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
* 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
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
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
The Food and Drug Administration wants to reduce the misuse of medications, saying that at least 50,000 hospitalizations a year could be prevented if physicians, pharmacists, patients and parents used greater care in dispensing and taking drugs. "When I first started ...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
(Adds FDA comment in the third paragraph, and Zimmer not immediately available for comment in fourth paragraph.) WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--A panel of medical experts on Wednesday recommended against U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for Zimmer Holdings Inc.'s (ZMH) back-support device ...Read More
Washington - 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 ...Read More
* Thousands harmed each year by preventable side effects * Surgery room fires, acetaminophen overuse eyed * Manufacturers may be required to take steps * Voluntary efforts may address some problems (Adds FDA, industry comments) SILVER SPRING, Md., Nov 4 (Reuters) - U.S. health ...Read More
GAITHERSBURG, Md. — Federal health officials say there are lingering questions about whether an implant from Zimmer Holdings Inc. is safe and effective for treating a painful spinal condition. The Food and Drug Administration's panel of outside experts says Zimmer studies ...Read More
Many people tossed out their plastic water and baby bottles after concerns rose over bisphenol A, a chemical used in the production of hard plastics, and its potential to cause reproductive abnormalities, breast and prostate cancers, diabetes and heart disease. Both ...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
