Regional updates in category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

On April 25, 2008, Actavis Totowa LLC announced a recall of all lots of a drug known as Digitek sold under the Bertek and UDL Laboratories labels. Digitek, known in its generic form as digoxin, is a...

Actavis Totowa (formerly known as Amide Pharmaceutical, Inc.) recalls all lots of Bertek and UDL Laboratories Digitek® (digoxin tablets, USP) as precaution The following is an FDA notice...

Yesterday, Dennis Quaid testified before Congress regarding the injuries his twins suffered due to the negligence of a prescription drug manufacturer. You can watch the video on our website,...

Yesterday the FDA announced that Bayer would be removing remaining stocks of Trasylol after a study confirming suspected increased death risks was published in the New England Journal of...

The results of a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine have confirmed preliminary findings that Bayer’s anti-bleeding medication Trasylol (aprotinin) dramatically increases a...

Bayer, the manufacturer of Trasylol, has announced that it is removing all remaining Trasylol product from hospital pharmacies and warehouses. This announcement comes on the heels of a study...

Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals has notified the FDA that the company has begun removal of remaining Trasylol from the U.S. market, which includes mostly hospitals, warehouse or physician’s stock....

The Texas Court of Appeals today reversed a jury verdict against Vioxx manufacturer Merck. Just over two years ago, a Texas jury awarded 71-year old widow Leonel Garza $7 million for compensatory...

Herceptin has been the star of breast cancer treatment in the past 2 years. Tykerb (lapatinib) claims to be a superior treatment. Women who have recently been diagnosed with breast cancer should ask their oncologists about both drugs since early treatment can be important in beating the disease.

According to a long awaited study published today, Bayer’s Trasylol has a 53 percent higher death rate than other similar drugs. Trasylol was withdrawn from the market in November after the...

Actavis Totowa recalls all lots of Bertek and UDL Laboratories Digitek (digoxin tablets, USP).

A Texas appeals Court has reversed a $32 million award entered against Merk & Co. This decision will likely move on to a higher court. The appeals court in San Antonio said Leonel Garza's fatal...

Would you be angry if Congress took away your right to sue a Wall Street CEO who raided your retirement funds? Well it's sort of happening right now. Read today's post by Steve Lombardi about federal preemption.

Today a federal court is scheduled to start hearing a case that will for the second time this year have parents telling their stories of how their children developed autism after be vaccinated...

A new study that analyzed over 12 years of data from the UK suggests that the diabetes drugs Avandia and Actos may double or even triple the likelihood of a bone fracture in diabetes patients....