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FDA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A federal agency in the Department of Health and Human Services established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products
Synonyms:
FDA; Food and Drug Administration
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("FDA" is a kind of...):
agency; authority; bureau; federal agency; government agency; office (an administrative unit of government)
Holonyms ("FDA" is a part of...):
Department of Health and Human Services; Health and Human Services; HHS (the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare; created in 1979)
Context examples:
The amount of BPA the FDA considers acceptable varies based on the product.
(Humans exposed to far more hormone-disrupting chemicals than thought, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Drug Accountability Records are required by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
(Drug Accountability Record, NCI Dictionary)
No clinical trial using Essiac in humans has been reported in a peer-reviewed, scientific journal, and the FDA has not approved the use of Essiac for the treatment of any medical conditions.
(Essiac, NCI Dictionary)
The exact composition of Cancell/Entelev is unknown, but the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has listed the components as inositol, nitric acid, sodium sulfite, potassium hydroxide, sulfuric acid, and catechol.
(Cancell, NCI Thesaurus)
NewLink's chief scientific officer for infectious diseases, Thomas Monath, said the FDA would likely approve the vaccine quickly, with large-scale production as early as 2018.
(Study confirms efficacy of NewLink Genetics ebola vaccine, Wikinews)
NOTE: Phase 3 studies usually include from several hundred to several thousand subjects. [After FDA CDER Handbook, ICH E8] (CDISC glossary)
(phase III trial, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
Written notification to the FDA that a subject has experienced an adverse event.
(Adverse Drug Experience Report, NCI Thesaurus)
Terminology used in Individual Case Safety Reports to specify information on an occupation of reporter, section E3 of FDA MedWatch Form.
(Occupation ICSR Terminology, NCI Thesaurus)
Terminology used in Individual Case Safety Reports to specify information on an operator of a medical device, section D5 of FDA MedWatch Form.
(Operator of Medical Device ICSR Terminology, NCI Thesaurus)
These common plant and fungi parts are used in the CDER Special Products On-line Tracking System, and in the FDA Substance Registration System.
(Plant Part, Food and Drug Administration)
