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Health Canada Warning: Possible Link Between Ketek And Liver Failure
Reports Of Hepatitis And Serious Liver Problems Involving Ketek Use On February 7, 2006 Health Canada issued a Warning about the antibiotic Ketek and its possible association with potentially serious liver problems. According to…
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Ortho Evra Birth Control Patch Linked To Increased Risk of Serious Blood Clots
2005 Label Change Warns About Higher Levels Of Estrogen Found In Ortho Evra In July 2005 the Associated Press (AP) published an investigative article that linked the birth control patch Ortho Evra to an…
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February 2006 FDA “Patient Safety News” Videos For Doctors Online
Edition Covers Alpha-1 Blockers, Amevive, Salagen – Selegiline Name Confusion, and More The FDA’s Patient Safety News (PSN) is a series of monthly video news shows intended primarily for doctors and other health care…
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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…
