Top officials with the Food and Drug Administration contend the agency’s decisions should be divorced from politics and based solely on its own assessments of the science.

Shortly after getting a request from the Food and Drug Administration for safety data about an artificial hip, Johnson & Johnson executives decided to discontinue making the device.

The Food and Drug Administration said it was worried about possible heart problems and birth defects with Qnexa, a weight-loss drug.

The Food and Drug Administration will review a new diet pill consisting of a combination of two pills people are using in California to lose weight.

The Food and Drug Administration said the widespread use of cephalosporins may have contributed to the development of drug-resistant bacteria that infect humans.

A partnership between the Drug Enforcement Administration and drug makers is behind a shortage that is prompting a wave of complaints to the Food and Drug Administration.