The FDA has launched an investigation pertaining to the type 2 diabetes drug saxagliptin. The FDA requested clinical trial data from the manufacturer to review the possible association with the use of this drug and heart failure. Have Recent Studies Linked Heart Failure To Saxagliptin? The FDA requested data from clinical trials as a result of …
Anthera Pharmaceuticals, a Hayward, California drug company, has been accused of withholding results from an ineffective clinical trial. A drug that was supposed to decrease the risk of heart attack has instead made patients more susceptible to stroke and heart attack. The data was published online in November and presented at the American Heart Association …
Whether name brand or generic, pharmaceutical companies that produce drugs are scrutinized alike. Teva Pharmaceuticals is under investigation by the Department of Justice and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for potentially violating the False Claims Act. Teva is the largest generic pharmaceutical company in the country; one in six of the 3.3 billion generic prescriptions …
Japanese prosecutors laid charges against the local unit of Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis. The scandal claims that falsified data was used to exaggerate the benefits of a popular blood-pressure drug. The drug studies suggested that Valsartan, sold under the brand name Diovan in Japan, could help prevent strokes and angina, in addition to its recognized …