Federal health advisers on Tuesday voted in favor of an experimental drug from InterMune Inc., despite mixed evidence of whether it provides significant benefits for patients with a rare lung disease. The Food and Drug Administration's panel of lung experts voted 9-3 to recommend approval of ...

Nasdaq halted InterMune Inc. shares Tuesday as a Food and Drug Administration panel of experts reviews a key lung drug candidate. The stock closed at $23.30 Monday. It has been halted throughout the day Tuesday, ahead of the expert panels recommendation. On Friday, the FDA ...

Publix Super Markets, which has more than 1,000 stores in five Southern states, has voluntarily recalled four kinds of seasoning mixes that may possibly be contaminated with salmonella. Publix said it has taken the mixes off of its shelves and says shoppers can return them to ...

The idea of checking the nutritional information on food labels finally seems to be catching on in the U.S. According to the latest Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Health and Diet Survey, more than half of consumers often read the food label when buying a product for the first time. These consumers ...