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The Food and Drug Administration is warning people to stay away from suspect sources of semaglutide, the active ingredient in popular weight loss drugs Wegovy and Ozempic. The agency has received reports of adverse effects from people using semaglutide created by compounding pharmacies. Additionally, some of these pharmacies are producing different forms of semaglutide that haven’t been tested for their safety and effectiveness.Mental Health Apps Are a Privacy NightmareSemaglutide is a synthetic and longer-lasting…

Seven years after its launch, Elon Musk’s Neuralink company has finally secured approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to implant a computer inside a human brain. “We are excited to share that we have received the FDA’s approval to launch our first-in-human clinical study,” Neuralink tweeted on Thursday. “This is the result of incredible work by the Neuralink team in close collaboration with the FDA and represents an important first step that will one day allow our technology to help many people.”…

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Image: life-literacy (Shutterstock)Pharmedica USA LLC is warning consumers who purchased its Purely Soothing 15% MSM eye drops to stop using the product and return it to the distributor. A recall was issued in compliance with the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) because of a non-sterility issue with the eye drops.The company issued a statement on Friday, saying they have not received reports of adverse reactions but said the “use of contaminated eye drops can result in the risk of eye infections that could result in…

Neuralink, Elon Musk’s brain implant company, is facing a new roadblock on its extremely ambitious avowed quest to cure blindness and paralysis. The Food and Drug Administration has shot down Neuralink’s application to proceed to human trials with its device, according to a Thursday report from Reuters, attributed to seven current and former FDA employees.For years, Musk has repeatedly claimed that human trials for his brain computer interface are right around the corner. In 2019, Musk said his company was angling for FDA…

Senate staff members and their dogs look on as Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) speaks at a press conference on his FDA Modernization Act on Capitol Hill on October 07, 2021 in Washington, DC. Photo: Anna Moneymaker (Getty Images)Animal testing will no longer be a mandated part of the Food and Drug Administration’s approval process for all new drugs. Since 1938, pharmaceutical makers seeking FDA approval have had to successfully put their medications through multiple animals trials before proceeding to human tests. Now, though, drug…

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Image: Shutterstock (Shutterstock)The Food and Drug Administration on Friday granted the conditional approval of a new treatment for people with early Alzheimer’s disease: the antibody-based drug lecanemab, jointly developed by the pharmaceutical companies Biogen and Eisai. In a large trial, lecanemab appeared to slow down patients’ cognitive decline relative to those on placebo. But some experts and consumer advocates have questioned the drug’s safety and real-world value.Lecanemab works by targeting amyloid beta, a…

Image Source : FILE Movano Health Movano Health, a healthcare solutions company has revealed its smart ring named 'Evie', which has been designed specifically for women, providing them with their health data such as heart rate and oxygen level. ALSO READ:  CES 2023: Samsung to unveil new refrigerator with larger screen   "(The) company plans to file for Food and Drug…

Image: Shutterstock (Shutterstock)The Food and Drug Administration is about to lift a blanket restriction on gay and bisexual men donating blood, according to a report out Wednesday inthe Wall Street Journal. The agency is reportedly planning to adopt a more individualized criteria for its screening process, one that will allow currently monogamous men who have sex with men to donate regularly.For more than three decades, the FDA has set harsh restrictions on gay and bisexual men donating blood and tissue. The original…