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June 2008 FDA Meeting Will Address Problem Of Look-alike And Sound-alike Drug Names
Confusion Between Similar Drugs Is A Cause Of Medication Errors That Agency Will Focus On In New Pilot Program (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) To start, we get this background information from "Medication…
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Digitek Update May 2008: When Old News Is Better Than No News At All
A Month After FDA Class 1 Digitek Recall, We Have Been Told Little About Actavis Manufacturing Problem (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) More than thirty days have passed since Actavis Totowa first announced…
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Actavis Tells Us More, But Not Much More, About April 2008 Digitek Recall
Actavis, Mylan, Or The FDA Should Tell Public Their Current Estimate Of How Many Defective Digitek Pills Were Distributed To Pharmacies, And During What Time Period (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) On May…
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FDA Safety Evaluation Of Antibiotic Maxipime Is Not Completed, Yet
Six Months After It Announced Start Of This Investigation, FDA Gives An Update On Status Of Maxipime Safety Review (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) In mid-November 2007 the FDA announced the start of…
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May 2008 Update: Sprint Fidelis Lead Wire Failures Due To Design Flaw, Not Doctors
Medtronic Had Initially Suggested That It Was Implant Technique That Caused The Sprint Fidelis Malfunctions (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) For today’s post we have to thank Westby G. Fisher, MD, FACC, who…
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May 2008 Congressional Hearing On Federal Preemption Of Drug And Medical Device Lawsuits
Committee Will Hear From A Diverse Set Of Witnesses On The Various Aspects Of This Controversial Legal Doctrine (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) On May 14, 2008 the House of Representative’s Committee on…
