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		<title>Cancer, Infections Reported in Kids Treated with Elidel, Protopic</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/19259</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:04:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dozens of cancer cases and infections have been reported in children treated with the eczema drugs Elidel and Protopic.  According to a report from Reuters, the Food &#038; Drug Administration (FDA) may require the makers of these medications to expand their warning labels.
Elidel and Protopic are known as  topical calcineurin inhibitors or TCI’s. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cleviprex Recall Expanded</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/19240</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:57:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Defective Products]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pharmaceuticals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Product Recalls]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A  recall of Cleviprex injectable emulsion by The Medicines Company has been expanded.  The recall, first announced last December, was issued due to the potential presence of visible particulate matter which has been observed in some vials.
According to the recall notice, the particulate matter observed in the Cleviprex injectable emulsion is  comprised [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smelly Tylenol Maker Responds to FDA Warning Letter</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/19236</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Defective Products]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pharmaceuticals]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Johnson &#038; Johnson has outlined the steps it has taken to prevent a repeat of the musty-Tylenol debacle that occurred last year.  Johnson &#038; Johnson&#8217;s McNeil Consumer Health unit had been criticized by the Food &#038; Drug Administration (FDA) for its handling of the incident.
The problems with musty Tylenol came to light in November, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Simvastatin May Up Infection Risk</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/19229</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:45:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pharmaceuticals]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A new research study, published in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology, reveals that scientists from Italy found that simvastatin—the generic name for specific cholesterol lowering medications—can adversely impact the body’s immune system in two ways, says Science Daily.
The emerging research found that the simvastatin both hinders the ability of specialized immune cells, called macrophages, to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cataract Risks May Increase With Antidepressants, Anti-Anxiety Meds</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/19161</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:35:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pharmaceuticals]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We have long been writing about the adverse effects associated with some antidepressant medication. Now, says the Vancouver Sun, some depression and anxiety medications have been linked to an increased risk of cataracts.
According to a study conducted by B.C. and Quebec researchers who utilized a database of over 200,000 Quebec residents who were 65 years [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Plavix Not Effective in All Patients, FDA Warns</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/19151</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:43:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plavix will now bear a new Black Box Warning alerting doctors and patients that it may be less effective in people who cannot metabolize the drug to convert it to its active form. A Black Box Warning is the Food &#038; Drug Administration&#8217;s (FDA) most serious safety warning.
In May 2009, the FDA added this warning [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canadian Women File Yaz, Yasmin Lawsuit</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/19104</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:01:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pharmaceuticals]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yaz and Yasmin have been named in a lawsuit filed by a group of Canadian women.   According to Canadian media reports, the plaintiffs allege that they were not adequately warned about higher than usual risks for stroke and other health problems associated with Yaz and Yasmin.
Yaz and Yasmin are both made with a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FDA Reviewing Fosamax, Other Bone Drugs For Link to Femur Fractures</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/19099</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:56:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oral bisphosphonate medications, a class of drugs that includes Fosamax, Actonel, Boniva, and Reclast, are undergoing a Food &#038; Drug Administration (FDA) safety review because of a possible association with femur fractures.  
Oral bisphosphonates are used to prevent and treat osteoporosis in post-menopausal women.  The drugs work by partially blocking the body&#8217;s natural [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Supreme Court to Look at Vaccine Liability</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/19088</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:37:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Legal News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following some lower-court rulings, the U.S. Supreme Court will be hearing a case in Pennsylvania over a lawsuit concerning alleged adverse health reactions following vaccinations, said Reuters.
The case was initiated by the parents of a child who experienced seizures after she received her third vaccination dose of a diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (DTP) vaccine, said Reuters. The parents [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Report Raises Gardasil Concerns</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/19070</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:18:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Approved in 2006, Gardasil prevents four strains of HPV. As of June 2009, 15 million girls had received Gardasil vaccines and some also reported suffering from adverse reactions that have included dizziness, numbness, and blood clots, among other dangerous, and sometimes even deadly, reactions.
