FDA

Tetra Bio-Pharma announced that the company’s investigational new drug involving cannabinoids, QIXLEEF, received guidance to strengthen its nonclinical and toxicological data from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which brings the aerosol botanical therapy closer to marketing approval.

Johnson & Johnson is voluntarily recalling five Neutrogena and Aveeno brand aerosol sunscreen products after detecting a cancer-causing chemical in some samples.

BioSpace reviews some of the more interesting recently published scientific studies, including whether the Covid-19 virus relieve pain.

The World Health Organization said airborne transmission of the novel coronavirus can occur during medical procedures that generate aerosols.

As the world shifts toward a concept of social distancing as part of an attempt to protect against the novel coronavirus, new research is showing the virus that causes COVID-19 is quite stable on hard surfaces, and even in the air.