Pharmaceutical News and Articles
FDA MedWatch Alerts
November 19, 2009
Audience: Consumers.
Procter & Gamble and FDA notified consumers of a voluntary recall of three lots of Vicks Sinex Nasal Spray in the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom. The bacteria B. cepacia was found in a small amount of...
November 18, 2009
Audience: Consumers, pharmacists.
RockHard Laboratories and FDA notified consumers that RockHard Weekend, a product sold as a dietary supplement, contains sulfoaildenafil, an analogue of sildenafil, an FDA-approved drug used as...
November 17, 2009
Audience: Cardiovascular healthcare professionals, pharmacists.
FDA notified healthcare professionals of new safety information concerning an interaction between clopidogrel (Plavix), an anti-clotting medication, and omeprazole (Prilosec/Prilosec...
November 17, 2009
Audience: Consumers.
IDS Sports and FDA notified consumers that five of the IDS's dietary supplement products (Bromodrol, Dual Action Grow Tabs, Grow Tabs, Mass Tabs, and Ripped Tabs TR) contain the following undeclared substances, which FDA...
November 13, 2009
Audience: Orthopedic and Anesthesia healthcare professionals, hospital risk managers.
[Posted 11/13/2009] FDA notified healthcare professionals of 35 reports of chondrolysis (necrosis and destruction of cartilage) in patients given continuous...
November 13, 2009
Audience: Endocrinological and Genetics Medicine healthcare professionals.
FDA and Genzyme notified healthcare professionals about the potential for foreign particle contamination of several products that are used to treat rare, serious, and...
November 13, 2009
Audience: Orthopedic and Anesthesia healthcare professionals, hospital risk managers.
FDA notified healthcare professionals of 35 reports of chondrolysis (necrosis and destruction of cartilage) in patients given continuous intra-articular...
November 13, 2009
Audience: Consumers.
GMP Herbal Products and FDA notified consumers and healthcare professionals of a recall of Pai You Guo, a weight loss dietary supplement, due to the presence of undeclared drug ingredients. FDA lab analyses of dietary...
November 9, 2009
Audience: Anesthesiology and intensivist healthcare professionals, hospital risk managers.
Hospira, Inc.and FDA notified healthcare professionals of the recall of 85 lots of Liposyn II 10%, Liposyn II 20%, Liposyn III 10%, Liposyn III 20%, and...
November 5, 2009
Audience: Consumers, Pharmacists. FDA notified consumers that Stiff Nights, a product sold as a dietary supplement, contains sulfoaildenafil, a chemical similar to sildenafil, the active ingredient in Viagra. Sulfoaildenafil may interact with...
November 3, 2009
Audience: Consumers.
[Posted 11/03/2009] Bodybuilding.com and FDA notified healthcare professionals and patients of a nationwide and international recall of all lots and expiration dates of 65 dietary supplement products that were sold through the...
November 3, 2009
Audience: Consumers.
Bodybuilding.com and FDA notified healthcare professionals and patients of a nationwide and international recall of all lots and expiration dates of 65 dietary supplement products that were sold through the Company's website,...
November 3, 2009
Audience: Hospital risk managers, surgical center staff, pharmacists.
[UPDATED 11/03/2009] Recall expanded to include all lots of product.
[Posted 10/21/2009] American Regent and FDA notified healthcare professionals of a voluntary recall of all...
November 2, 2009
Audience: Endocrine and nephrology healthcare professionals.
FDA notified healthcare professionals of revisions to the prescribing information for Byetta (exenatide) to include information on post-marketing reports of altered kidney function,...
October 27, 2009
Audience: Diabetes healthcare professionals and patients.
Qualitest Pharmaceuticals and FDA notified healthcare professionals of a nationwide recall of Accusure Insulin Syringes. All syringes, regardless of lot number, are subject to this recall....
October 24, 2009
Audience: Infectious disease healthcare professionals, hospital risk managers.
FDA notified healthcare professionals that, in response to a request from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it has issued an emergency use...
October 23, 2009
Audience: Rheumatological healthcare professionals.
Genentech and FDA notified healthcare professionals about a third case of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy [PML], the first case of PML in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis [RA]...
October 21, 2009
Audience: Hospital risk managers, surgical center staff, pharmacists.
American Regent and FDA notified healthcare professionals of a voluntary recall of all lots of Ketorolac Tromethamine Injection, USP 30 mg/mL, including NDC#...
October 16, 2009
Audience: Hematological healthcare professionals, hospital risk managers.
American Regent and FDA notified healthcare professionals that anaphylactic-type reactions, including fatalities, have followed the parenteral administration of iron...
October 16, 2009
Audience: Pharmacists, pediatrics healthcare professionals.
[UPDATED 10/16/2009] FDA News Release: FDA Warns of Unapproved and Illegal H1N1 Drug Products Purchased Over the Internet.
[UPDATED 10/05/2009] New information added to web...
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