recall to Class 1 Over Salmonella Risk
Salmonella can cause serious and potentially fatal infections in young children, the frail or elderly, and others with ...
FDA issues highest risk Warning for mushroom recall
Mushrooms sold across two states have been recalled over fears they could be harboring listeria, a bug that "can cause ...
FDA Suspends Muscular Dystrophy Drug After 3 Patient Deaths
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration ( FDA) has placed an immediate clinical hold on Sarepta Therapeutics' investigational ...
Sarepta Therapeutics stock sinks after FDA tells company to stop shipping its bestselling drug
Sarepta stock tanked Friday after a new patient death was uncovered, spurring an FDA request to halt shipments of an ...
FDA Issues Bread Recall Update After Glass Discovered in Crusts
For consumers, the FDA and Upper Crust Bakery LP advised that bread with affected lot numbers should not be consumed but instead discarded or returned to the point of purchase for a refund. Health ...