Less than a month after the recall of Tylenol Arthritis Pain Caplets due to a moldy smell that made some...
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Drug Recalls
January 18, 2010, 12:30 pm
December 30, 2009, 1:03 pm
All product lots of Tylenol Arthritis Pain Caplets 100-count bottles with red EZ-Open caps were recalled by Johnson & Johnson on December 29, 2009, following consumer reports of a nauseating...
December 29, 2009, 4:48 pm
After drug manufacturer MedImmune determined the company’s H1N1 nasal spray vaccine appears to lose strength over time, nearly 5 million doses of the vaccine were recalled on December 22, 2009....
Drug Alerts
March 5, 2010, 9:38 am
Results from a recent study revealed that an experimental drug may increase the life expectancy of certain patients with prostate cancer by 30 percent.
The study, led by Dr. Oliver Sartor...
March 4, 2010, 9:08 am
In 2002, a Walgreens pharmacy filled a woman’s prescription for warfarin, a medication used to prevent blood clots, at 10 times the recommended dosage, a mistake that eventually caused her death....
March 1, 2010, 1:00 pm
Many parents are concerned about the safety of vaccines and elect not to vaccinate their children from potentially fatal diseases, according to a new study completed by researchers at the...
Drug Approvals
February 10, 2010, 12:31 pm
The FDA has broadened the approved use of Crestor, a cholesterol-lowering medication typically used in patients with elevated levels of...
February 2, 2010, 10:02 am
On January 29, 2010, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the concurrent use of the oral drugs Tykerb (lapatinib) and Femara (...
January 25, 2010, 3:54 pm
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Ampyra, a new medication intended to improve walking ability in individuals with multiple sclerosis, on January 22, 2010. In clinical...
Clinical Trials
March 2, 2010, 5:46 pm
Genetic markers can predict a breast cancer patient’s response to the chemotherapy drug paclitaxel (Taxol), according to a study published in the journal Lancet Oncology.
The study...
February 10, 2010, 12:19 pm
A research team from Columbia University Medical Center has discovered a new type of treatment for osteoporosis, as published in a study featured in the February 7, 2010 issue of Nature...
January 7, 2010, 1:22 pm
Qnexa, a drug currently undergoing testing for its ability to aid in weight loss, reduced the incidence of sleep apnea by 69 percent in those taking the medication as part of a small-scale trial...
Drug Lawsuits
February 23, 2010, 3:25 pm
Roche Pharmaceuticals lost another lawsuit last week in Atlantic City, New Jersey when the company was ordered to pay $25.16 million for its failure to warn consumers of side effects...
January 29, 2010, 4:47 pm
A woman in Potter County, Texas, has sued Botox manufacturer Allergan Inc., claiming that Botox injections (botulinum toxin type A) led to...
January 20, 2010, 11:44 am
A woman filed a lawsuit against Bayer HealthCare, the manufacturer of Yaz birth control, after she experienced a stroke and other serious side effects...
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