Major pharmaceutical companies from around the world are called “Big Pharma” because together they rake in billions of dollars in profits each year at the expense of those who are sick and need the medications that they offer in order to manage their illnesses. And the worst part about it all is that most people …
You have most likely been warned of the dangers of wrong medication. Ironically, there are good chances that you have never realized that the pharmaceutical companies themselves are sometimes making you the wrong medication. In some cases, the company who created your medication may have attempted to hide the test results of certain possible adverse …
While many medical products are safe, there are times when situations occur that present a high level of concern for medical professionals and government regulators. Such is the case with the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which recently chose to issue a Class 1 recall regarding 50 NeuroBlate brain probes. Designed to be …
The Essure contraceptive device was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2002. Since then, the U.S. Bayer Group has sold more than 750,000 of the devices across the globe. It consists of two metal coils that are implanted in the fallopian tubes. They induce the growth of scar tissue, and that …