The deal is the latest in the company’s efforts to resolve litigation over its marketing of products that some contend fueled the teenage vaping crisis.
Category: Food and Drug Administration
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FDA Report Faults Agency’s Food Unit for Leaderless Dysfunction
Spurred by the infant formula crisis, a panel found that the agency shied away from tough decisions, sometimes fearing confrontations with industry over enforcement of critical public health issues.
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FDA Considering New Approach to Blood Donation by Gay and Bisexual Men
The agency may put in place a personalized risk assessment to replace the current prohibition on men who have had sex with men in the previous three months.
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Hemp-Fed Cows Get Buzzed, Study Finds, but Will Humans Who Drink Their Milk?
Hemp with high THC content given to Holsteins leached into their milk, according to a group of German scientists exploring the food chain for dairy production.
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RJ Reynolds Sues California Over Flavored Tobacco Ban
On Tuesday, the state’s voters overwhelmingly supported letting a two-year-old law take effect. The company’s lawsuit is viewed by anti-smoking advocates as a tactic that could keep menthol cigarettes on the market longer.
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Big Tobacco Heralds a Healthier World While Fighting Its Arrival
The industry continues to back smoking protections, like this November’s ballot initiative in California that would overturn a law banning tobacco flavors.
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FDA Panel Recommends Pulling Preterm Birth Drug From the Market
The agency has weighed years of study that showed the treatment given accelerated approval 11 years ago was not effective.
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F.D.A. Confirms Widespread Shortages of Adderall
The agency cited Teva’s continuing supply problems as well as those of other drug makers struggling to fill the gap.