FDA Alerts
FDA: "Feng Shi Ling" Contains Undeclared Drug Ingredients
The Food and Drug Administration is advising consumers not to purchase or use “Feng Shi Ling,” a product promoted and sold as an herbal medication for arthritic pain associated with rheumatoid arthritis and osteoporosis.
New Psoriatic Arthritis Rx Gets FDA Approval
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Otezla (apremilast) to treat adults with active psoriatic arthritis (PsA).
FDA Approves Xeljanz For Rheumatoid Arthritis
The US Food and Drug Administration approved Xeljanz ( tofacitinib ) to treat adults with moderately to severely active rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who have had an inadequate response to, or who are intolerant of, methotrexate .
FDA Discovers Autoimmune Mechanism for Drug Reactions
A team of researchers led by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has discovered a new mechanism for identifying and understanding drug-related autoimmune reactions.
FDA Recommends Approval of Tofacitinib
Pfizer Inc. announced that the Arthritis Advisory Committee to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) voted 8-2 to recommend approval of the investigational agent tofacitinib for the treatment of adult patients with moderately to severely active rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
New Drug for Rare Childhood Arthritis
The FDA has a approved a new drug to treat systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis - a rare type of arthritis but the most common form affecting children.
New Lupus Drug: A Long Time Coming
It has been more than half a century since the FDA last approved any drugs to treat lupus. Now there's a new medication going to market.