News tagged with drug manufacturers
Platinum nanocatalyst could aid drugmakers
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Aug 31, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Nanoparticles combining platinum and gold act as superefficient catalysts, but chemists have struggled to create them in an industrially useful form. Rice University chemists have answered the call this week ...
Stanford researchers call for drug labels to disclose lack of comparison with existing medications
Medicine & Health / Medications
Aug 12, 2009 |
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The labeling information that comes with prescription drugs tells you what's known about the medication, but researchers from the Stanford University School of Medicine think it's high time that the labeling tell you what ...
Parents still give cough medicine to infants despite FDA warning
Jun 01, 2009 |
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Nearly two years after the FDA issued a formal advisory urging parents not to give over-the-counter cough and cold medicines to infants younger than 2 years old without a doctor's advice, a new study says many parents still ...
WHO: No swine flu vaccine available for months (Update)
May 19, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Drug manufacturers won't be able to start making a swine flu vaccine until mid-July at the earliest, weeks later than previous predictions, the World Health Organization said Tuesday. It will then ...
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SKorean firms recall asbestos-tainted baby powder
Apr 02, 2009 |
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Three South Korean manufacturers said Thursday they are recalling baby powder products after health authorities announced that they contain cancer-causing asbestos.
FDA tells doctors new heparin formula less potent
Medicine & Health / Medications
Oct 01, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration is alerting doctors that a widely used blood thinner has been reformulated to improve its safety, though the change could open the door to dosing errors.
New medicine insert rules effective Friday
Jun 29, 2006 |
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U.S. pharmaceutical companies this Friday will begin using clearer, more understandable package inserts for some of their newer prescription drugs.
FDA to test all heparin at U.S. border
Medicine & Health / Medications
Mar 16, 2008 |
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued an import alert and plans to test all shipments of the drug heparin before they enter the country.
Food and drug agency to study greater openness
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jun 02, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The government's food and drug regulators want to open their files to the public.
FDA approves warfarin labeling change
Medicine & Health / Medications
Aug 16, 2007 |
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a labeling change for the widely used blood-thinning drug Coumadin (warfarin).
Stanford researcher criticizes FDA plans to reduce oversight of off-label drug use
Apr 03, 2008 |
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Proposed guidelines from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration would allow companies to market more drugs for unapproved uses and are a step in the wrong direction, said a researcher from the Stanford University School of ...
Industry backs off food labels after FDA criticism
Oct 24, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A food industry group is voluntarily halting promotion of its nutrition labeling program after federal regulators said such systems may be misleading consumers, officials with the group said Friday.
Benzene concentrations in beverages
Jan 07, 2008 |
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Only nine percent of 199 beverage samples had benzene levels above the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) limit of 5 parts per billion (ppb) for benzene in drinking water, according to a study by ...
Off-label use of stents investigated
Medicine & Health / Medications
Mar 07, 2007 |
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A federal committee is investigating the off label use of drug-coated heart stents by U.S. doctors, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.
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