Aug 29, 2010
The maker of blood pressure medication ProAmatine will remove the drug from the market, after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) threatened to recall the drug because of lack of proof...Aug 25, 2010
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced an investigation into whether the drug Stalevo, which is used to treat Parkinson’s disease, may increase elderly patients’ risk of heart...Aug 6, 2010
A study recently published in the Annals of Internal Medicine reveals that drug studies paid for by the drug’s manufacturer are more likely to show the drug worked than studies funded by the...Jun 24, 2010
Drug makers AstraZeneca LP and AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP have entered into a monumental settlement with the United States government to resolve charges that the companies illegally marketed the...Jun 1, 2010
Three years after his twin girls were nearly killed by an overdose of Baxter’s blood-thinning drug Heparin, Dennis Quaid and his wife have filed suit against the drugmaker alleging that the...May 14, 2010
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has launched an educational outreach program to encourage health care providers to report false and misleading advertisements of prescription...Apr 28, 2010
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is considering whether to stop a safety study comparing Avandia to another diabetes medication. If the study is stopped, it is possible that the FDA will...Apr 28, 2010
Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, the largest drug company in the world, has disclosed that it paid approximately $20 million in consulting and speaking fees to 4,500 doctors and medical professionals...
