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FDA warns of dangerous counterfeit eyedrops
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FDA warns of dangerous counterfeit eyedrops

by Dennis Thompson Certain copycat eyedrops may be contaminated and could give users an antibiotic-resistant eye infection, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned Wednesday. The packaging for South Moon, Rebright and FivFivGo eyedrops mirrors the packaging for Bausch & Lomb’s Lumify eyedrops, an over-the-counter product approved for red eye relief. However, samples of the...

FDA warns of rare secondary cancer risk with CAR-T therapies
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FDA warns of rare secondary cancer risk with CAR-T therapies

by Robin Foster The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has told drugmakers to add a boxed warning to a type of cancer treatment called CAR-T therapy, saying the treatment itself may sometimes cause a secondary cancer. Still, FDA spokesperson Carly Kempler told NBC News that, despite the new warning, “the overall benefits of these products...