WASHINGTON – The government should ban the diabetes drug Avandia because of a wide variety of life-threatening risks, including heart and liver damage, a consumer group said Thursday.The consumer group, Public Citizen, filed a petition with the Food and Drug ...Read More
Gloucester Pharmaceuticals, a six-year-old Cambridge biotechnology start-up, has won approval from the Food and Drug Administration to market its first drug in the United States. The drug, called Istodax, treats a rare skin cancer known as cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, or CTCL. ...Read More
The Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers that Stiff Nights, a "dietary supplement" used to promote erections, contains an illegal drug and is potentially dangerous. Following a complaint, the FDA investigated the product and found that it contains sulfoaildenafil, an ...Read More
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The Food and Drug Administration said Friday that it has warned several companies to stop selling banned flavored cigarettes to U.S. consumers online. The agency sent letters this week to more than a dozen Web-based companies saying ...Read More
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers that "Stiff Nights," a product marketed as a dietary supplement for sexual enhancement, contains an ingredient that can dangerously lower blood pressure and is illegal. Following a consumer complaint, the FDA determined ...Read More
* Reaches agreement with U.S. DOJ over Guidant advisories * To pay $296 million as part of deal * Will record Q3 charge of $294 million * Sees FY09 adjusted shr at 75-79 cents, excluding items(Adds analyst comment, updates stock) CHICAGO, Nov 6 (Reuters) ...Read More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators warned 10 companies for violating a recently enacted ban on sales of flavored cigarettes, letters released on Friday showed. The Food and Drug Administration told Clove Cigarettes Shop, Durango Smoke Shop Inc and the others to ...Read More
Boston Scientific Corp. (BSX) agreed to pay $296 million to resolve a JusticeDepartment investigation into to product advisories at its Guidant defibrillatorunit. Shares of the medical-device maker fell 3.1% at $7.80 in premarket trading.Through Thursday, the stock was up 4% for ...Read More
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Medical device maker Boston Scientific Corp (BSX.N) reached an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice related to product recalls issued by its Guidant subsidiary, and will record a third-quarter charge of $294 million, the company said ...Read More
TORONTO (Dow Jones)--It's taken the better part of a decade, but Nuvo Research Inc. (NRI.T) has finally landed U.S. approval of its topical pain medicine, Pennsaid. Earlier Thursday, the Canadian biotech - formerly known as Dimethaid - said the U.S. Food ...Read More
NEW YORK, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Shares of Sunesis Pharmaceuticals rose 45 percent to 55 cents in premarket trading on Thursday, after the company said one of its drugs had received orphan drug designation from the Food and Drug Administration. (ryan.vlastelica@thomsonreuters.com; ...Read More
Recent tests of canned food by Consumer Reports, a consumer testing organization, found that most of the 19 brand-name foods it examined contained some bisphenol A or BPA. It tested soups, juice, tuna, and green beans. The Food and Drug Administration ...Read More
The Food and Drug Administration is launching a program to try and prevent millions of accidental drug overdoses that occur each year due to medication errors, misuse and other problems. Under the plan announced Wednesday, the FDA will work with physicians ...Read More
Reporting from Washington - In an attempt to reduce the deaths and serious health problems caused by misuse of medication, the Food and Drug Administration is trying to identify the most serious threats and find ways to avoid them. About 1.5 ...Read More
Federal health advisers on Wednesday rejected an implant from Zimmer Holdings saying it's unclear how effective or safe the device would be for treating a painful spinal condition. The Food and Drug Administration's panel of outside experts voted 5-1 that Zimmer's ...Read More
Washington (CNN) -- The Food and Drug Administration launched an effort Wednesday to reduce needless injuries resulting from preventable medication errors.
"Too many people suffer unnecessary injuries from avoidable medication misuse, errors and other problems," said Dr. Margaret A. Hamburg, the ...Read More
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 4 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. health authorities unveiled Wednesday an initiative designed to reduce preventable injuries and deaths caused by misuse of medications. The Safe Use Initiative will focus on preventable injuries and deaths caused by "medication errors such ...Read More
* FDA advisory committee votes 5-1 against approval * Advisers say data unclear, question long-term impact * Zimmer says will make statement later (Adds details from meeting, quotes, byline) GAITHERSBURG, Md., Nov 4 (Reuters) - A U.S. panel ofmedical experts on Wednesday recommended ...Read More
Reporting from Washington - A consumer advocacy group's analysis of canned goods has found measurable levels of the chemical additive bisphenol A, or BPA, across a range of foods, including some that were labeled "BPA free." Children eating multiple servings of ...Read More
