Food and Drug Administration


Medical Software Gets A Checkup

By L.M.S. |  Jan 1, 1985

Many doctors are turning to computers these days to help them diagnose and treat diseases. But the technology itself may have to pass a checkup soon. The...  Read story

Global Start-up

By Robert A. Mamis |  Aug 1, 1989

CEO's plan for world-wide sale of his medical device that will make certain types of surgery obselete.  Read story

Sweet Dreams

By Leslie Brokaw |  Jul 1, 1988

Surgery patients may someday be able to receive their anesthetic orally, through a thimble-shaped lollipop tentatively named Anestapop. Targeted for chil...  Read story

How Much Freedom Is Too Much?

By Tom Richman |  Jun 1, 1982

The Reagan Administration thinks that the Freedom of Information Act is harmful to business and national security. But some small companies say it helps them...  Read story

Test Kits Tap The Hypochondria Market

By Virginia Inman |  Nov 1, 1984

Soon, you won't have to go to the doctor to find out whether your scratchy throat is strep. Using a kit now awaiting approval by the Food and Drug Adminis...  Read story

When Big Changes Happen to Small Companies

By Bela L. Musits |  Aug 1, 1994

Imagine your entire company being put into an upheaval by a change in your industry's regulatory environment.  Read story

Make No Mistake

Jan 1, 1998

Inaccurate data entry can be costly. Without accurate data, orders can't be filled correctly and market forecasting can run amok. At Isis Pharmaceuticals,...  Read story

Alphabet Soup

By Heather E. Stone |  Nov 1, 1994

A manufacturer tells what it took to move her product from invention to production and international distribution.  Read story

Slow Fingers Stall FDA Approvals

By Hal Plotkin |  Oct 1, 1996

While the FDA has learned how to quickly get its approvals in the Federal Register, it still faces other slow downs.  Read story

Packaging

There is a saying in the packaging industry to the effect that "everybody thinks he is an expert on the subject." The implication of this judgment is that...  Read story

Straight Answers: How Can You Survive the Regulators?

By Jeffrey L. Seglin |  Sep 1, 1994

Five CEOs from different industries take issue with various governmental regulations and how they impact on business.  Read story

The Two Hundred Million Dollar Dash

By Joshua D. Macht |  Sep 15, 1997

The story of how a pharmaceutical start-up turned to technology to bring its drugs to market quicker.  Read story

A Golden Egg?

By Anne Murphy |  Apr 1, 1991

New business pitches an egg they claim won't raise cholesterol.  Read story

Public Policy: What Does Business Really Want from Government?

By Tom Richman |  May 15, 1995

This article explains how government must reinvent economic and regulatory policies to match today's marketplace.  Read story

Zapping A New Industry

By Steve Coll |  Nov 1, 1984

Boxes of strawberries move on a conveyor belt into a room in which no persons dare enter. As they pass by a large machine, radiation kills some of the mic...  Read story

Designer Foods

By Alessandra Bianchi |  Jun 1, 1994

Three innovative start-ups that have developed designer foods.  Read story

Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) was established in 1972 with the passage of the Consumer Product Safety Act. The primary responsibility of t...  Read story

The Bald Facts About Treating Hair Loss

By Irving J. Cohen |  Aug 1, 1982

a) Treat it with drugs, b) shift it in plugs, c) cover it with rugs, or, says the Bald-Headed Men of America, d) none of the above.  Read story

Decision Making with Decision Trees

By Carole Matthews |  Apr 28, 2003

Every business owner must make decisions in the face of uncertainty, and live with the consequences. But decision-making doesn't have to be done in the da...  Read story

Medical-Food Start-up Offers Tasty Treatments

By Alessandra Bianchi |  Jan 1, 1997

An overview of a hot start-up that's marketing good-tasting foods designed to help treat chronic medical conditions.  Read story

Small Firm's Biotech Coup Wins Approval

Jan 1, 1982

A small biotechnology company in La Jolla, Calif., is the first firm to win permission from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to market a product that...  Read story

Clean Me Up, Scotty

By Leslie Brokaw |  Aug 1, 1989

Company has developed a laser that vaporizes decayed areas of a tooth without agravating nerves.  Read story

Farmers' Goods Called Risky Foods

By Lauren Folino |  Oct 28, 2009

Research claims that produce are more likely to transmit food-born illnesses, bad news for food entrepreneurs.   Read story

Sit Up Straight!

By Robert A. Mamis |  Oct 1, 1992

Devices dedicated to backache prevention.  Read story

Letters to Bush

By Bobbie Gossage |  Jan 1, 2004

Re: The entrepreneurial owners of successful, fast-growing companies have some suggestions, compliments, and a few grievances to air when it comes to doing b...  Read story

Optical Illusion

By Greg Critser |  Jun 1, 1985

Staar Surgical is banking on its employees to pay the bills until its product is ready for market.  Read story

Sign of the Times

By Michael P. Cronin |  Oct 1, 1993

Inc. 500 companies are pioneering alternatives to the traditonal suppliers of health-care services.  Read story

Consumer Advocacy

Consumer advocacy refers to actions taken by individuals or groups to promote and protect the interests of the buying public. Historically, consumer advoc...  Read story

Let Them Make Mudpies

By Bo Burlingham |  Jul 1, 1983

Jack Wells shifted uneasily in his chair. He was not happy about this. Not one bit. "They say a bureaucrat knows he's going to have a bad day when he show...  Read story

Washington Is Telling Secrets

By Paul A. Allen |  Sep 1, 1981

And some of those secrets are your competitors'. The Freedom of Information Act gives you access to information that can help your business.  Read story

Pet Food Panic Brings Confusion, Opportunity for Small Retailers

By Ryan Derousseau |  Apr 4, 2007

More than 100 brands have been recalled, sending customers in search of all-natural alternatives.  Read story

The Gamma Ray Gourmet

Aug 1, 1983

The nuclear industry has had its problems lately, but help is on the way. Sometime in the next few months, the Food and Drug Administration is expected to...  Read story

Chain Gang;

By Virginia Inman |  Feb 1, 1986

CAN SMALL COMPANIES FIND A way into a drug market dominated by giants -- without spending themselves broke on research and development? Polymer chem...  Read story

Insurance: Hindsight Advice on Key-Man Coverage

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Mar 1, 1996

A senior manager offers some advice to companies weighing the pros and cons of key-man insurance.  Read story

Five Ideas to Watch

By Nadine Heintz |  Jan 1, 2004

Slurpees, planes, and cars improved; collect and trade...payroll; and one classical way to score in business.  Read story

Unbridled Growth

By Curtis Hartman |  Dec 1, 1985

For five years, Herbalife International's health and diet pitch has made it one of the fastest-growing companies in American history. Now a series of investi...  Read story

Murphy's Law

By Eugene Linden |  Jul 1, 1984

Just how important this role is became evident during a recent crisis over faulty batteries for the company's pacemakers (or "pacers," as they are called ...  Read story

Ray-gulation

By Nadine Heintz |  Jul 1, 2003

Can the $5 billion dollar tanning industry survive tight regulations in the name of safety?  Read story

Five Ideas to Watch

By Jess McCuan |  Apr 1, 2005

...including artificial muscle and online aromatherapy.  Read story

Injecting Innovation into a $6.2 Billion Market

By Inc Staff |  Sep 1, 2003

The winner of this year's prestigious Massacusetts Institute of Technology $50K Entrepreneurship Competition was SmartCells, whose business plan combines ...  Read story