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Lawmakers ask for deeper look into FDA security hack

10

Dec

2013

Washington lawmakers today asked for a more thorough review of a security attack against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) earlier this year, which resulted in compromised data. Now five Republican members from the US Energy and Commerce committee want to know more about just how it went down, and have sent a letter to FDA […]

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FDA approves new $1,000-a-day hepatitis C pills

07

Dec

2013

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new drug that promises to treat hepatitis C with a daily pill instead of the more common weekly injection. The drug, called Sovaldi from Gilead Sciences, has been designed to block the protein hepatitis C uses to replicate itself. Hepatitis C has multiple strains, and can require […]

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23andMe Suspends DNA Testing After FDA Complaint

06

Dec

2013

DNA sequencing company 23andMe has decided to suspend its testing services following a complaint from the Food and Drug Administration questioning the accuracy of the service and its effects on self-diagnosis. In a blog post, 23andMe founder Anne Wojcicki explained the situation: I am highly disappointed that we have reached this point and will work […]

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