Reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug might only be the first step for Trump
The order issued Thursday does not legalize marijuana for medical or recreational use under federal law, and it is likely to face legal challenges.
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Trump officials reclassify medical marijuana as lower-risk drug
Marijuana has long had the same Schedule I classification as heroin, but administration officials have sought to reclassify the drug as Schedule III.
Trump makes unfounded claims about Tylenol and repeats discredited link between vaccines and autism
President Donald Trump on Monday used the platform of the presidency to promote unproven and in some cases discredited ties between Tylenol, vaccines and autism as his administration announced a wide-ranging effort to study the causes of the complex brain disorder.
FDA set to phase out leading decongestant in many cold medicines
Changes are coming to the cold and cough aisle of your local pharmacy: U.S. officials are moving to phase out the leading decongestant found in hundreds of over-the-counter medicines, concluding that it doesn’t actually relieve nasal congestion
Supreme Court will hear arguments on flavored vape regulations imposed after youth vaping spike
The high court is taking up an appeal from the Food and Drug Administration, which has denied more than a million applications to sell candy- or fruit-flavored products that appeal to kids.
Amid backlash, FDA changes course over shortage of Lilly weight-loss drugs
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, after intense public pressure and a lawsuit, is reconsidering its declaration barely two weeks ago that a shortage of the appetite-suppressing drugs Mounjaro and Zepbound—both made by Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly and Co.—is over, a temporary about-face that will allow pharmacies to keep selling unbranded copies.
Lilly weight-loss drug copycat makers sue FDA for taking drugs off shortage list
A group representing companies that made copycat versions of Eli Lilly and Co.’s weight-loss drugs has sued the U.S. Food and Drug Administration over the agency’s decision to remove Lilly’s medications from its shortage list.
Many cancer drugs remain unproven 5 years after accelerated approval, a study finds
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s accelerated approval program is meant to give patients early access to promising drugs. But how often do these drugs actually improve or extend patients’ lives?
For years, he couldn’t donate at the blood center where he worked. Under new FDA rules, now he can
Thanks to new federal guidelines finalized in May, gay and bisexual men in monogamous relationships can now donate at many blood centers around the country without abstaining from sex.
5th Circuit backs some abortion drug limits, pending Supreme Court approval
Mail-order access to a drug used in the most common form of abortion in the U.S. would end under a federal appeals court ruling issued Wednesday that cannot take effect until the Supreme Court weighs in.
Supreme Court extends access to abortion pill to Friday
The Supreme Court is leaving women’s access to a widely used abortion pill untouched until at least Friday, while the justices consider whether to allow restrictions on the drug mifepristone to take effect.
Juul can keep selling e-cigarettes as court blocks FDA ban
Juul can continue to sell its electronic cigarettes, at least for now, after a federal appeals court on Friday temporarily blocked a government ban.