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  1. FDA Approves Combo Hepatitis C Treatment

    FDA Approves Combo Hepatitis C Treatment

  2. FDA Approves New Drug for Advanced Ovarian Cancer

    Agency also gives OK to genetic test used to identify eligible patients

  3. FDA Approves New Drug to Combat Melanoma

    Advocates for melanoma research are applauding the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's approval on Thursday of a new drug to treat advanced melanoma.

  4. FDA OKs New Once-Daily Asthma Treatment

    The FDA has approved Arnuity Ellipta (fluticasone furoate inhalation powder), an inhaled steroid taken once a day to prevent asthma symptoms in people 12 and older, drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline says.

  5. FDA Approves New Kind of Insomnia Drug

    Belsomra acts on brain chemicals that regulate your sleep-wake cycle

  6. Orbactiv OK'd for Drug-Resistant Skin Infections

    Third such antibiotic sanctioned this year

  7. FDA Approves New Treatment for People With COPD

    Striverdi Respimat is an inhaled spray that works by keeping airways relaxed, agency says

  8. FDA Approves New Type 2 Diabetes Drug

    Jardiance works by boosting excretion of sugar from the kidneys, agency says.

  9. Over-the-Counter Flonase Allergy Relief Approved

    The FDA has approved over-the-counter Flonase Allergy Relief, or fluticasone propionate 50 mcg nasal spray, for treatment of hay fever or upper respiratory allergies, its maker GlaxoSmithKline announced.

  10. FDA Approves Inhaled Insulin

    The FDA has approved the inhaled insulin drug Afrezza to treat type 1 and type 2 diabetes.

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