June 11th, 2008 amy
Congress is once again questioning whether the FDA knows how to do its job, and the fraudulent Ketek clinical trials are being used as a prime example of the lack of proper action taken by the FDA’s Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) branch. Members of Congress are questioning the management and priorities of OCI in […]
June 10th, 2008 amy
The FDA has barred seven doctors from conducting clinical trials of drugs and medical devices this year, as many as in the three previous years combined, after lawmakers complained about delays in discipline, Bloomberg News reports. Among those banned this year was Maria Anne Kirkman Campbell, who pleaded guilty to fraud in 2003 in connection […]
May 29th, 2008 joshua
Pfizer is set to blitz print media and send letters to doctors in an attempt to squash the bad press its stop smoking drug, Chantix, has received in recent weeks.
The company has released newspaper ads in the country’s five biggest dailies, including New York Times and Wall Street Journal. It allegedly sent letters to 300,000 […]
May 16th, 2008 amy
Worldwide heparin recalls are triggering a rise in the prices of the blood thinner to hospitals and dialysis centers across the country amid tight supplies, a Schaumburg-based drugmaker said Thursday.
APP Pharmaceuticals Inc. said it will increase the price of heparin in what amounts to 6 cents per 1,000 units, or about “48 cents per […]
March 26th, 2008 amy
Eli Lilly, makers of antipsychotic drug Zyprexa, have finally reached a settlement agreement with the State of Alaska over costing the state’s Medicaid program millions of dollars over undisclosed diabetes risks. Originally a $270 million suit has settled for $15 million, in an agreement stating that Alaska may settle with the company in the future […]
March 21st, 2008 amy
Bone fractures from Fosamax, an osteoporosis drug, were the focus of a WebMD Medical News article this week addressing long-term use of the drug and the rare but serious risk that it may weaken the bones.
Patients who suffer this unusual side effect suffer broken legs after minor falls. It’s likely that other drugs in the […]
