On May 8, 2008 Public Citizen's Health Research Group (HRG) sent its "Petition to the FDA to Ban Ortho-Evra" to Commissioner Andrew von Eschenbach. In this 11-page letter, Sidney Wolfe, M.D., the Dir... read more »
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Heart Medication Sold By Mylan Was Made In Actavis Plant That Received FDA Letter About Manufacturing Problems Over A Year Ago read more »
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Drugmakers will soon be able to use data from foreign clinical trials in new drug applications even if trials only compare new products to placebos instead of best available treatments. The change de read more »
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North Carolina Board Of Pharmacy Has Posted A Copy Of The Bertek Digitek Drug Recall Notice On Its Web Site read more »
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On May 14, 2008 a House of Representative's Committee will convene a hearing to explore the legal doctrine of federal preemption in the context of product liabilitliability lawsuits involving FDA-ap read more »
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The facts surrounding the late April 2008 recall of Digitek (digoxin) pills that may have twice the active ingredient is becoming less clear as we learn more in the days following the FDA recall. read more »
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Brand name pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies have been quietly spending millions to lobby Congress for changes in US patent law. Specifically, these companies want to overhaul the intellectu read more »
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As Dr. Robert Hauser said: "Just because a device is FDA-approved does not necessarily mean it is safe." read more »
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