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This photo provided by Adamis Pharmaceuticals Corp. shows the Symjepi syringe, prefilled with the hormone epinephrine, which helps stop life-threatening allergic reactions from insect stings and bites or eating foods such as nuts and eggs. On Thursday, June 15, 2017, the Food and Drug Administration approved the Adamis Pharmaceuticals Corp. product, which is expected to go on sale later in 2017. (Audacity Health/Courtesy of Adamis Pharmaceuticals Corp. via AP)

FDA approves new, cheaper rival to EpiPen allergy shot

By LINDA A. JOHNSON - Associated Press

FILE - This file photo provided by the Food and Drug Administration shows a side-by-side comparison of the old, left, and new food Nutrition Facts labels. The revamped Nutrition Facts panel that the FDA announced on Tuesday, June 13, 2017, was being delayed, could also change what companies get to count as fiber. The FDA hasn’t yet cleared 26 ingredients that the industry can currently count as fiber to continue being counted as fiber on the new panel. The unsettled details are partly why the industry has called for delaying the deadline to use the new panel. Others say extending the deadline will only lead to confusion. (Food and Drug Administration via AP, File)

Snacks with added fiber a part of Nutrition Facts delay

By CANDICE CHOI - Associated Press

In this photo taken March 29, 2017, Dr. David Maloney of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center is greeted by patient Ken Shefveland, whose lymphoma was successfully treated with CAR-T cell therapy. Immune therapy is the hottest trend in cancer care and its next frontier is creating &quot;living drugs&quot; that grow inside the body into an army that seeks and destroys tumors. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Doctors reprogram patients’ own cells into cancer assassins

By LAURAN NEERGAARD - Associated Press

This Oct. 14, 2015, file photo shows the Food and Drug Administration campus in Silver Spring, Md.

FDA asks drugmaker to stop selling its opioid painkiller

By LINDA A. JOHNSON - Associated Press

According to a study published Wednesday by The New England Journal of Medicine, marijuana cut seizures in kids with a severe form of epilepsy. (Associated Press)

Marijuana drug shows promise for rare seizure disorder

By Laura Kelly - The Washington Times

3 tons of cheese recalled from California stores

Associated Press

This photo provided by Magellan Diagnostics shows the company's LeadCare Plus device used to test lead levels in blood. On Wednesday, May 17, 2017, the Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned that certain blood tests for lead poisoning made by Magellan Diagnostics may give results lower than the actual level of lead. (Magellan Diagnostics via AP)

Tests for lead poisoning may be faulty, US regulators warn

By LINDA A. JOHNSON - Associated Press

Dr. Scott Gottlieb, President Donald Trump's nominee to head the Food and Drug Administration, appears at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 5, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Trump FDA pick Scott Gottlieb confirmed by Senate in 57-42 vote

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

FILE - In this April 5, 2017 file photo, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner-designate Dr. Scott Gottlieb testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee. The Senate is on track to confirm Gottlieb as the head of the Food and Drug Administration. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate confirms Gottlieb as FDA commissioner

By MARY CLARE JALONICK - Associated Press

Democratic senators seek assurances from Trump pick for FDA

Associated Press

FILE - This Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2015, file photo shows the U.S. Food and Drug Administration campus, in Silver Spring, Md. The FDA is warning consumers to avoid 65 bogus products hawked on the internet with false claims that they can cure, treat or prevent cancer. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

FDA: Avoid fake ‘miracle’ cancer treatments sold on internet

By LINDA A. JOHNSON - Associated Press

FDA further restricts pain medication use in kids

By LINDA A. JOHNSON - Associated Press

This image provided by the U.S. Food &amp; Drug Administration shows Hyland's Baby Teething Tablets. Late Thursday, April 13, 2017, the FDA said that two versions of Hyland’s teething tablets are being recalled nationwide due to inconsistent levels of toxic belladonna, which makes them “a serious health hazard” to young children. The recall covers all Hyland’s Baby Teething Tablets and Hyland’s Baby Nighttime Teething Tablets, products meant to relieve discomfort from emerging teeth. (Courtesy of U.S. Food &amp; Drug Administration via AP)

Hyland’s teething tablets recalled over levels of toxic herb

By LINDA A. JOHNSON - Associated Press

In this Friday, Sept. 29, 2006 file photo, H. Kenneth Woods, chef and owner of Sylvia's restaurant, cooks southern fried chicken using a soy bean oil that doesn't contain trans fats in New York's Harlem neighborhood. A study released Wednesday, April 12, 2017, suggests restrictions on heart-damaging fats in restaurant food may have helped prevent heart attacks in several New York counties. (AP Photo/Dima Gavrysh)

Trans fats ban leads to decrease in heart disease, new study says

By Laura Kelly - The Washington Times

FDA suspends Kentucky facility linked to E. coli outbreak

Associated Press

Dr. Scott Gottlieb, left, President Donald Trump's nominee to head the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), is greeted by Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Chairman Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., as he arrives for his confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 5, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Trump’s FDA pick says tackling opioid crisis a top priority

By LAURAN NEERGAARD - Associated Press

29 people sickened in E. coli outbreak due to soy nut products from Kentucky processing plant

By Laura Kelly - The Washington Times

FDA OKs new drug as add-on treatment for Parkinson’s

By LINDA A. JOHNSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 11, 2009 file photo, Dr. Scott Gottlieb, left, is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington. A White House official says President Donald Trump is choosing Gottlieb, a conservative doctor-turned-pundit with deep ties to Wall Street and the pharmaceutical industry to lead the powerful Food and Drug Administration (FDA). (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg, File)

Trump’s choice for FDA has ties to Wall Street, drug makers

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and LAURAN NEERGAARD - Associated Press