Novartis Could Pay for Alleged Zometa Dangers
By ROSE BOUBOUSHIAN (CN) - Novartis may owe punitive damages to Pennsylvanians who developed jaw bone disease after taking Zometa, a drug meant to prevent bone problems among cancer…
My Personal Biomedical Research Feed – Ralph Turchiano, CEO Alchepharma
By ROSE BOUBOUSHIAN (CN) - Novartis may owe punitive damages to Pennsylvanians who developed jaw bone disease after taking Zometa, a drug meant to prevent bone problems among cancer…
By IULIA FILIP WEST PALM BEACH (CN) - Blue Cross Blue Shield destroyed a health care company by refusing to pay claims of its hemophiliac patients…
Contact: Renee Brehio rbrehio@ismp.org 704-831-8822 The JAMA Network Journals Fewer patients were studied as part of expedited reviews of new drugs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)…
The FDA announced a recall of cefepime, an intravenous drug used for pneumonia, urinary tract, skin, and abdominal infections The visible particles in the drug, which was distributed nationwide, can…
Source: Reuters - Thu, 10 Oct 2013 04:59 AM Author: Reuters By Toni Clarke WASHINGTON, Oct 10 (Reuters) - The retirement of Dr. Janet Woodcock as head of the…
Article by: Peter Whoriskey Washington Post October 6, 2013 - 11:15 PM WASHINGTON – A scientific panel that shaped the federal government’s policy for testing the safety and effectiveness…
Ciclopirox is currently approved by the FDA as a topical antifungal cream (Credit: Fougera) A common drug that dermatologists turn to treat nail fungus appears to come with a not-so-tiny…
Contact: Stephanie Desmon sdesmon1@jhmi.edu 410-955-8665 Johns Hopkins Medicine Johns Hopkins researchers find, in mice, that common preservative may thwart pain and damage of peripheral neuropathy Working with cells in test…
Contact: Stephanie Desmon sdesmon1@jhmi.edu 410-955-8665 Johns Hopkins Medicine Johns Hopkins researchers find, in mice, that common preservative may thwart pain and damage of peripheral neuropathy Working with cells in test…
Antibodies against one strain increase risk of infection with another. Beth Mole 28 August 2013 Pigs vaccinated against H1N2 influenza were more vulnerable to the rarer H1N1 strain. Andy Rouse/Photoshot…
Contact: Mary F. Masson mfmasson@umich.edu 734-764-2220 University of Michigan Health System Effects of chemical used in products for kids like baby bottles, plastic toys examined in study published in Pediatrics…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyK3X4hjH1U&w=420&h=315] Topics: Sugar is Toxic, Doubles the Death rates in mammals * Aug 13 Journal of Nature Communications 6 Months of Fish Oil Reverses liver disease in Children *…
Photo: EPA After a year of dismissing the issue the FDA finally admitted that chicken meat sold in the United States does contain doses of arsenic – a highly poisonous…
Contact: Amy Albin aalbin@mednet.ucla.edu 310-794-8672 University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences Children who suffer from intestinal failure, most often caused by a shortened or dysfunctional bowel, are unable…
Contact: Amy Albin aalbin@mednet.ucla.edu 310-794-8672 University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences Children who suffer from intestinal failure, most often caused by a shortened or dysfunctional bowel, are unable…
U.S. drugmakers cheer 'speed lane' for breakthrough therapies Source: Reuters - Wed, 24 Jul 2013 11:53 PM Author: Reuters By Toni Clarke WASHINGTON, July 24 (Reuters) - A new regulatory…
Contact: Jim Kelly jpkelly@utmb.edu 409-772-8791 University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston Modified forms of bisphenol A found to alter hormone signaling in new, disturbing ways For years, scientists have…
The ubiquity of the endocrine-disrupting chemical bisphenol A led researchers to ask what it might be doing in publicly supplied, chlorinated drinking water. The answer: Chlorinated BPA has different, but…
Pill of Goods: International Counterfeit Drug Ring Hit in Massive Sting Court documents review process that led the FDA to shut down more than 1,600 illegal pharmacy Web sites By…
Monday, June 17, 2013 TAU researcher says mannitol could prevent aggregation of toxic proteins in the brain Mannitol, a sugar alcohol produced by fungi, bacteria, and algae, is a common…
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