Medical Product Safety Alerts

A U.S. federal judge on Thursday granted Pfizer Inc’s motion to dismiss a shareholder lawsuit that alleged the company hid… »   

Web search company Google Inc is testing in the United States an online storage bank where individuals can store and… »   

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

The identification of two cellular receptors that likely contribute to the genesis of hormone-dependent breast cancer points the way to… »   

Insulin resistance, a “prediabetic” abnormality of blood sugar, is a specific feature of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, independent… »   

Medical device companies will come under scrutiny on Wednesday when a U.S. Senate committee probes financial payments to doctors, which… »   

FDA informed healthcare professionals of important warnings and instructions for Heparin Sodium Injection use. There have been reports of serious… »   

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… »   

AstraZeneca Plc is stopping a clinical trial of Recentin as a treatment for lung cancer after a mid-stage study failed… »   

Treating anemia with a class of drugs known as erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs) is associated with an increased risk of venous… »   

In an article published in the March issue of the Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Therapeutics, researchers from Florida Atlantic… »   

An experimental, combination vaccine against Ebola and Marburg viruses using virus-like particles (VLPs) provides complete protection against infection in monkeys.… »   

Antibiotics appear to be frequently prescribed to individuals with advanced dementia in nursing homes, especially in the two weeks before… »   

Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute scientists have developed a new large-scale method to identify the interactions between proteins that are a… »