Posts tagged fda

• FDA panels vote to increase Fosamax warnings

  Carmen Scott | September 14, 2011 10:30 AM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Last week, two advisory panels for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) made an official recommendation to augment the cautionary language used for Fosamax product warning labels. Fosamax is taken...

• New IOM report recommends replacement for “fatally flawed” approval process

  Fred Thompson | July 29, 2011 2:16 PM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC Category: Miscellaneous
  

  After several medical device recalls over the last few years including DePuy and Zimmer® Durom hip replacements, Composix® Kugel® Mesh and Synthes Synex II® Central Body Components,...

• FDA’s warning to TVM patients

  Fidelma Fitzpatrick | July 13, 2011 5:30 PM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Today, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a public notice to transvaginal mesh (TVM) patients and their doctors. Here’s what you should know about why it was issued: From 2008...

• Where's the Beef? Apparently Not at Taco Bell

  Gray Ervin | January 25, 2011 8:32 AM | 1 CommentFlorence / Myrtle Beach, SC Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  When I was in high school, a group of friends and I would meet at Taco Bell at least three times a week. That was until another friend, who worked at Taco Bell, told us she had seen a box in the...

• Food Safety Bill Passes both House and Senate

  Pete Strom | December 29, 2010 1:08 PM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Over the past few years, there has been an increase in foodborne illnesses. According to newly published information in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, it is “estimate[d] that...

• Dannon Must Pay for Puffery

  Gray Ervin | December 20, 2010 2:29 PM | 1 CommentFlorence / Myrtle Beach, SC Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  The U.S. unit of French food giant Danone S.A. agreed to settle state and federal investigations into alleged false advertising about the health benefits of its Activia yogurt and DanActive dairy...

• Graphic Cigarette Warning Labels Proposed by FDA

  Pete Strom | November 11, 2010 4:06 PM | 5 CommentsColumbia, SC Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a new proposed rule titled Required Warnings for Cigarette Packages and Advertisements. The rule proposes 36 new warning labels for cigarette...

• New Flavors and Cartoon Characters....Advertising for Kid's Cereal or for Cigarettes?

  Will Parker | April 06, 2010 2:14 PM | 0 CommentsFlorence / Myrtle Beach, SC Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Menthol cigarettes account for 25% of the 70 billion dollar cigarette market. Tobacco companies are trying to increase the percentage by introducing new menthol flavors. The question remains -...

• Controversy Ridden Accutane Pulled from Pharmacy Shelves

  Pete Strom | June 30, 2009 2:52 PM | 2 CommentsColumbia, SC Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Roche Holding AG announced last week that it is pulling its popular acne medicine Accutane from the U.S. market citing economic reasons for its decision. Accutane was released on the market in...

• FDA Releases Findings on ADHD Medications, Potential Link to Sudden Death in Healthy Children

  Will Parker | June 16, 2009 10:03 AM | 0 CommentsFlorence / Myrtle Beach, SC Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  The FDA recently notified healthcare professionals that it is providing its perspective on data published in the American Journal of Psychiatry concerning the potential risks of stimulant...