The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has declined to approve Scholar Rock's drug for a rare neuromuscular disease, citing issues at a third party manufacturing facility, the company said on Tuesday.

The GlaxoSmithKline drug, which can be taken orally or intravenously, is made by more than half a dozen companies. leucovorin

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President Trump made an announcement from the Oval Office on autism, flanked by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz.

For the past 30 years, turn on the television and, at some point, you’ve likely encountered an “ask your doctor” ad. They’re the ones that look to sell you medications and often depict very non-pharmaceutical images — ones of people dancing, painting, or frolicking about sun-lit fields of flowers.

Novo Nordisk said participants who took the once-daily pill in a clinical trial lost an average 16% of their body weight.

Inspect the cookware in your cabinets. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has added three more pots and pans, all sold in Illinois, to its ongoing list of products that may leach significant levels of lead into your food when used for cooking or storage.