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28 Jul 2017, 7:39 am by Robert Kraft
The Los Angeles Times reports that a reusable duodenoscope modified by Olympus last year has been linked to a superbug outbreak at an undisclosed foreign health facility, according to a report filed with the Food and Drug Administration. [read post]
5 Apr 2018, 6:24 am by Robert Kraft
Bloomberg News reports that “reducing nicotine levels in cigarettes to nonaddictive levels could prevent as many as 8 million tobacco-related deaths and keep 30 million people from becoming regular smokers this century,” according to estimates by the Food and Drug Administration. [read post]
8 Aug 2018, 6:27 am by Robert Kraft
Reuters reports the Food and Drug Administration said on Monday that it had received reports of five additional deaths attributed to using “liquid-filled intragastric balloon systems to treat obesity, bringing the total death toll to 12 since 2016. [read post]
3 May 2022, 2:03 pm by Patrick A. Malone
The Food and Drug Administration says the best available evidence argues powerfully for its planned ban, which some opponents have flipped as risky for one of the biggest groups that researchers say will benefit: African Americans. [read post]
27 Jun 2013, 3:08 am by Robert Kraft
Reuters reports that the American Association for Justice has asked the Food and Drug Administration to prohibit the makers of all-metal hip implants from using a proposed change to the approval process to shield manufacturers from liability. [read post]
1 Sep 2016, 5:12 pm by Bill Marler
 Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are investigating a multistate outbreak of foodborne hepatitis A. [read post]
19 Mar 2021, 9:10 am by Jonathan Rosenfeld
Find Out if You Can Bring a Zantac Lawsuit or Join a Ranitidine Class Action Lawsuit In April 2020, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned that the popular heartburn medication, Zantac (ranitidine), should not be taken because of high levels of NDMA (N Nitrosodimethylamine NDMA) in Zantac medication. [read post]
18 Jul 2024, 6:50 pm by Bill Marler
According to the details posted online by the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA), the recall was initiated on May 10, 2024, and is ongoing. [read post]
15 Nov 2021, 7:37 am by Patrick A. Malone
Robert Califf, a cardiologist and President Biden’s “new” nominee to head the federal Food and Drug Administration, is a familiar face around the agency and Washington, D.C. [read post]
26 Aug 2010, 10:01 am
 The committee is doing an investigation into the recall and has written both companies, along with the Food and Drug Administration and the Agriculture Department, demanding answers on the recall. [read post]
27 Sep 2007, 8:10 am
Plaintiffs' Legal Committee, the Supreme Court held that state-law claims alleging that the manufacturer of orthopedic bone screws made fraudulent representations to the Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") were impliedly preempted by the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. [read post]
24 May 2011, 2:59 am
Food and Drug Administration's budget for Fiscal Year 2012 by $285 million, an 11.5 percent reduction from FY 2011, just as the agency moves to implement an ambitious new food safety law.The draft budget legislation, unveiled by the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, cuts $2.6 in discretionary spending, which is over $5 billion below the President's FY 2012 budget request for the programs under the purview of the subcommittee. [read post]
1 Jul 2011, 3:12 am by Robert Kraft
Food and Drug administration, or from contacting the brand-name maker to suggest a label change, both of which they failed to do. [read post]
25 Feb 2020, 6:01 am by Robert Kraft
Reuters reports Food and Drug Administration “said that certain insulin pumps of Medtronic Plc were being recalled due to a potential risk of them being hacked. [read post]
19 Aug 2012, 5:37 pm by Bryan Fears
Type 2 diabetes patients should be aware that in 2011 the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning to patients, health care providers, and the public in which it advised that medical research had concluded that Actos (pioglitazone) consumption had been linked to adverse health effects. [read post]
21 Oct 2011, 2:15 pm by Bryan Fears
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rendered a public health advisory warning recently in which it made absolutely clear that patients and physicians should discuss the potential effects of Zoloft and similar antidepressant SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors) during pregnancy. [read post]
9 Dec 2011, 11:41 am
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently issued documents recommending that birth control pills such as Yaz should contain additional warnings concerning the risk of blood clots. [read post]
10 Jun 2020, 11:29 am by Patrick A. Malone
As the Covid-19 pandemic has put huge stresses on medical systems around the globe, the strains have taken their toll:  The credibility and authority — of federal agencies like the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), and elite professional journals like the Lancet and the New England Journal of Medicine — have taken big hits in recent weeks. [read post]