Virginia updates in category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

I've written this post many times before but the FDA does very little to protect the safety and well-being of Americans. I believe most of those working at the FDA have good intentions but they are...

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Public Citizen, a consumer advocacy group, has sued the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) due to a prescription painkiller sold under such names as Darvon and Darvocet. They claim this drug is too...

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Because there have been repeated instances of popular medications proving to be deadly, federal health officials have announced a major effort to use information on Medicare claims to evaluate...

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I am no fan of Big Pharma...the pharmaceutical industry in America it out to make money at all costs! However, some (naive) people believe the Food and Drug Administration and the doctors at...

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Recently, actor Dennis Quaid and his wife filed a lawsuit against drug manufacturer, Baxter Medical Corp., after a hospital unintentionally injected their newborn twins with the wrong dosage of a...

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Baxter Healthcare Corp., a drug and medical device maker, spent $730,000 lobbying Congress, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Department of Homeland...

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Please don't think that when a jury awards $13,000,000 to a family in a Vioxx suit, that the defense walks across the Court room with a check! What actually happens in large pharm cases, or any...

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The heparin tragedy has made Americans aware that Chinese-made products need to be inspected as thoroughly as products made in the United States. They must meet U.S. health and safety standards....

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At a Senate hearing several weeks ago, Janet Woodcock, director of the Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, assured the American public that the heparin found in...

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Rep. Stupak Nudges FDA Toward Subpoena Power Now that Rep. Bart Stupak has helped push FDA Chief Andrew von Eschenbach into asking for more money for inspections, the congressman wants to prod the...

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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...

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You know better than your doctor does. No, maybe not about how the liver metabolizes certain substances and other complicated medical issues, but you know better about your own body, and what...

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This week a consumer advocacy group petitioned Washington to take birth control patch off the market. Why? Studies show that users have an increased chance of blood clots. a 60% higher chance....

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The reports are begining to be circulated that another member of "Big Pharma", Pfizer, Inc., has settled a group of cases with plaintiffs who allege the painkillers, Celebrex and Bextra, caused...

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The Bush administration, along with the pharmaceutical industry, is attempting to prevent consumers from being able to file damage suits for injuries caused by federally approved drugs. The Supreme...

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