Every doctor knows of the package insert: the little paper with tons of fine print that is enclosed with medication bottles. In short: package inserts are the formal “labeling” mandated by the the ...

The informational pamphlet included with a prescription for Lescol, a popular cholesterol drug, runs eight columns over four broad pages. The dizzyingly complex prose, printed in tiny type that all ...

Many adults take prescription drugs, and usage rates are continually increasing. With approximately 1.3 million emergency department visits in the United States caused by adverse drug events each year ...

The Food and Drug Administration has been testing an array of ideas for new front-of-package nutrition labeling requirements that are due out this summer intending to reduce diet-related diseases. FDA ...

Industry expected to push back in favor of voluntary labeling A broad coalition of 28 leading consumer, public health, and nutrition organizations, alongside 12 academic researchers, has called on the ...

The absence of safety and efficacy data for drugs in individuals with obesity in package inserts may compromise health outcomes. Bruno Halpern, MD, PhD, a specialist in endocrinology and internal ...