A judge has ruled that a Maine law barring prescribing information from being used for marketing is unconstitutional
Drug Topics Daily News A law was supposed to go into effect in Maine on …
Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals in Plastics
The article below does not deal directly with the pharmaceutical industry, it addresses its close …
Challenge filed to Merck’s Vioxx settlement
Lawyers for hundreds of people who sued Merck & Co. over its withdrawn painkiller Vioxx …
Drug Industry Spends Nearly Twice As Much On Marketing Than On Research And Development
The pharmaceutical industry spends almost twice as much on the marketing and promotion of drugs …
Erythropoiesis Stimulating Agents: Aranesp (darbepoetin alfa), Epogen (epoetin alfa), and Procrit (epoetin alfa)
FDA informed healthcare professionals of findings from two additional clinical studies, Preoperative Epirubicin Paclitaxel Aranesp …
Defective Alaris Pump Module Recalled
Cardinal Health notified its customers of a voluntary recall for all Alaris Pump modules, model …
UK’S Serious Fraud Office seeks Iraq contract documents from GSK and Astra
Stating that they are cooperating fully with the investigating authorities, both the companies denied any …
NJ Requires Flu Shot for Preschoolers
Big pharma is at it again. This time they lobbied the government of NJ to …
Adverse Events from Prescription Drugs Kills 1000s in U.K.
Almost 3,000 people have died in the past three years after suffering serious side-effects or …
Drug Approval 101
There is a fierce debate going on in the legal community. The issue is whether …
The New Jersey State government unveiled its registry of drug prices for the 150 most prescribed medications last week
The New Jersey State government unveiled its registry of drug prices for the 150 most …
FDA and Cephalon notified healthcare professionals of updates to the WARNINGS section of the prescribing information for Provigil (modafinil)
FDA and Cephalon notified healthcare professionals of updates to the WARNINGS section of the prescribing …
The FDA has ordered a black box warning on the use of mycophenolate mofetil (CellCept) during pregnancy
The FDA has ordered a black box warning on the use of mycophenolate mofetil (CellCept) …
Drugs used for Erectile Dysfunction Linked to Hearing Loss
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved labeling changes for erectile dysfunction (ED) drugs …