Now that California’s tobacco prohibitions are in place, some Camel and Newport items are billed as newly “fresh” or “crisp” non-menthol versions.
Category: Food and Drug Administration
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R.J. Reynolds Pivots to New Cigarette Pitches as Flavor Ban Takes Effect
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SEC Fines Steve Easterbrook, McDonald’s Ex-CEO
The New York Times – Business:The Securities and Exchange Commission fined Steve Easterbrook for lack of disclosure about the circumstances behind his firing in 2019.
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F.D.A. Approves New Treatment for Early Alzheimer’s
The New York Times – Business:The drug, Leqembi, may modestly slow cognitive decline in early stages of the disease but carries some safety risks. Still, data suggests it is more promising than the small number of other available treatments.
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CVS and Walgreens Plan to Offer Abortion Pills Where Abortion Is Legal
The New York Times – Business:The two chains said they would begin the certification process under a new F.D.A. regulation that will allow retail pharmacies to dispense the prescription pills for the first time.
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Abortion Pills Can Now Be Offered at Retail Pharmacies, F.D.A. Says
The New York Times – Business:Mifepristone, the first of two drugs in medication abortions, previously had to be dispensed only by clinics, doctors or a few mail-order pharmacies. Now, if local drugstores or chains like CVS agree to certain rules, they can provide it.
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Legal Use of Hallucinogenic Mushrooms Begins in Oregon
The New York Times – Business:On Jan. 1, Oregon became the first state to allow adult use of psilocybin “magic” mushrooms. Licensed guides will likely determine whether the program is a success.
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Congressional Investigation into Alzheimer’s Drug Aduhelm Faults the F.D.A. and Biogen
The New York Times – Business:The report said the F.D.A.’s approval process for Aduhelm was “rife with irregularities” and criticized Biogen for setting an “unjustifiably high price.”
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Will This Device Protect Athletes’ Brains, or Only Make Them Think It Does?
The New York Times – Sports:More and more pro and college athletes are trying on the Q-Collar as they search for something, anything, that might keep their brains safe. But does it work?
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Can a Federally Funded ‘Netflix Model’ Fix the Broken Market for Antibiotics?
The New York Times – Business:Shortages and drug-resistant germs have renewed attention on a $6 billion proposal in Congress that would reconfigure the way antimicrobial drugs are developed and sold.
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Brain Implants Have Begun to Restore Functions, but Advances Are Slow
The New York Times – Business:But achieving full-body restoration of movement, as Elon Musk envisions with such devices, is considered far into the future, if at all.
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Supreme Court Refuses to Block California’s Ban on Flavored Tobacco
The New York Times – Business:The state’s voters had overwhelmingly supported letting a two-year-old law take effect, and lower courts had refused to put it on hold.