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Drug Industry Document Archive (DIDA) Adds 15 More Pharma-Related Documents To Collection In November 2009
This Archive Contains Some "Secret" Documents Only Made Public In The Course Of Lawsuits Filed Against Pharmaceutical Companies (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) Created and maintained by the University of California at San Francisco…
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Consumers Union’s Safe Patient Project Forum Webcast: “To Err Is Human, To Delay Is Deadly”
Marks 10th Anniversary Of IOM Study On Medical Errors And Raises Concerns About Lack Of Progress (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) The Consumers Union’s Safe Patient Project (formerly Stop Hospital Infections) is holding…
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Anemia Drugs Procrit And Aranesp May Increase Twofold The Risk Of Potentially Fatal Blood Clots
Results From Large Long-Term Study Show Association Between These Erythropoiesis-Stimulating Agents And Venous Thromboembolism (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) In late October 2009 we learned that the results from the Trial to Reduce Cardiovascular…
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Aranesp Associated With Increased Risk For Stroke In Patients With Diabetes And Chronic Kidney Disease
TREAT Study Revealed, Also, That This Amgen Anemia Drug Was No Better Than Placebo In Reducing Deaths Or Cardiovascular Problems (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) The anemia drug Aranesp (darbepoetin alfa) might cause an increased…
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Diabetes Drug Byetta Linked To Kidney Problems And Cases Of Renal Failure
October 2009 Byetta Label Change Follows Earlier Alert From U.K. About Kidney-Related Side Effects (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) In March 2009 the Drug Safety Update Newsletter alerted us about reports of kidney-related…
