FDA & Prescription Drugs

• New Jersey CVS Prescription Error Leads to Infant Overdose of Cough Syrup

  David Mittleman | December 26, 2009 10:00 AM | 1 CommentLansing, MI

  CVS has had its share of problems lately. In fact, I've written about outdated products still on shelves at stores in Connecticut and New York. Luckily, both attorney generals for those states filed...

• Medicines Company Issued a Recall for Cleviprex Injectable Emulsion

  Randy Appleton | December 24, 2009 8:19 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC

  The Medicines Company issued a voluntary recall for 11 types of Cleviprex injectable emulsion after they were found to be contaminated with particulate matter. Cleviprex is an injectable drug that...

• Recall of Children's Swine Flu Vaccine

  Jamie Sheller | December 22, 2009 5:26 PM | 0 CommentsPhiladelphia, PA

  Recently, the pharmaceutical manufacturer Sanofi Pasteur Inc., recalled almost 800,000 children's doses of the swine flu vaccine. According to federal health officials the recalled swine flu vaccine...

• Federal Fines for Off-Label Marketing May Be Paying Dividends

  Joe Saunders | December 22, 2009 9:05 AM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL

  Perhaps the large pharmaceutical companies are finally starting to pay attention. After a few years of being penalized by large monetary fines, it may be that the big pharma executives are starting...

• Paxil Lawsuit Damages Approach $1 Billion

  Greg Webb | December 21, 2009 2:25 PM | 0 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  GlaxoSmithKline PLC, the drugmaker of antidepressant Paxil, is reported to have spent almost $1 billion in efforts to resolve lawsuits over the drug. The $1 billion figure includes moneys paid to...

• NJ Drug Company Recalls Cleviprex due to Metal Particles

  Paul Napoli | December 21, 2009 3:36 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  December 16, 2009 The Medicines Company of Parsippany, NJ announced a voluntarily recall of eleven lots of Cleviprex® (clevidipine butyrate) injectable emulsion because a routine annual...

• FDA Expert Panel Votes to Recommend Crestor for Healthy Patients

  David Mittleman | December 20, 2009 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI

  A Food and Drug Administration expert panel recently voted 12-4 to recommend the potent statin, Crestor, for patients who have no history of heart disease and who don't fit the traditional profile...

• Real Life Example Of Pharmacy Mistake

  Mike Bryant | December 20, 2009 9:42 AM | 2 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  The Medesto Bee had a scary, but informative example of the problems with mistakes at pharmacies. A five year old girl was suffering from symptoms of H1N1. Her pediatrician prescribed a antiviral...

• Hazelnuts Recalled By Whole Foods Markets In Some States

  Chrissie Cole | December 19, 2009 4:52 PM | 0 CommentsColorado Springs, CO

  Organic raw hazelnuts (filberts) sold in bulk through Whole Foods Market stores in California, Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah and Washington have been recalled because the nuts were...

• Proctor & Gamble Recalls Vicks Dayquil Capsules

  Chrissie Cole | December 19, 2009 1:32 PM | 0 CommentsEastern Massachusetts, MA

  Proctor & Gamble, working in consultation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), voluntarily recalled about 700,000 packs of Vicks Dayquil Cold & Flu 24-Count Bonus...