FDA & Prescription Drugs

• Judge Orders Slew of Lawsuits Over Seroquel Back to Home Courts

  David Mittleman | November 22, 2009 10:00 AM | 3 CommentsLansing, MI

  AstraZeneca is faced with loads of trouble lately. For instance, I recently wrote about a current federal lawsuit against the pharmaceutical giant, alleging that the company paid a Chicago-based...

• Brooklyn's BEST Smoked Nova Salmon Recalled Due to Potentially Deadly Bacterium

  Paul Napoli | November 22, 2009 9:10 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  November 20, 2009 Service Smoked Fish Corp. of Brooklyn, NY, is recalling specific Use-By dates and lot codes of Brooklyn's BEST brand Smoked Nova Salmon because they have the potential to be...

• Food Allergies Increasing Dramatically in Children

  Paul Napoli | November 22, 2009 9:01 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  November 18, 2009 In a new study by researchers of the National Center for Health Statistics, food allergies in U.S. children under age 18 years increased dramatically by 18 percent between 1997...

• New FDA Initiative Seeks To Decrease Drug Dosage Errors

  Greg Webb | November 22, 2009 8:52 AM | 0 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  In an attempt to curb the number of serious deaths and illnesses caused by misuse of medication, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is attempting to identify the most serious threats and find...

• P&G Recalls Sinex Nasal Spray

  Chrissie Cole | November 21, 2009 12:17 AM | 0 CommentsDayton, OH

  Three lots -- about 120,000 bottles -- of Vicks Sinex nasal spray has been voluntarily recalled by Proctor & Gamble in three countries after bacteria B. cepacia was detected during routine...

• FDA Issues Letters To Web Sites For Selling Unapproved and Misbranded Drugs

  Chrissie Cole | November 20, 2009 8:20 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  On Thursday, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued 22 warning letters to Web site operators regarding illegal sales of misbranded drugs and/or unapproved drugs. The move ends a weeklong...

• Yaz/Yasmin/Ocella Side Effects: How Does Yaz Cause A Stroke?

  Brett Emison | November 20, 2009 6:14 PM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO

  Yaz, Yasmin and Ocella are popular contraceptives, but have been linked to serious side effects. These drugs are marketed under different names, but are chemically identical. These birth control...

• Yaz Side Effects: How Does Yaz Cause A Heart Attack?

  Brett Emison | November 19, 2009 6:31 PM | 1 CommentKansas City, MO

  Popular contraceptives Yaz, Yasmin and Ocella have been linked to several serious side effects, including strokes and heart attack. Why does Yaz cause heart attacks? The problem primarily lies with...

• J & J Fighting Levaquin Bellwether Consolidation

  Scott Kappes | November 19, 2009 3:04 PM | 0 CommentsHouston, TX

  Levaquin maker Johnson & Johnson is fighting attempts by plaintiffs to consolidate the first three bellwether levaquin lawsuits in to one trial. The company is facing hundreds of levaquin...

• AstraZeneca: Judge Returns Seroquel Lawsuits To Original Courts

  Brett Emison | November 19, 2009 10:37 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO

  Bloomberg News has reported that federal district judge, the honorable Anne Conway, will urge a panel of judges to return all of the Seroquel cases to courts across the United States for trial in...