FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products outlines steps to strengthen tobacco program

Tobacco in the tabloids: How the Weekly World News covered smoking for laughs—and the National Enquirer wouldn’t cover it at all

In a new online exhibition, The University of Alabama Center for the Study of Tobacco and Society examines tobacco in the tabloids.

April 19, 2024

Vol.50 No.16

Funding Opportunities

FDA offers funding for meetings on medical policy activities

FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research is soliciting grant applications from independent organizations to support meetings that bring together a broad range of stakeholders to explore, research, and address issues related to medical products, policy, and surveillance methods and systems.

April 19, 2024

Vol.50 No.16

Drugs & Targets

FDA approves Alecensa for ALK-positive early-stage lung cancer

FDA approved Alecensa (alectinib) for adjuvant treatment following tumor resection for patients with anaplastic lymphoma kinase-positive non-small cell lung cancer (tumors ≥ 4 cm or node positive), as detected by an FDA-approved test.

April 19, 2024

Vol.50 No.16

Drugs & Targets

FDA approves Lumisight to assist breast cancer detection

FDA approved Lumisight (pegulicianine) in adults with breast cancer to assist the intraoperative detection of cancerous tissue within the resection cavity following removal of the primary specimen during lumpectomy surgery.

April 19, 2024

Vol.50 No.16

Drugs & Targets

FDA grants accelerated approval to Enhertu for unresectable or metastatic HER2-positive solid tumors

FDA granted accelerated approval to Enhertu (fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki) for adult patients with unresectable or metastatic HER2-positive (IHC3+) solid tumors who have received prior systemic treatment and have no satisfactory alternative treatment options.

April 12, 2024

Vol.50 No.15

White House

White House misses deadline to finalize FDA rule banning menthol cigarettes, prompting lawsuit from health groups

A coalition of health and physician groups earlier this week filed a lawsuit seeking to force FDA to finalize a long-delayed final rule banning menthol cigarettes.

April 05, 2024

Vol.50 No.14

By Jacquelyn Cobb