Pharmaceutical News and Articles
FDA MedWatch Alerts
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.
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...
October 9, 2009
Audience: Infectious disease healthcare professionals, hospital risk managers.
[Posted 10/09/2009] GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and FDA notified healthcare professionals of a report of the death of a patient with influenza who received Relenza...
October 1, 2009
Audience: Pharmacists, physicians, hospital risk managers and consumers. FDA notified healthcare professionals and patients of a change to heparin, effective October 1, 2009, which will include a new reference standard and test method used to...
September 29, 2009
Audience: Pediatric healthcare professionals, pharmacists, caregivers.
Nutricia and FDA notified healthcare professionals of the voluntary recall of one lot [# P91877] of the specialized infant formula product, Neocate, a hypoallergenic dry...
September 26, 2009
Audience: Consumers and Healthcare professionals .
[Posted 09/25/2009] McNeil Consumer Healthcare and FDA notified consumers of a nationwide recall of certain Tylenol products as a precautionary measure because of potential manufacturing...
September 25, 2009
Audience: Physical medicine and rehabilitation specialists, anesthesia healthcare professionals, hospital surgical service managers.
[Posted 09/24/2009] FDA notified healthcare professionals of the Class 1 recall of Medtronic SC Catheters and...
September 25, 2009
Audience: Pharmacists, pediatrics healthcare professionals.
[UPDATED 09/25/2009] New links added to provide information on emergency use in infants less than 1 year of age and directions to pharmacists on emergency compounding of oral suspension...
September 25, 2009
Audience: Consumers and Healthcare professionals.
[Posted 09/25/2009] McNeil Consumer Healthcare and FDA notified consumers of a nationwide recall of certain Tylenol products as a precautionary measure because of potential manufacturing problems....
September 25, 2009
Audience: Diabetes healthcare professionals, patients.
FDA notified healthcare professionals and patients of revisions to the prescribing information for Januvia (sitagliptin) and Janumet (sitagliptin/metformin) to include information on reported...
September 25, 2009
Audience: Hematology-Oncology healthcare professionals.
FDA notified healthcare professionals of an Early Communication regarding an ongoing review of safety issues with Exjade (deferasirox). New safety data suggests there may be a greater number...
September 24, 2009
Audience: Pharmacists, pediatrics healthcare profesionals. FDA issued a Public Health Alert to notify prescribers and pharmacists about potential dosing errors with Tamiflu (oseltamivir) for Oral Suspension. U.S. health care providers usually write...
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