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Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf, center, accompanied by Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell, left, US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy, second from right, and Food and Drug Administration Center for Tobacco Products Director Mitch Zeller, right, speaks at a news conference at the Hubert H. Humphrey Building in Washington, Thursday, May 5, 2016, to announce new regulation extending the FDA's authority to all tobacco products including e-cigarettes. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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FDA adopts new rules for e-cigarettes

by Matthew Perrone Associated PressMay 5, 2016

From left, Valeant's outgoing CEO, J. Michael Pearson; former chief financial officer Howard Schiller; and billionaire investor William Ackman, whose hedge fund holds a large stake in Valeant and controls two seats on its board of directors, are sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 27, 2016, prior to testifying before the Senate Special Committee on Aging hearing on drastic price hikes by Valeant and a handful of other drugmakers that have stoked outrage from patients, physicians and politicians nationwide. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Valeant blasted for price-gouging

by Matthew Perrone Associated PressApril 28, 2016

FILE - In this Aug. 5, 2010, file photo, a pharmacy technician poses for a picture with hydrocodone and acetaminophen tablets, also known as Vicodin, at the Oklahoma Hospital Discount Pharmacy in Edmond, Okla. Federal health regulators will bolster warning labels on the most widely used prescription painkillers, part of a multi-pronged federal effort to reverse an epidemic of abuse and death tied to drugs like Vicodin and Percocet, the FDA announced Tuesday, March 22, 2016. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)

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FDA adds warning to most painkillers

by Matthew Perrone Associated PressMarch 22, 2016