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FDA Takes Action to Address Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

FDA is working with U.S. Government partners, including CDC, and international partners to address the pandemic.

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New Era for Smarter Food Safety

New Era of Smarter Food Safety

A new approach to food safety that recognizes and builds on the progress made in the past but looks towards what processes and tools will be needed for the future.
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Fostering Drug Competition

Increasing the availability of generic drugs helps to create competition in the marketplace, helping make treatment more affordable and increasing access to healthcare for more patients.
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Combating the Opioid Crisis

FDA takes actions to combat prescription opioid abuse.

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Recalls, Market Withdrawals, & Safety Alerts

The FDA provides information gathered from press releases and other public notices about certain recalls of FDA-regulated products. Not all recalls have press releases or are posted on this website

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FDA VOICES: PERSPECTIVES FROM FDA EXPERTS

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FDA Stresses Critical Importance of Safe Disposal of Medications Ahead of National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

For many years, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has strongly supported work to expand the availability of drug take back programs.

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Advancing the Development of Safe and Effective Regenerative Medicine Products

Innovative medical products such as cellular-derived therapies, including stem cell-based products, offer the potential to treat or even cure diseases.
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A Year Into the Pandemic: How the FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health is Prioritizing its Workload and Looking Ahead

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic we have taken steps to attend to the enormous magnitude of COVID-19 related submissions, adopting agile approaches.

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