Healthcare Dive

FDA clears repurposed GSK drug for ultra-rare brain disease instead of autism

The FDA’s actions have been unusual from the start of this leucovorin saga. The decades-old drug is often used to help cancer patients fight side effects of chemotherapy and other treatments that ...
The Telegraph

FDA halts Trump effort to label leucovorin for autism, approves use for cerebral folate deficiency

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has halted the Trump administration's effort to expand the label of the drug leucovorin to treat people with autism. Despite plans announced last fall by ...
NBC Connecticut

Fact check: The facts behind claims on autism, Tylenol and folate

News reports have indicated Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. may point to Tylenol and folate deficiency in his promised announcement on the causes of autism. But neither ...
Monthly Prescribing Reference

Leucovorin Tablets Approved for Cerebral Folate Transport Deficiency

The approval was supported by a systematic review of published literature that included 46 patients with FOLR1-CFTD treated with leucovorin through various administration routes. The Food and Drug ...
7News Miami

Upcoming HHS report will link autism to common pain reliever, folate deficiency in pregnancy, Wall Street Journal reports

(CNN) — An upcoming report from the US Department of Health and Human services is likely to link the development of autism in children to a common over-the-counter pain reliever, and it will reference ...