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
* FDA inspection was at Mounds View, Minn., facility * Medtronic to answer warning letter in 15 days * Has taken some actions to address FDA concerns * Shares down 51 cents to $39.69 (Adds detail, updates shares) CHICAGO, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Medtronic ...Read More
(Corrects to show that the the Mounds View, Minn. facility is aunit headquarter, not a manufacturing plant) * FDA inspection was at Mounds View, Minn., facility * Medtronic to answer warning letter in 15 days * Has taken some actions to address FDA ...Read More
(Updates with details on FDA letter, Medtronic comments, updated share price) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning letter to Medtronic Inc.'s (MDT) big heart-rhythm device unit detailing issues the agency found at that businesses' corporate headquarters in ...Read More
* FDA inspection was at Mounds View, Minn., plant * Medtronic to answer warning letter in 15 days * Has taken some actions to address FDA concerns * Shares down 12 cents at $40.08 CHICAGO, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Medtronic Inc. (MDT.N) said onWednesday ...Read More
MINNEAPOLIS -Medtronic said Wednesday it is responding to a warning letter from the Food and Drug Administration about procedures at the Minnesota headquarters of its heart implants division. Medtronic said the FDA inspected the Mounds View, Minn., location in August. It ...Read More
BOSTON— The Food and Drug Administration warned yesterday that taking Plavix -- the blood thinner that'sthe world's No. 2-selling drug -- with the stomach-acid medication Prilosec can reduce Plavix'seffectiveness by nearly half. Plavix generally is prescribed to help prevent blood ...Read More
Reporting from Washington - The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday warned consumers not to take popular heartburn medications Nexium or Prilosec if they use Plavix, a widely prescribed blood thinner that guards against heart attack and stroke. The two heartburn ...Read More
TUESDAY, Nov. 17 (HealthDay News) -- Combining the antacid Prilosec with the popular blood thinner Plavix (clopidogrel) can cut the effectiveness of Plavix by half, putting patients at risk for heart attack or stroke, U.S. health officials said Tuesday. "These recommendations ...Read More
Federal health officials said Tuesday a popular variety of heartburn medications can interfere with the blood thinner Plavix, a drug taken by millions of Americans to reduce risks of heart attack and stroke. The Food and Drug Administration said the stomach-soothing ...Read More
TUESDAY, Nov. 17 (HealthDay News) -- The Qutenza (capsaicin) skin patch has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat pain due to postherpetic neuralgia (PHN), the nerve pain that may follow shingles, drug maker NeurogesX said ...Read More
In this July 28, 2006 file photo, blood thinner medication Plavix is shown in New York. Federal health officials said Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009, a popular heartburn medication can interfere with the blood thinner Plavix, a drug taken by millions ...Read More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Common heartburn pills Prilosec and Nexium cut the blood-thinning effect of Sanofi-Aventis SA's and Bristol-Myers Squibb Co's heart drug Plavix, U.S. officials warned on Tuesday. The stomach drugs inhibit a key enzyme and reduce by almost half the ...Read More
NEW YORK (AP) - Shares of biotechnology company NeurogesX Inc. jumped Tuesday after the company received Food and Drug Administration approval for its Qutenza pain patch. The stock rose 51 cents, or 6.2 percent, to $8.75 in afternoon trading. Shares have ...Read More
WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal health officials said Tuesday a popular variety of heartburn medications can interfere with the blood thinner Plavix, a drug taken by millions of Americans to reduce risks of heart attack and stroke. The Food and Drug Administration ...Read More
Pharmaceutical maker Novartis AG said Tuesday a U.S. clinical study suggests that half a dose of its H1N1 flu vaccine may be sufficient to protect people from the virus and could allow many more to be immunized with current supplies. Clinical ...Read More
Federal health officials said Tuesday a popular heartburn medication can interfere with the blood thinner Plavix, a drug taken by millions of Americans to reduce risks of heart attack and stroke. The Food and Drug Administration said the stomach-soothing drug Prilosec ...Read More
* Prilosec cuts Plavix effectiveness by nearly half * FDA: Plavix label will highlight interaction risk (Adds details, background) WASHINGTON, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Common heartburn pills likePrilosec interfere with Sanofi-Aventis SA's (SASY.PA) andBristol-Myers Squibb Co's (BMY.N) blood-thinning drug Plavix,making it work ...Read More
BASEL, Switzerland (AP) - Pharmaceutical maker Novartis AG said Tuesday a U.S. clinical study suggests that half a dose of its swine flu vaccine may be sufficient to protect people from the virus and could allow many more to be ...Read More
* Boehringer, Pfizer seek new claim for Spiriva * FDA notes statistical issues, safety concerns * Boehringer says drug not linked with more deaths WASHINGTON, Nov 17 (Reuters) - U.S. reviewers will ask anadvisory panel about statistical issues and safety concerns asthey weigh ...Read More
BASEL, Switzerland -Pharmaceutical maker Novartis AG said Tuesday a U.S. clinical study suggests that half a dose of its swine flu vaccine may be sufficient to protect people from the virus and could allow many more to be immunized with ...Read More
