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Look What the Cat Dragged In: FDA’s Draft Guidance on Urinary Tract Health Claims for Cat Food

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Acknowledging concerns about urolithiasis, pet food manufacturers use a range of formulation strategies to make UTH cat food, which have included limiting the magnesium content or formulating it to produce slightly acidic urine.

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Are You Recall Ready? FDA Expects You to Be

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Almost all recalls are conducted on a voluntary basis by the manufacturer. FDA has model recall communication templates available here that firms can utilize. Manufacturers hope for the best that their products are going to be used safely and effectively for patients and consumers.

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Hearing Loss in Geriatrics and Palliative Care: A Podcast with Nick Reed and Meg Wallhagen

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Association of Sensory and Cognitive Impairment With Healthcare Utilization and Cost in Older Adults. And one of the parts of that was actually doing physicals for the students and putting them in job placements. Including more hospital utilization or healthcare utilization, maybe cognitive impairment issues.

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Skinny-Label Lives to See Another Day

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Novartis also argued that FDA’s approval of the active ingredients in the MSN product violate active ingredient sameness requirements, as ENTRESTO is a contiguous valsartan-sacubitril-sodium complex while the generic is a physical mixture of individual sodium salts.

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HHS’ Recommendation to Reschedule Cannabis to Schedule III Raises Questions

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and • Abuse may lead to moderate or low physical dependence or high psychological dependence. Legitimate handlers in the cultivation, manufacturing and distribution chain would have to obtain registrations with DEA. Cannabis in schedule III would require a prescription issued by a DEA-registered, state-licensed practitioner.

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