FDA - Food and Drug Administration

Cellular Intelligence strikes deal with Novo Nordisk to advance Parkinson’s cell therapy

'This cell therapy Parkinson's program is truly innovative and exemplifies the powerful convergence of exciting academic discovery with the uncompromising quality of a global pharmaceutical leader.'

In this photo illustration, a smartphone displays the logo of Novo Nordisk (NYSE: NVO), a Denmark-based pharmaceutical company specializing in diabetes care, obesity treatment, in front of a screen showing the company's latest stock market chart, January 29, 2026
US HEALTH and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

RFK Jr.’s health department ordered withdrawal of studies showing vaccine efficiency - report

A person cups their hand to their ear in an act of listening (illustrative)

'Miracle cure': 2-year-old steals show at White House announcement of hearing loss therapy approval

 U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order encouraging more research into ibogaine, next to U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Joe Rogan, and Americans for Ibogaine CEO W. Bryan Hubbard, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., April 18

Trump signs order to accelerate Ibogaine research for veterans with PTSD 


Drugs are not a shortcut to weight loss - opinion

Ultimately, all of these drugs were withdrawn from the market because although they were effective for weight loss, they also harmed and killed people.

 THE WORLD Health Organization has issued a statement that Wegovy is not a ‘silver bullet’ for the ever-worsening obesity crises.

Ozempic, Wegovy and Saxenda: How do these weight loss drugs really work?

As a new weight loss drug prepares to enter the market, find out how the existing ones work, and what the difference is between all of them.

 Boxes of Ozempic and Mounjaro, semaglutide and tirzepatide injection drugs used for treating type 2 diabetes and made by Novo Nordisk and Lilly, is seen at a Rock Canyon Pharmacy in Provo, Utah, US March 29, 2023.

Elon Musk's Neuralink gets FDA approval for study of brain implants in humans

The company, founded in 2016, did not seek permission from the FDA until early 2022

 Neuralink logo and Elon Musk photo are seen in this illustration taken, December 19, 2022.

Hadassah’s 'organoid' bank is ready to revolutionize medicine. Here is how

Organoids are lab-grown tissues that mimic the features and functions of a tissue in the body.

 From left to right Widad Samman, MSc student, Dr Naama Sznayder, researcher and  Dr Myriam Grunewald, Director of the Hadassah Organoid Center.

US FDA eases restrictions on blood donation

Individuals, other than those who report having a new sexual partner or multiple partners and had anal sex in the past three months, will be eligible to donate blood.

 Magen David Adom personnel (Israel's national emergency medical, disaster, ambulance and blood bank service) at a blood donation drive in Moshav Yashresh, central Israel

Got migraines? FDA approved Pfizer's nasal spray treatment

Every day, there are 40,000 migraine attacks in Israel. This new Pfizer treatment could help

 Close-up of unrecognizable woman using nasal spray

This Alzheimer's drug was called a 'breakthrough,' so why did 3 people die?

Lecanemab was hailed by headlines as a breakthrough treatment for Alzheimer's. Now, with the death of a third patient, there are concerns about this medication.

 Alzheimer's disease (illustrative).

US appeals court preserves limited approval of abortion pill

The appeals court declined to block portions of Kacsmaryk's order, effectively reinstating restrictions on the pill's distribution that had been lifted since 2016.

 Used boxes of Mifepristone pills, the first drug used in a medical abortion, fill a trash can at Alamo Women's Clinic in New Mexico

Plant milk is definitely milk, and now it's official

In recent years, plant-based milk has become very popular, which has angered cow milk producers who objected to producers of cashew, soy and other plant-based drinks calling these products milk.

Milk poured in a glass (illustrative)

US FDA proposes to ease sexual abstinence rule for blood donors

Gay and Bi men might not need to go without sex for a year to donate blood with future proposed policy

 Macrophages, white blood cells