Posts tagged diabetes

• Bloomberg News: 10,000 Potential Actos Bladder Cancer Lawsuits

  Brett Emison | December 02, 2011 10:29 AM | 2 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Bloomberg news reported yesterday that Japanese drug maker Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., may face 10,000 Actos bladder cancer lawsuits. Since the late 1990s, two diabetes drugs have dominated...

• Did You Know... Diabetes Drug Actos Has Been Linked To Bladder Cancer?

  Brett Emison | August 29, 2011 11:04 AM | 8 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Many people taking the diabetes medication, Actos, may not realize that studies have linked prolonged use of Actos with bladder cancer. An FDA study released in June examines a suspected link...

• AstraZeneca Fined $520 Million For Seroquel Kick Back / Marketing Scheme

  Brett Emison | April 28, 2010 4:23 PM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  I reported last year about AstraZeneca's ongoing problems with its antipsychotic drug, Seroquel. The pharmaceutical giant denied Seroquel's link to diabetes in the US years after acknowledging the...

• Actos Link To Bladder Cancer: Frequently Asked Questions

  Brett Emison | September 13, 2011 11:25 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Miscellaneous
  

  I've written before on studies linking Actos to bladder cancer and I often get questions about this topic. Here are some quick answers to common questions I hear: 1. What is Actos? Actos...

• Actos Following in Avandia’s Troubled Footsteps

  Brett Emison | September 06, 2011 11:15 AM | 1 CommentKansas City, MO Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Since the late 1990s, two diabetes drugs have dominated that market. Avandia (Rosiglitazone) and Actos (Pioglitazone) are both members of the drug family thiazolidinediones, (TZDs) which lower blood...

• AstraZeneca Paid Doctors Millions To Promote Seroquel Despite Problems

  Brett Emison | November 17, 2009 11:33 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  The Chicago Tribune recently reported on the millions that foreign drug maker AstraZeneca paid doctors to promote its anti-psychotic drug, Seroquel, despite doctors' concerns about Seroquel side...

• AstraZeneca Denied Seroquel Diabetes Link in US Years After Acknowledging Danger in Japan

  Brett Emison | September 23, 2009 3:39 PM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Bloomberg News reported today that AstraZeneca told US doctors that its antipsychotic drug, Seroquel, did not cause diabetes nearly four years after the drug maker warned Japanese doctors about...

• Dangerous Medical Devices and Drugs Harming Women

  Lindsay Rakers | February 23, 2012 9:34 PM | 0 CommentsSt. Louis, MO Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  Recently, some medical devices and drugs that are used to treat women’s health issues have been in the news for simply making matters worse. From anti-depression medication like...

• AstraZeneca: Judge Returns Seroquel Lawsuits To Original Courts

  Brett Emison | November 19, 2009 10:37 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  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...

• Seroquel Settlement -- AstraZeneca Pays Half A Billion Dollars To Settle Four Seroquel Cases

  Brett Emison | October 30, 2009 3:00 PM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  The New York Times reported that AstraZeneca -- the manufacturer of the atypical antipsychotic drug, Seroquel -- will pay $520 million to settle two federal investigations and two whistle-blower...