May 11, 2010
The FDA's Division of Drug Marketing, Advertising, and Communications (DDMAC) has launched the Bad Ad Program, designed to educate healthcare providers about their role in ensuring that prescription drug advertising and promotion is truthful, and not misleading.
February 22, 2010
Star Scientific announced that it has filed an application with the FDA for approval to market Ariva-BDL as a "modified risk" tobacco product under the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act of 2009.
July 23, 2009
The FDA has notified healthcare professionals and patients that a laboratory analysis of electronic cigarette cartridge samples has found that they contain carcinogens (eg, nitrosamines) and diethylene glycol, a toxic chemical found in antifreeze.
July 08, 2009
The FDA has approved Watson's over-the-counter nicotine polacrilex gum in coated fruit and cinnamon flavors, the generic equivalent of GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare's smoking cessation aid, Nicorette Fruit Chill and Cinnamon Surge Coated gums.
July 01, 2009
The FDA has notified healthcare professionals and patients that it has required manufacturers of varenicline (Chantix, from Pfizer) and bupropion (Wellbutrin, Wellbutrin SR, Wellbutrin XL, and Zyban, from GlaxoSmithKline) to add new Boxed Warnings to the product labeling and develop patient Medication Guides highlighting the risk of serious neuropsychiatric symptoms.