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Drug Industry Document Archive Has Over 1500 Documents Regarding Big Pharma Conduct
Includes Previously Secret Documents That Were Released During Lawsuits Against Merck & Co., Parke-Davis, Warner-Lambert, and Pfizer (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) The Drug Industry Document Archive (DIDA), created by the University of…
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Public Surveys Indicate The Need For Reform In Drug Safety By Big Pharma And The FDA
Healthcare Providers And Patients Are Encouraged To Report Adverse Events Involving Approved Or Unapproved Indications As Well As Medication Errors (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) In October 2006 Quintiles Inc., a leading CRO…
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Case Report Of Woman With Likely Byetta-Induced Acute Pancreatitis
August 2009 Medical Journal Article Presents Well-Documented Report Of Pancreatitis In Context Of Byetta Use (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) In October 2007 the FDA announced that the agency had reviewed 30 postmarketing…
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2006 Case Report Indicating That Xenical (Orlistat) May Cause Substantial Acute Liver Injury
Medical Journal Letter To Editor Stated That Exact Mechanism Of Hepatotoxicity In Subject Patient Was Unknown (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) As we reported, on August 24, 2009 the FDA issued its "Early…
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FDA Conducts A Self-Critical Analysis Of Its Early Communications (ECs) Program
There Was Apparently A Brief Discussion About Effect Of ECs At July 2009 Agency's Drug Safety Oversight Board Meeting The Public Summary for the July 16, 2009 meeting of the FDA's Drug Safety Oversight…
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Some Users Of Alli And Xenical Have Developed Serious Liver Injury Including Liver Failure
FDA Early Communication Makes Clear That No Definite Association Between Liver Injury And Orlistat Has Been Established At This Time (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) On May 22, 2009 we first reported that…