Medical Product Safety Alerts

U.S. health officials said Wednesday they had requested more information from GlaxoSmithKline Plc and other makers of asthma drugs to… »   

A U.S. court dismissed on Tuesday a lawsuit against U.S. health regulators over their decision to allow the sale… »   

GlaxoSmithKline Plc is scrapping two malaria drugs that may cause anaemia, dealing a blow to the global fight against the… »   

Baxter International Inc said on Thursday it was voluntarily recalling all remaining lots of its heparin injection and flush products… »   

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is examining the way it tells the public about safety concerns with foods, prescription… »   

A nationwide recall has been issued for all lots of 25-μg/hour fentanyl transdermal systems (Duragesic, PriCara, a division of Ortho-McNeil-Janssen… »   

India’s patent office will consider this week whether to override patents on cancer drugs made by Pfizer and Roche… »   

The United States and European Union are in talks to resolve their dispute over the EU’s ban on genetically modified… »   

FDA advisory committees have voted to keep GlaxoSmithKline’s Avandia on the market.

The debate over the safety of… »   

Almost 3,000 people have died in the past three years after suffering serious side-effects or allergies to their medicines, say… »   

Making a cholesterol drug available over the counter could give millions of Americans a new option to reduce the risk… »   

Audience: Oncologists, OB/GYN physicians, other healthcare professionals, patients
[Posted 11/27/2007] Novartis and FDA informed healthcare professionals and patients… »   

Desmopressin Acetate (marketed as DDAVP Nasal Spray, DDAVP Rhinal Tube, DDAVP, DDVP, Minirin, and Stimate Nasal Spray)

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