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As Bloomberg News reports, the medical device maker Johnson & Johnson was told by U.S. authorities to stop marketing its vaginal mesh implant - but went ahead and continued to sell it for a whole nine months afterwards. Some might say this is typical of the...
According to the Institute for Safe Medication Practices, there are reports that Pradaxa, a medication used to prevent strokes, caused more than 500 patient deaths in 2011. That's significantly more deaths than Pradaxa's rival warfarin, which has been on the market...
A study shows that heart patients just might be putting themselves at greater risk by taking the pharmaceutical drug called Pradaxa, as compared to taking warfarin. ("Warfarin" is the generic name of a group of brand-name drugs used in the treatment of heart disease.)...
As Carrie Gann reports for ABC News, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is behind the curve when it comes to official public recalls of the most serious problems with certain pharmaceutical drugs (known as Class I recalls). In fact, the FDA only issues Class I...
In a story written up by the Associated Press and published on Opposing Views, the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) will soon consider whether or not to classify some pharmaceutical drugs as over-the-counter medications. In other words, the drugs will no longer...
As Ransdell Pierson reports for Reuters, Boehringer Ingelheim's drug Pradaxa has some heart doctors worried that it may cause more harm than good. Here's the news: "[Y]ou can kill a patient as easily with the new drug as you could with the old drug," says Dr. Alan...
The popular drug Avandia that has been prescribed to help control blood sugar in diabetes is now known to raise the "bad cholesterol" in patients. This has been shown to cause an increased risk of heart attack and strokes. If you or a loved one have suffered a heart...
