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Critics Say FDA Drug-safety Oversight Needs To Be More Independent
Big Pharma Tells IOM Panel, However, No Major Changes Are Needed In the January 12, 2006 edition of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), an article by Wayne A. Ray and C. Michael…
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Merck Announces 9,650 Vioxx Lawsuits Filed By End Of December 2005
Adds $295 Million To Vioxx Legal Defense Fund For Trials Through 2007 A January 31, 2006 press release issued by Merck & Co. states that 9,650 Vioxx lawsuits had been filed against the company…
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European Union’s Drug Regulator Requests Stronger Warnings On Antibiotic Ketek
EMEA Action Follows Reports of Ketek-related Liver Problems In U.S. The European Medicines Agency (EMEA) said in a January 27, 2006 statement that it had asked Sanofi-Aventis to include stronger warnings on Ketek about…
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Hospitals Urged By JCAHO To Take Steps To Avoid Drug Errors
Medication Mistakes Kill More Than 7,000 Hospitalized Patients Each Year In U.S. On January 25, 2006 the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) issued an alert urging hospitals to take several steps…
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Three Vioxx Trial Dates In Early 2006 For Federal Court MDL
February, March, And April 2006: Vioxx Trials In New Orleans Before Judge Fallon As has been known since early December 2005, a re-trial of the Irvin / Plunkett v. Merck lawsuit will start on…
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Reports Of Liver Problems Associated With Antibiotic Ketek
Three NC Hospital Cases Subject Of Article In Annals Of Internal Medicine On January 20, 2006 the Annals of Internal Medicine published online an "early" release version of an article describing liver problems associated…