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The US Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved a highly anticipated new drug designed to slow cognitive decline in patients in mild and early stages of Alzheimer's disease. The FDA approval of the drug, Leqembi, also known as lecanemab, comes just days after the regulatory agency was harshly criticized…

Changes by the FDA mean patients won't have to schedule in-person exams to get a prescription. That opens the door for more pharmacies to provide the medication. But not everyone will have access.

The Food and Drug Administration's contentious approval of a questionable Alzheimer's drug is taking another hit

WASHINGTON — A joint investigation released Thursday by House Democrats identified unusual collaboration between Food and Drug Administration officials and drugmaker Biogen, highlighting potential problems in the agency’s approval of the controversial Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm.

The agency in a memo Friday said the emergency contraception pills are not the same as abortion pills — which end a pregnancy — a fact that has long been understood in the medical community.

The Food and Drug Administration announced Friday that it will overhaul packaging labels for the emergency contraceptive pill, Plan B, that women can take after having sex to prevent a pregnancy

Gilead won Food and Drug Administration approval for a twice-a-year HIV treatment called Sunlenca on Thursday.

For two years, Becky Mourey pushed the Food and Drug Administration to approve an experimental drug for her Lou Gehrig’s disease

New state legislative sessions likely to bring fresh efforts to restrict, penalize or altogether ban the procedure