Medical Product Safety Alerts

Merck & Co on Thursday said an independent data safety monitoring board has approved continuation of a big study meant… »   

Roche and Biogen Idec are suspending trials of a drug for treating autoimmune disorders amid reports that its safety risks… »   

A senior U.S. Food and Drug Administration official will testify at a congressional hearing next week on the agency’s… »   

A boxed warning highlighting serious safety concerns, including reported deaths, with the use of Novartis AG’s Exjade drug to remove… »   

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a risk management program to inform healthcare providers and their patients about the… »   

British health authorities issued an alert to drug users on Friday after a drug injecting heroin user in London tested… »   

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced on January 29 that non-cirrhotic portal hypertension, a rare, but serious, liver disorder,… »   

The Food and Drug Administration’s approval of cardiovascular devices is often based on weak studies or may be prone to… »   

U.S. health officials plan to study the safety of medications taken during pregnancy with an eye toward using the data… »   

Dilon Diagnostics announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) clearance for its lesion-localization system for… »   

At least 26 million people across the European Union have been vaccinated against H1N1 and there have been no… »   

U.S. regulators see benefits to using an AstraZeneca Plc cholesterol drug in a vast new group of patients but will… »   

When drugs approved for adults are studied in youngsters, the research yields important safety data that could guide the use… »   

U.S. drug regulators asked on Friday for manufacturers of prescription pain medications to provide more specifics on an industry plan… »   

U.S. drug reviewers recommended that regulators further study the effects in children of a group of medicines known as… »