Merck increasing animal health business operations in Summit
Merck said today it plans to centralize its animal health business by moving dozens of functions to Summit from operations in the Netherlands. The plan, which must still be reviewed by the Dutch government’s Work Council, will involve relocating most of the animal health unit’s commercial, marketing and corporate headquarters operations to the Summit campus. […]
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Family sues after teen dies following HPV vaccination
The family of a Quebec teen who died after taking a common vaccine is suing pharmaceutical giant Merck Frosst, three doctors and a clinic for $197,000. Annabelle Morin’s body was found in a bathtub in her family’s suburban Laval home on Dec. 9, 2008. The lawsuit says she had taken two doses of the human […]
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J&J Reorganizes Consumer Health Unit, Again
For the second time in less than a year, Johnson & Johnson is overhauling leadership at its embattled consumer health unit, which has spawned an embarrassing and long-running scandal over a series of manufacturing gaffes. In the latest shift, the health care giant is replacing a company group chairman who was chartered with reviving McNeil […]
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Takeda Hid Harmful Drug Interactions: Consultant
A former safety consultant to Takeda Pharmaceuticals has accused the drugmaker of deliberately failing to inform physicians that some of its medicines can interact poorly with other drugs and cause serious adverse events. As a result, countless prescriptions for the Takeda drugs were written unnecessarily, causing Medicare and Medicaid to overpay for the medications, according […]
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Pfizer Recalls Birth Control Pills Dosage Mix-Up
Call it the Pfizer generation. The drugmaker is recalling 1 million packets of birth control pills after discovering a packaging error in which women may have inadequate dosages, which would put them at risk for unintended pregnancies. In a statement, Pfizer explains that an investigaion found that some blister packs may contain an inexact count […]
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FDA Accused of Spying on Staff Over Complaints to Congress
U.S. Food and Drug Administration employees accused the agency spying on staff members who told lawmakers it was improperly approving medical devices used to screen for cancer. The allegations include the interception of e-mail from personal accounts sent across agency networks. The claims were added last week to a civil rights lawsuit filed by current […]
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FDA Sued By Employees Over Email Privacy
In one of the more troubling episodes to place the FDA in an unflattering light, the agency has been accused by a group of current and former employees that their personal e-mails after they warned Congress the agency was forcing employees to approve medical devices they maintained posed unacceptable risks, according to a lawsuit filed […]
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Bob Temple Changes His Role At FDA, Again
Bob Temple, who is widely viewed as an important overseer of regulatory matters, has been asked to give up his role as the acting director of the FDA’s Office of Drug Evaluation 1, so that he can devote more attention to his other position, which is Deputy Center Director for Clinical Science, a job that […]
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What Dogs? Novartis, Vets And Product Mix-Ups
Earlier this month, Novartis recalled an unspecified number of over-the-counter drugs – including Excedrin, No-Doz and Bufferin – due to complaints about incorrect or chipped tablets and broken gelcaps. This came on the heels of an FDA inspection last summer that found a host of manufacturing problems, as well as repeated failures to follow up […]
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Teva’s Cephalon recalls Treanda leukemia drug due to glass fragments
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Nasdaq: TEVA; TASE: TEVA) US subsidiary Cephalon has recalled a lot of its Treanda leukemia drug, because glass fragments were found in one of the vials. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said in a statement that Cephalon distributed the Treanda lot TB30111 to wholesalers and distributors between March 22 […]
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