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12 Mar 2012, 8:38 am
In January of 2012, the Food and Drug Administration stated that the labels on Yasmin and Yaz needed to be stronger and that more information needed to be given about the medication possibly causing blood clots for women. [read post]
12 Mar 2012, 8:37 am
In 2003, the Food and Drug Administration began stating their concerns over the rate of blood clots developing in women who took Yaz. [read post]
12 Mar 2012, 4:17 am
Food and Drug Administration, European Food Safety Authority and Health Canada, consider caramel coloring safe for use in foods and beverages. [read post]
10 Mar 2012, 11:35 am
The drug was approved for use in the United States in October 2010, and it has a high number of adverse-event reports. [read post]
9 Mar 2012, 9:38 pm
And the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) did just that, recently requiring that all cigarette advertising carry graphic warnings on their packaging, similar to that required in Europe. [read post]
9 Mar 2012, 12:17 pm
Patients suffering from atrial fibrillation normally require a blood-thinning agent such as warfarin, which for over 60 years was the only Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved medicine until Pradaxa entered the market. [read post]
8 Mar 2012, 5:39 pm by Mark Zamora
Food and Drug Administration warn consumers some illegal skin cream, beauty and antiseptic soaps from abroad may contain mercury.Gary Coody, national health fraud coordinator at the FDA's Office of Regulatory Affairs said the products, marketed as skin lighteners and anti-aging treatments that remove age spots, freckles, blemishes and wrinkles, were manufactured abroad and sold illegally in the United States. [read post]
8 Mar 2012, 7:25 am by Kay Van Wey
  In the United States, an estimated 120 deaths have been blamed on Pradaxa serious bleeding events. [read post]
5 Mar 2012, 4:08 pm
” The report also made it clear that the public was not welcome: The meetings are open to growers, buyers, auditors, academic experts, as well as regulators from state agencies, the Food & Drug Administration and the U.S. [read post]
5 Mar 2012, 12:49 pm by M. Brandon Smith
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to reject Johnson & Johnson’s sale of an artificial hip in the U.S., but it didn’t stop the company from marketing it in Europe, according to a recent article by the New York Times. [read post]
4 Mar 2012, 10:55 pm by Joe Bornstein
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has found that these surgical meshes can harm patients and put them at risk for serious side effects including: Severe pain Mesh erosion Additional surgeries Infection Bleeding Organ perforation Neuro-muscular problems Vaginal scarring Mesh contraction Vaginal shortening/shrinking According to FDA reports, in 2010, approximately 300,000 women underwent surgical procedures in the… [read post]
4 Mar 2012, 1:59 am
This last week I was reading Joan Murphy's article in Produce News Daily, "Dates set for industry meetings on new cantaloupe guidance document," with some measure of hope until I got to the last line:The meetings are open to growers, buyers, auditors, academic experts, as well as regulators from state agencies, the Food & Drug Administration and the U.S. [read post]
3 Mar 2012, 6:48 am by Max Kennerly, Esq.
If the warning or instruction given in connection with a drug or device or food or food additive has been approved or prescribed by the federal Food and Drug Administration …,  a rebuttable presumption shall arise that the warning or instruction is adequate. [read post]
2 Mar 2012, 4:16 pm by support
Pfizer began the recall on February 10, the Food and Drug Administration said on its website on Tuesday. [read post]
2 Mar 2012, 12:23 pm
The Washington Post recently reported on a lawsuit filed by six whistleblowers, who are former Food and Drug Administration scientists and doctors, accusing FDA of secretly reading their personal email accounts after they warned Congress that the agency was coercing them to approve medical devices that pose an unacceptable risk of harm to patients. [read post]
2 Mar 2012, 4:31 am
The people attending the meetings – especially public servants - should demand that the families be present and offered an opportunity to speak about just how important the jobs of the “growers, buyers, auditors, academic experts, as well as regulators from state agencies, the Food & Drug Administration and the U.S. [read post]
1 Mar 2012, 9:21 pm
The people attending the meetings – especially public servants - should demand that the families be present and offered an opportunity to speak about just how important the jobs of the “growers, buyers, auditors, academic experts, as well as regulators from state agencies, the Food & Drug Administration and the U.S. [read post]
1 Mar 2012, 9:21 pm
I was hopefully reading Joan Murphy’s article in Produce News Daily, “Dates set for industry meetings on new cantaloupe guidance document,” until I read the last line of the article: The meetings are open to growers, buyers, auditors, academic experts, as well as regulators from state agencies, the Food & Drug Administration and the U.S. [read post]