Food and Drug Administration News

Health Tips

• Health Tip: Use Medical Devices Safely
  
• Health Tip: Protect Your Food From Hurricane Threats
  
• Health Tip: Pay Attention to Nutritional Information
  

FDA Approvals

• Transcatheter Heart Valves Approved for Use in Low-Risk Patients
  Approval expanded to patients with severe aortic valve stenosis at low risk for death, major complications
• FDA Approves Tether Device to Correct Idiopathic Scoliosis
  Device provides alternative to fusion surgery when idiopathic scoliosis not responsive to bracing
• FDA Approves Inrebic Capsules for Myelofibrosis
  Drug approved to treat adults with intermediate-2 or high-risk primary or secondary myelofibrosis
• Pretomanid Approved for Treatment of Drug-Resistant TB
  Tablets approved with bedaquiline and linezolid for highly treatment-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis
• Drug Approved to Treat Tenosynovial Giant Cell Tumor
  
• FDA Grants First Approvals for Generic Versions of Lyrica