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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the Philippines, formerly the Bureau of Food and Drugs (BFAD / ˈ b iː f æ d /; 1982–2009), is a health regulatory agency under the Department of Health created on 1963 by Republic Act No. 3720, amended on 1987 by Executive Order 175 otherwise known as the "Food, Drugs and Devices, and Cosmetics Act", and subsequently reorganized by Republic Act No ...
FDA-labelled indication? TGA-labelled indication? MHRA-labelled indication? Literature support Acute infective exacerbation of COPD: Yes: No: No: Clinical trials are lacking. Prophylaxis in HIV-infected individuals: No: No: No: Effective in one Ugandan study on morbidity, mortality, CD4-cell count, and viral load in HIV infection. [31] Otitis media
Neomycin/polymyxin B/bacitracin ointment is reported to be a safe and effective topical agent for preventing infections in minor skin trauma. [3] It is used for burns, scratches, cuts, and minor skin infections. [7] The use of neomycin/polymyxin B/bacitracin, decreases infection rates in minor-contaminated wounds. [8] It is for external use ...
This list is not limited to drugs that were ever approved by the FDA. Some of them (lumiracoxib, rimonabant, tolrestat, ximelagatran and ximelidine, for example) were approved to be marketed in Europe but had not yet been approved for marketing in the US, when side effects became clear and their developers pulled them from the market.
The Food and Drug Administration began to review the safety of triclocarban and triclosan in the 1970s, but due to the difficulties of finding antimicrobial alternatives, no final policy, or "drug monograph," was established. [20] Legal action by the Natural Resources Defense Council in 2010 forced the FDA to review triclocarban and triclosan. [20]
The FDA also said that using unapproved animal drugs in humans could delay effective treatment and allow infections to become severe and resistant to antibiotics and anti-fungal drugs.
Ketoconazole is the generic name of the drug and its INN Tooltip International Nonproprietary Name, USAN Tooltip United States Adopted Name, BAN Tooltip British Approved Name, and JAN Tooltip Japanese Accepted Name.
The FDA, of course, regulates food and drugs, but it also has the final say in just about anything that touches or enters the body, like contact lenses, sunscreen and makeup.