Regulatory Focus' ongoing series of Regulatory Explainers take complicated regulatory topics and make them simple enough for anyone to understand. In our latest Regulatory Explainer, we ...

The FDA has proposed placing strong warning labels on many over-the-counter painkillers, cautioning patients about the risks of possible liver failure from taking them too often. More than 200 million ...

Medicine and supplement labels can be tricky, but knowing how to read them can protect your health and prevent dangerous mistakes. From understanding active vs. inactive ingredients to spotting dosage ...

In an essay published in this week’s issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, a trio of medical researchers team up to propose a novel way to trim some of the nation’s ballooning health care ...

A label begins with highlights, a succinct, half-page summary of the information that health care practitioners most commonly refer to and view as most important (Figure 2). [4] This section provides ...

You're feeling miserable from being under the weather with the flu , so you go to your nearest drugstore to pick up over-the-counter cold and flu medicine to give you some ...

The Food and Drug Administration has announced that the labels for two eczema drugs -- Elidel cream and Protopic ointment -- will now include warnings about a possible risk of cancer, as well as a ...

WASHINGTON -- Package inserts that accompany every prescription drug are getting a major makeover that will provide doctors and patients with the clear and concise information they need while cutting ...