Gardasil prevents four strains of HPV, two of which cause 70 percent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Avandia Lawsuits Could Cost Glaxo as Much as $6 Billion</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/19062</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:59:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Avandia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Liability for Avandia lawsuits could total as much as $6 billion, according to a UBS analyst.  GlaxoSmithKline, the maker of Avandia, faces more than 13,000 U.S. lawsuits over the controversial diabetes drug.  
Avandia has been the subject of safety concerns for several years.  In November 2007, a black box warning – the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Avandia, Seroquel Have Most Adverse Event Report</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/19032</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:15:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Avandia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Avandia’s cardiovascular problems have long been the subject of concern and controversy. Now, reports FiercePharma, an adverse event (AE) report for last year’s third quarter indicated that GlaxoSmithKline’s Avandia (generic: rosiglitazone) was number one on the list. The Institute for Safe Medication Practices issued the report.
The diabetes drug Avandia, was reported 1,218 times; 1,000 were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FDA to Increase Use of Criminal Prosecutions</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/19030</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:32:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Defective Medical Devices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food Poisoning]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said it plans on stepping up its prosecutions of pharmaceutical and food industry executives as part of its work to revamp the agency’s criminal division said the Wall Street Journal. It seems the division has been derided by Congress and was recently condemned in a government report, added [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vioxx Settlement Almost Wrapped Up</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/18957</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:44:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pharmaceuticals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vioxx]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Merck &#038; Co. has made a final $4.1 billion payment to its Vioxx settlement fund.  According to an Associated Press report, final payouts to former Vioxx users or their survivors should be made by the end of June.
Vioxx was approved for use in 1999, and quickly became a bestseller for Merck, with annual sales [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paxil Suicide Lawsuit Not Preempted, Appeals Court Rules</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/18948</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:55:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A federal appeals court has ruled that a Paxil suicide lawsuit is not preempted. As such, the lawsuit, which was filed by the parents of Tricia Mason, will move forward.  Mason was only 23 when she took her own life just two days after taking Paxil.
In its unanimous ruling, the 7th Circuit cited the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California Avandia Lawsuit Seeks Billions in Compensation</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/18916</link>
		<comments>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/18916#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:25:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Avandia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pharmaceuticals]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An Avandia lawsuit has been filed by California&#8217;s Santa Clara County, charging GlaxoSmithKline with false advertising, and seeking billions in compensation for Californians who took the controversial diabetes drug.  According to the MercuryNews.com, the lawsuit was spurred by a recent Senate report on Avandia that accused Glaxo of withholding information about the drug&#8217;s heart [...]]]></description>
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		<title>KV Pleads Guilty, Agrees to Close ETHEX Generic Drug Plant</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/18906</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:45:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Concerns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pharmaceuticals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Product Recalls]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have long been writing about a series of problems with K-V Pharmaceutical Company. In December, K-V Pharmaceutical said that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) accepted its work plan to address the issues. Now, KV Pharmaceutical said it will be closing down its ETHEX generic drug unit, wrote The Associated Press (AP). The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Yaz, Yasmin Lawsuits Consolidated</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/18881</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:07:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pharmaceuticals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[YAZ Birth Control]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[New Jersey has become the latest venue where Yaz and Yasmin lawsuits have been consolidated as a mass tort.  The consolidation was ordered on February 18 by  New Jersey’s Administrative Office of the Courts.  The Yaz and Yasmin lawsuits have been assigned to Judge Brian R. Martinotti in Bergen County Superior Court. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GlaxoSmithKline Goes to Bat For Avandia</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/18869</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:58:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Avandia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pharmaceuticals]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[GlaxoSmithKline is defending its controversial diabetes drug, Avandia, following the release of a Senate Finance Committee report that charged the drug maker downplayed the drug&#8217;s heart risks.  According to The Associated Press, in a 30-page &#8220;white paper&#8221;, Glaxo claims the Senate report &#8220;mischaracterizes and distorts&#8221; the company&#8217;s record.
