April 22, 2011 Dear Dr. Hamburg: I have just read a press release issued by Roche announcing the FDA approval of its cobas HPV Test. The press release states “The cobas HPV Test is the only FDA-approved cervical cancer screening test that allows HPV 16 and 18 genotyping concurrently with high-risk HPV testing.” It is […]
FDA approves Roche HPV test to identify cervical cancer risk
Submitted by Mechele R. Dillard The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a test identifying women at highest risk for cervical cancer. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the Roche cobas HPV(Human Papillomavirus) Test, which identifies women at highest risk for cervical cancer. It can potentially help doctors make earlier, more accurate […]
Behind the Scenes: The Evolution of an HPV Industry
By Norma Erickson, President of SaneVax Inc. The first papillomavirus was discovered in the 1930’s by Dr. Richard E. Shope. It was the cottontail rabbit papillomavirus, or the Shope papillomavirus, which occurred in warts that frequently developed into cancerous tumors1. Dr. Shope was able to isolate the virus, inject it into other rabbits and produce […]
Action against FDA officials for being lax
LUCKNOW: Three food and drug administration (FDA) officials were issued suspension notices on Saturday for negligence of duty. Besides, nearly 20 drug and food inspectors have been issued warning notifications to shape up or ship out. A senior UP government official said: “We have made it very clear that the government has adopted a no-tolerance […]
To improve drug safety, FDA should check its mixed-up files
Boston.com March 20, 2011 FOLLOWING A number of high-profile drug safety scandals in recent years — such as Vioxx and Avandia — the pharmaceutical industry and the Food and Drug Administration are spending a great deal of energy trying to uncover, as early as possible, rare side effects that make a drug too risky. Sometimes, […]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- 13
- …
- 18
- Next Page »
