- Cal Warriner | April 11, 2012 4:14 PM | West Palm Beach, FL
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FDA & Prescription Drugs
Most consumers of drugs and medical devices fill their prescriptions trusting that a virtual mass of protection is built in to the drug approval process. While everyone knows that no drug is...
- Joe Saunders | January 29, 2012 10:04 AM | Pinellas, FL
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FDA & Prescription Drugs
In anticipation of a wave of lawsuits, the federal courts have issued an order coordinating the Actos bladder cancer lawsuits before one judge in the United States District Court for the...
- Joe Saunders | December 18, 2011 9:07 PM | Pinellas, FL
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FDA & Prescription Drugs
The diabetes drug Actos has been associated with bladder cancer and the FDA has now required the manufacturer to provide warnings of this risk. Prior to 2011 Actos manufacturer Takeda...
- Orman Kimbrough, Jr. | December 13, 2011 9:35 AM | Orlando, FL
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FDA & Prescription Drugs
The Federal Drug Administration delayed review of a Takeda Pharmaceuticals drug that is combined with Actos, a diabetes medication that has been linked to bladder cancer. Actos was approved by...
- Cal Warriner | November 01, 2011 11:35 AM | West Palm Beach, FL
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FDA & Prescription Drugs
For consumers of medical devices, yesterday’s United States Supreme Court decision not to hear a discretionary appeal from the Seventh Circuit is a big win. What ordinary consumers of drugs...
- Cal Warriner | August 31, 2011 12:03 PM | West Palm Beach, FL
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FDA & Prescription Drugs
We have written several times regarding the latest diabetes drug that has been linked to serious side effects. Actos, manufactured by Takeda Pharmaceuticals has garnered world-wide attention after...
- Brenda Fulmer | August 22, 2011 9:57 AM | West Palm Beach, FL
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Miscellaneous
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) issued recommendations for the screening of bladder cancer patients on August 16, 2011. This report, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine,...
- Brenda Fulmer | July 05, 2011 11:46 AM | West Palm Beach, FL
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FDA & Prescription Drugs
In late June of 2011, at the American Diabetes Association’s annual meeting in San Diego, a study was presented that concluded Actos (pioglitazone), manufactured by Takeda Pharmaceutical Co....
- Cal Warriner | June 21, 2011 9:24 AM | West Palm Beach, FL
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FDA & Prescription Drugs
The Food & Drug Administration announced that the diabetes medication, Actos (pioglitazone) may be associated with an increase in the risk of bladder cancer. Actos, a drug manufactured by Takeda...
- Armand Rossetti | October 31, 2008 3:34 PM | West Palm Beach, FL
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FDA & Prescription Drugs
I happened to read Tom Lamb’s article (Drug Injury Watch) this morning about Avandia. I learned that Public Citizen’s Health Research Group’s (HRG) has requested that the FDA ban...