Medical Product Safety Alerts

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is stuck using crude tools to measure the benefits of food, drugs and supplements… »   

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) drug safety advisory committee is planning on looking into the “risks and benefits”… »   

A unit of Johnson&Johanson has announced a voluntary recall of 43 over-the-counter children and infant medicines, according to media… »   

The controversy surrounding a GlaxoSmithKline Plc diabetes drug points to a need for changes in the way the Food and… »   

Tamiflu and two other drugs used to treat influenza appear safe for pregnant women and their babies, researchers at UT… »   

U.S. health regulators are taking a closer look at how well devices used by diabetics to monitor their blood sugars… »   

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… »