The Government Accountability Office in a sting operation found lax screening by review boards and this would now result in stricter regulations for medical research groups that monitor clinical trials.

A new report Keeping America's Food Safe: A Blueprint for Fixing the Food Safety System was released by Trust for America's Health (TFAH) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) which said immediate consolidation of food safety leadership within the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was needed.

The Food and Drug Administration decision of restricting the over-the-counter availability of the Plan B morning-after pill to the 17-year-olds has been denounced by Eastern District of New York Judge Edward R. Korman.

New drug, Symbyax got approval of the Food and Drug Administration as a therapy for treatment-resistant depression.

Drug developer Eli Lilly & Co said that Symbyax is the first drug approved by FDA for the acute treatment of treatment-resistant depression, which involves two failed attempts with other anti-depressants.

Israel's Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd, which is the world's largest generic drug maker, announced on Wednesday that they have received final approval from the U. S. Food and Drug Administration, FDA for their Abbreviated New Drug Application, or ANDA, to market the generic version of acne drug Solodyn or Minocycline HCl, Extended-Release Tablets, 45 mg, 90 mg and 135 mg.

According to a report called No More Toxic Tub from the Campaign for Safe Cosmetic Use many baby and child-care products contain the chemicals formaldehyde and
1,4-dioxane which carry cancer and skin condition risks and these products aren't listed on the labels.

According to Associated Press reports, in his weekly radio address Saturday, President Obama put forth his picks for the posts of FDA Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner. As expected, he named Margaret Hamburg – the New York City Health Commissioner - for the top FDA post; and Joshua Sharfstein - Baltimore Health Commissioner - as her principal deputy.

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a lower-cost new version of the female condom, called the FC2 Female Condom for sale in the U.S. after an advisory panel endorsed the product late last year.

A consumer group has said that many baby and child care products contain the chemicals formaldehyde and 1,4-dioxane, both of which have been linked to cancer and various skin conditions but the labels don’t list them. 

President Barack Obama is likely to hand over that reins of the distraught FDA - Food and Drug Administration - to Margaret A. Hamburg, an ex-Health Commissioner, New York City. Obama's pick for the FDA's Deputy Commissioner is Joshua Sharfstein, the Baltimore Health Commissioner.