The Biden administration is delaying a decision on whether to ban menthol flavored cigarettes amid intense lobbying from critics including the tobacco industry, industry-backed groups and some Black criminal justice advocates. The delay is alarming public health groups, which fear that the White House could cave to pressure and delay the rule indefinitely, especially against…
House Republicans will launch an investigation into the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) decision that found a common decongestant in cold medicines was found ineffective. A House Oversight subcommittee sent a letter to FDA Commissioner Robert Califf on Sunday to ask him to brief the members on the decision to label the decongestant, known as…
House Republicans are launching a probe into how the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is responding to a growing number of prescription drug shortages in the country. In a letter sent to FDA Commissioner Robert Califf, Republicans on the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability requested documents and a staff-level briefing to understand the agency’s…
The Biden administration is taking aim at the tobacco industry with a potential new rule that would ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last week sent the rule to the White House for review, the last regulatory step before it gets issued. A menthol ban has been more than…