Matthew Perrone

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FDA weighs cancer risk of fibroid removal devices

Matthew Perrone · July 11, 2014 10:44 pm

Who pays your doc? Coming soon to a site near you

Matthew Perrone · July 9, 2014 6:18 pm

Express Scripts cuts payments for customized drugs

Matthew Perrone · July 3, 2014 2:25 pm

In this Thursday, June 19, 2014 photo, technical assistant Eliska Didyk transfers human fecal matter solution into a bottle in an OpenBiome laboratory, in Medford, Mass. With many patients no longer responding to potent antibiotics, stool has emerged as a surprisingly effective treatment for hard-to-treat gut infections. Fecal transplants pose a unique challenge for the Food and Drug Administration, which has been trying to confirm the safety of the new therapy by regulating it as an experimental drug. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

FDA grapples with oversight of fecal transplants

Matthew Perrone · June 26, 2014 5:20 pm

FDA warns of allergic reactions with acne products

Matthew Perrone · June 25, 2014 6:37 pm

FDA outlines policy for overseeing nanotechnology

Matthew Perrone · June 24, 2014 8:05 pm

FDA approves Cubist antibiotic for skin infections

Matthew Perrone · June 20, 2014 10:31 pm

Feds seek ways to expand use of addiction drug

Matthew Perrone · June 18, 2014 8:21 pm

FILE - In this May 30, 2014 file photo, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Dr. Margaret Hamburg answers questions during an interview at The Associated Press in Washington. While Hamburg acknowledged that opioids are overprescribed, she again emphasized the importance of keeping the drugs accessible to Americans with chronic pain _ a group estimated at about 100 million, or about 40 percent of all U.S. adults (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

Federal views diverge on proper use of painkillers

Matthew Perrone · June 10, 2014 5:07 pm

FILE - In this April 2, 2014 file photo, Teresa Lynch, owner of Dynamic Tanning in DeKalb, Ill., wipes down a tanning bed. Tanning beds and sun lamps will carry new warnings that they should not be used by anyone under age 18, under a government action Thursday, May 29, 2014, aimed at reducing rising rates of skin cancer linked to the radiation-emitting devices. (AP Photo/Daily Chronicle, Monica Maschak, File) MANDATORY CREDIT

Government warns against indoor tanning for minors

Matthew Perrone · May 29, 2014 9:40 pm

FDA lowers Lunesta dose due to next-day drowsiness

Matthew Perrone · May 15, 2014 5:57 pm

Senators warn of carcinogen risk with e-cigarettes

Matthew Perrone · May 8, 2014 7:38 pm