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WASHINGTON, DC -- In public comments jointly filed today , 24 leading public health and medical organizations called on the Food and Drug Administration to issue a final rule to regulate all tobacco products by April 25, 2015 -- one year after the FDA issued a proposed rule --

Updated August 4, 2014 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- July 31, 2014 -- The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today announced its intention to release a draft framework to regulate laboratory developed tests (LDTs) that are used for making critical diagnostic and treatment decisions made by patients and their health care

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- July 29, 2014 -- Following is a statement from John R. Seffrin, PhD, chief executive officer of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), on the Surgeon General's Call to Action to Prevent Skin Cancer , which was announced today: For the

WASHINGTON, D.C. July 28, 2014 The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Sunscreen Innovation Act today paving the way for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to review and approve new sunscreen ingredients for the first time in more than a decade. Process-related challenges associated with the way ingredients are

WASHINGTON July 22, 2014 The nation 's leading groups representing patients with and survivors of cancer, diabetes, heart disease and stroke issued the following statement today in response to the decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in the case of Halbig v. Burwell. The American