FDA & Prescription Drugs

• Chinese Imports to be More Closely Monitored

  Scott Kappes | August 25, 2008 5:17 PM | 0 CommentsHouston, TX

  Over the past year problems with Chinese products being imported to the United States have been well documented. Whether it was the seemingly never-ending recalls of Chinese-made toys...

• Study Shows Cancer Link To Vytorin

  Jamie Sheller | August 25, 2008 5:05 PM | 0 CommentsPhiladelphia, PA

  A clinical study called SEAS has shown a link between Vytorin and cancer. Vytorin is a cholesterol-lowering drug, that is prescribed to millions of people. The SEAS study was done to determine...

• Merck To Begin Vioxx Payments August 28, 2008

  Mike Ferrara | August 25, 2008 11:43 AM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  As part of the $4.85 billion settlement of all Vioxx claims, Merck (NYSE:MRK) has agreed to begin payments to some of the nearly 50,000 claimants beginning August 28, 2008. Vioxx was the...

• Vioxx to begin Settlements

  Jeff Rasansky | August 22, 2008 2:52 PM | 5 CommentsDallas, TX

  For those who claim Vioxx was responsible for their heart attacks, settlement packages are in the mail. Many of you may remember that Vioxx was removed from the market after it was linked to heart...

• In Bed Together: The Potential Merger of Teva and Barr

  Peter Wetherall | August 22, 2008 8:45 AM | 0 CommentsLas Vegas, NV

  Las Vegas consumers of generic prescription medication andAmerican consumers have much to be worried about these days.   We have discussed theinefficiencies of the FDA (given its current structure...

• Levine Gets Backing of NEJM in Preemption Case

  Scott Kappes | August 21, 2008 5:36 PM | 1 CommentHouston, TX

  Last week 10 former and current editors and authors of the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine showed exactly how they feel about the issue of preemption by filing a brief in the Supreme...

• FDA Reinforces Pancreatitis Warnings Associated with Byetta

  Scott Kappes | August 21, 2008 4:02 PM | 0 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX

  In October of 2007 the FDA first warned healthcare professionals about a possible link between the type 2 diabetes medication Byetta and acute pancreatitis. This warning urged physicians to be...

• Preemption - Drug Companies Believe We Need More Drugs

  Jeremy Thurman | August 21, 2008 11:08 AM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  I just read an amicus briefed filed by the former and current editors of the New England Journal of Medicine in a case before our Supreme Court wherein Wyeth is seeking to have all pharmaceuticals...

• Akathasia: The Worst Condition of All

  Peter Wetherall | August 21, 2008 8:43 AM | 0 CommentsLas Vegas, NV

  Nearly all published literature on neurolepticdrugs documents that akathasia is the most common type of extrapyramidalsymptom resulting from the use of metoclopramide.   What is akathasia?   It is...

• Digitek Tablets - Are You Suffering From Them?

  Jeremy Thurman | August 20, 2008 10:27 AM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  In April of this year the FDA issued a class I recall on all Digitek (digoxin) tablets, which regulators believed may contain twice the approved level of digoxin. Due to these double-strength pills,...