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Off-Topic Message: BlawgWorld eBook Includes Drug Injury Watch For Second Year In A Row
Read Selected Essays From 77 Diverse Legal Blogs (aka Blawgs) In This Free eBook From TechnoLawyer (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) On July 30, 2007 TechnoLawyer issued a press release announcing the launch…
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FDA Restricts The Future Use Of Sanofi-Aventis SA’s Antibiotic Ketek
New Package Insert, Or Label, For Ketek Will Get Black-box Warning And Medication Guide For Patients, Also (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) In mid-December 2006 an FDA advisory panel recommended that any future…
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Natrecor: Safety Concerns And Off-Label Investigation Plague Scios And J&J
Medical Journal Articles About Natrecor And Renal Failure May Have Been Cause Of Reduced Natrecor Use In Late 2005 Steve Johnson provides some insights about the so-called "off-label" use of prescription drugs with his…
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Ortho Evra Patch Label Change: Serious Blood Clot Risk Warning Increased
Results From Two Studies Prompt Action By FDA and Johnson & Johnson In September 2006 the FDA and Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical — a Johnson & Johnson (J&J) company — announced changes to the Ortho Evra…
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Advisory Panel Wants “Black-box” Warning For Adderall, Ritalin, ADHD/ADD Drugs; FDA Balks
Drug-safety Experts And Top FDA Officials Disagree About Increased Heart Risks Associated With Stimulants On February 9-10, 2006 the FDA convened an advisory panel committee of outside drug-safety experts to consider the issue of…
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Ritalin-Cancer Link: Researchers Emphasize Their Finding was Preliminary, Only
The FDA is Investigating the Possibility of a Ritalin-Cancer Association In late June 2005 it was widely reported that the FDA was examining a potential link between Ritalin and cancer. What did not get…