While the pharmaceutical industry has made tremendous advances in new drug development this year, FDA has also had to remove drugs from the market and investigate problem drugs.
FDA is asking manufacturers to immediately stop selling OTC products containing the pain reliever benzocaine (such as Orajel) for teething in infants or children.
Due to problems with compounded medications—including the 2012 fungal meningitis outbreak that led to 64 deaths—FDA is releasing a draft guidance that will determine which bulk drug substances outsourcing facilities can use to compound drugs.
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