Earlier this month, cardiovascular device maker Abiomed announced that the US Attorney’s Office was investigating the company’s marketing and labeling of the Impella 2.5 circulatory support device. According to Forbes, the announcement confirmed rumors that had been circulating for at least two weeks, though in the press release the company said it had just been …
CNNMoney describes the chilling details of the bone cement horror stories surrounding the medical device company Synthes. In 2009 the U.S. attorney in Philadelphia accused the medical device manufacturer of running illegal clinical trials — essentially, experimenting on humans. Between 2002 and 2004, Synthes tested a product called Norian XR, a cement that has a …
A new survey suggests that about half of all doctors still have concerns about the safety of intrauterine birth control devices (IUDs). Researchers surveyed health care providers at family planning clinics in Colorado and Iowa, finding that only about half of the providers said they considered Paragard and Mirena, types of intrauterine devices (IUDs), safe …
We have been warned recently about the dangers of drinking and driving and the dangers of texting and driving, but what about prescription drug usage and driving? Many pill bottles will tell you not to operate heavy machinery while taking a certain drug. What they don’t let you know is that driving a motor vehicle …
Frustration is growing with one drug giant that has had three years to accurately report safety data and information concerning their flu treatment, Tamiflu, but has chosen to continually hide almost half of the information. According to an article found in The Independent, Roche isn’t being truthful with data concerning its flu treatment Tamiflu, and …
Why is one of the biggest pharmaceutical companies delaying to report tens of thousands of adverse event reports to the European Medicines Agency (EMA)? According to various news reports, the EMA intends to find out. Europe’s drug regulator has started an infringement procedure against Switzerland’s Roche to investigate its alleged failure to properly report as …