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Gorton’s Inc. has announced that the tablets found in Crispy Battered Fish Fillets turned out to be over-the-counter herbal supplements. The company pointed out that the incident in Pennsylvania is an isolated case.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) panel will vote Wednesday on whether Amgen’s drug, NPLATE, provides enough benefit to counteract the side effects associated with its use. NPLATE is intended to treat Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura …
The pharmaceutical giant, Eli Lilly, is being sued by the state of Alaska over allegedly covering up the potential risks of Zyprexa (olanzapine). Attorneys for the state argue that the company knew that the drug, …
A new study published in the March issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention demonstrates that women who have a recurrence of breast cancer have almost twice as much estrogen in their blood than those …
Officials from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services have agreed that vaccines administered to a 9-year old girl contributed to her condition. Hannah Poling of Athens, GA, and her family may be receiving …
German authorities have recalled a popular blood-thinner heparin, due to some 100 reports of adverse reactions. According to the reports, german heparin produced by Rotex Medica GmBH Arzneimittelwerk contains active ingredient that did not come …
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company have announced that a new drug for treatment of bipolar disorder in children and adolescents is now available. ABILIFY (aripiprazole) has been approved by the FDA for …
Baxter announced a voluntary recall of all remaining lots of various heparin related drugs and heparin flush products. The initial recall was announced January 17, 2008 as a precautionary measure as reports came in of …
The FDA approved esomeprazole (Nexium) to help short term gastroesophagel reflux disease (GERD) in children between the ages of 1 and 11. The drug was approved in 2 forms: the delayed release capsule and a …
China’s State Food and Drug Administration said in a recent released statement that it is the receiving country’s responsibility to ensure the safety of pharmaceutical ingredients they import from other countries.
