FDA regulates medical devices?

FDA regulates a broad range of medical devices, including complicated, high-risk medical devices, like artificial hearts, and relatively simple, low-risk devices, like tongue depressors, as well as devices that fall somewhere in between, like sutures. More...

How to find out if a drug is approved?

To find out if a drug is approved by FDA, consumers can use two different Internet sites:

Drugs@FDA lists most prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) drug products approved since 1939. Drugs@FDA helps consumers find generic equivalents and other possible appropriate alternatives to their approved products as well as the product’s drug label. More...

Who leads FDA?

Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D., was confirmed on May 18, 2009 by a unanimous Senate voice vote to become the 21st Commissioner of Food and Drugs. The second woman to be nominated for that demanding position, Dr. Hamburg is exceptionally qualified for her new job by her training and experience as a medical doctor, scientist and public health executive. More...