FDA Warns About Risk of Eye Damage From Halloween Contact Lenses
Federal regulators are warning that Halloween contact lenses and other costume lenses may pose a risk of serious eye damage for the wearer if care isn’t paid in choosing the right ones. The FDA issued a consumer warning on October 12, reminding the public that contact lenses are medical devices that should be chosen with […]
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CooperVision, FDA step up public warning about recalled contact lenses
Nearly two months after problems were first announced, contact lens giant CooperVision Inc. and federal health regulators have amped up public warnings about nearly 780,000 recalled contact lenses, urging users to return the potentially defective products and to seek medical care if they show symptoms of harm. The federal Food and Drug Administration on Friday […]
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Lobbyists circle US drug makers over deficit talks
With pressure mounting for a deficit-reduction deal in Congress, the $300 billion U.S. pharmaceutical industry is looking a little like a ship at sea with danger in the water below. Drug makers have begun to emerge as a favorite target for cost-cutting proposals from others in the healthcare sphere who hope to avoid the fiscal […]
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Tech needed to cut rise of fake drugs on Twitter, research says
Spam filtering and identification is needed to stop Twitter becoming another platform for pushers of fake or substandard drugs, researchers say.
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KV Pharma Sues Former CEO Over $37M In Benefits
Now that Marc Hermelin, the former chairman and ceo at KV Pharmaceutical, has pleaded guilty to presiding over the production and distribution of oversized tablets (see here), the drugmaker has filed a lawsuit in hopes it can avoid having to pay nearly $37 million in retirement benefits, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. The lawsuit, which […]
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A Military Doc Is Sentenced For Taking Goodies
Earlier this year, we wrote that US Army Major Jason Layne Davis, who was the chief cardiologist at Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma, Washington, was paid $4,812 by Boston Scientific’s Guidant unit in 2007 to ‘train’ two of the device maker’s sales reps. They watched as he implanted devices in patients, and between 2006 […]
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Occupy Pfizer? Protesters Target Job Cuts
The anti-Wall Street protests are, indeed, fanning out. And the latest permutation is about to target job cuts made by large corporations. As it so happens, Pfizer is high on the list. A group called Connecticut Working Families, which is a coalition of community groups, labor unions and activists, plans a vigil outside Pfizer facilities […]
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The Disconnect Continues: Amgen Rethinks R&D
Taking a page from the big pharma playbook, Amgen is planning to reorganize its R&D operations. And sources says the biotech plans to cut a chunk of the budget and may place less emphasis on discovery. Such a move would mimic what many big drugmakers have been doing in recent years as they attempt to […]
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Birth Control Pills, Boring Lovers & Good Husbands
If hormones can sway what a woman thinks of a man and whether he is a good mate, what might oral contraceptives do? Well, a study of 2,519 women finds that those using birth control pills when they met their match were less sexually satisfied or attracted to their partners, but more content with other […]
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Senators Want To Ease FDA Panel Conflict Rules
Three years after the FDA enacted tougher conflict of interest rules for its advisory committees, a legislative effort is under way to roll back the policy. A trio of US Senators has introduced a bill that would reverse agency regulations that bar experts with financial ties to drug or device makers from serving on the […]
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