FDA & Prescription Drugs - Last 90 Days

• Vioxx Killed Half a Million? The Facts Are Grim.

  Mike Ferrara | May 01, 2012 6:02 PM | 6 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  It’s looking more and more likely that the Merck painkiller Vioxx, the blockbuster drug suspected of having caused more than 55,000 deaths from stroke and heart attack before being...

• A CVS in New Jersey Accidentally Gave Children Breast Cancer Meds

  Mike Ferrara | March 11, 2012 6:32 PM | 3 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  A CVS in Chatham, New Jersey has admitted to accidentally giving dozens of children the breast cancer medication taxomifen instead of the fluoride pills they had been prescribed, for a period of...

• Let's Stop Coddling Big Pharma Fraud

  Camryn Hansen | May 27, 2012 5:00 AM | 2 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  For America’s pharmaceutical companies, committing fraud has become an established way of life. Practices like off-label marketing and price inflation are not only rampant, they bring...

• Walgreens to Pay $7.9 Million for Illegal Customer Kickbacks

  Mike Ferrara | April 23, 2012 6:34 PM | 1 CommentCherry Hill, NJ

  The drugstore Walgreens will pay $7.9 million to federal and state governments as part of a settlement, after being accused of offering illegal incentives to customers to transfer their...