Posts tagged drug

• Hawaii Diabetes Alert: Actos diabetes medication linked to bladder cancer

  Wayne Parsons | May 15, 2012 5:38 AM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Actos is a diabetes drug that has been linked to bladder cancer. Actos' single ingredient is Pioglitazone. A medication called Duetact is a combination of Pioglitazone and Glimepiride....

• Should the FDA remove weight-loss drugs like Alli from the market?

  Wayne Parsons | July 31, 2011 3:40 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Weight loss drugs sometimes contain a compound called orlistat [(S)-((S)-1-((2S,3S)-3-hexyl-4-oxooxetan-2-yl)tridecan-2-yl) 2-formamido-4-methylpentanoate] that inhibits fat absorption. When you...

• Why Doesn't The FDA Follow Untested Drugs?

  Wayne Parsons | October 26, 2009 1:51 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  A report from the General Accounting Office (GAO) questions why the FDA has allowed drugs for cancer and other diseases to stay on the market even when follow-up studies showed they didn't extend...

• FDA finalizes rules allowing patients greater access to experimental drugs.

  Wayne Parsons | August 16, 2009 1:47 AM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Bloomberg News (8/13, Randall) reports that new regulations posted on the FDA's website Wednesday will grant seriously ill patients greater access to experimental drugs. The FDA said the rules let...

• Suicide spurs investigation of "chemical restraints" in Florida foster care system.

  Wayne Parsons | May 29, 2009 10:43 AM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Wrongful Death
  

  The Miami Herald (5/29) reports, Nearly three of 10 teenage Florida foster children have been prescribed a mental-health drug, and 73 foster kids younger than 6 are taking mind-altering drugs,...

• Obama undoes Bush pre-emption policies.

  Wayne Parsons | May 21, 2009 2:21 PM | 1 CommentHonolulu, HI Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  The AP (5/21, Yost) reports, The Obama White House on Wednesday undid a Bush administration policy that used federal regulations to undermine a wide range of state health, safety and environmental...

• US, states join whistleblower suits against Wyeth over Medicaid payments.

  Wayne Parsons | May 19, 2009 3:33 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  The Wall Street Journal (5/19, Johnson) reports, The Justice Department and 16 states joined two whistleblower lawsuits alleging that Wyeth defrauded the government by offering discounts to...

• Judge rules Pfizer will not face class-action suits over off-label marketing of Neurontin.

  Wayne Parsons | May 18, 2009 4:29 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Bloomberg News (5/16, Fisk) reported, Pfizer Inc. the world's largest drugmaker, won't face class-action lawsuits by health-insurance companies and patients on claims it improperly marketed the...

• Stalled suits against drugmakers proceeding after Supreme Court preemption decision.

  Wayne Parsons | April 30, 2009 12:16 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Bloomberg News (4/30, Fisk, Feeley) reports, Just two months after the U.S. Supreme Court decided patients can sue drugmakers over injuries from medicines approved by the government, long-stalled...

• Clean Up The FDA

  Wayne Parsons | April 21, 2009 5:50 PM | 2 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  In an Editorial in the Providence (RI) Journal (4/20) they support the Obama administration goal of cleaning up the FDA: One important task before President Obama is shoring up the Food and...