Avandia’s cardiovascular problems have been the subject [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Avandia Papers Influenced by Financial Relationships, New Study Says</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/18840</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:37:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Avandia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Authors of Avandia papers who had financial ties to the drug industry were more likely to write favorably of the controversial diabetes drug, and report that it did not increase the risk of  heart attacks, says a new study.  According to a report on TheHeart.org, the Avandia study was presented as a poster [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HIV Drug Combo Linked to Heart Side Effects, FDA Warns</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/18831</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:43:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pharmaceuticals]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) just announced that preliminary data suggests that Invirase (saquinavir), in combination with Norvir (ritonavir), may have potentially important adverse effects on the heart.
When used together, the drugs may cause prolongation of the QT and PR intervals on an electrocardiogram. Prolongation of the QT interval may lead to a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wyeth Hit with $9.45 Million Judgment in Prempro Lawsuit</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/18823</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:30:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A breast cancer victim who used  Prempro has been awarded $9.45 million by a Philadelphia jury in her lawsuit against Pfizer Inc.&#8217;s Wyeth unit.  
About 8,000 people who used Wyeth&#8217;s hormone-replacement drugs have filed  similar suit against the company. Roughly 1,500 such lawsuits are pending in Philadelphia Common Pleas Court.
Hormone therapy drugs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Doctor Accused of Falsifying Drug Studies Pleads Guilty</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/18816</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:40:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vioxx]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Scott S. Reuben, former chief of acute pain at the Bay State Hospital in Springfield, Massachusetts, has pleaded guilty to one count of health care fraud.  As we&#8217;ve reported previously, Reuben was charged in federal court last month with falsifying studies involving the post-surgical benefits of drugs like Vioxx, Bextra, Celebrex, Effexor and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Antidepressants in Pregnancy May Affect Infants&#8217; Development</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/18814</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:21:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Danish researchers recently announced that expectant mothers taking antidepressants may be inadvertently harming their developing babies, wrote Reuters. The antidepressants, when taken by pregnant women, could delay some “developmental milestones,” said the researchers.
&#8220;These drugs have an effect on the fetus&#8217; brain,&#8221; said Dr. Lars Henning Pedersen, who worked on the study. The delays &#8220;may not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Drug Industry Money Funds Doctor Training</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/18810</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:45:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is a well-know fact that the financial ties between doctors, medical  researchers, academia, and the drug industry run deep and that some highly regarded doctors and researchers have faced a great deal of criticism because of such financial arrangements. The drug industry has made headlines in recent months and years over its ties [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FDA Reviewing Avandia, As Calls for Recall Mount</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/18806</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:27:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Food &#038; Drug Administration (FDA) announced yesterday that Avandia is  undergoing another review for heart attack risks.  However, the agency advised patients now taking Avandia to continue doing so, even as the FDA came under increasing pressure to order Avandia off the market.
Avandia’s cardiovascular problems have been the subject of concern since [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NY City Man Seeks $75 Mill in Zicam Suit</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/18803</link>
		<comments>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/18803#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:38:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last summer, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said it received 130 reports of anosmia—loss of sense of smell—in people who had used some Zicam products. Following the FDA alert, Matrixx Initiatives—maker of the Zicam products—recalled Zicam Cold Remedy Nasal Gel and Zicam Cold Remedy Swabs. The company had already withdrawn Zicam Cold Remedy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Avandia Debacle Puts FDA on the Spot</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/18781</link>
		<comments>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/18781#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:21:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Avandia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The latest Avandia controversy has put the Food &#038; Drug Administration (FDA) in a rather unfavorable light.  According to The Wall Street Journal, the Senate Finance Committee&#8217;s Avandia report that we detailed over the weekend is putting pressure on the agency to reform its drug safety program.
As we reported over the weekend, the Senate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Avandia Linked to Thousands of Heart Attacks, FDA Reviewers Urge it be Removed from The Market</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/18775</link>
		<comments>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/18775#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 16:58:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Avandia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Newly released Avandia reports  link the controversial diabetes drug to tens of thousands of heart attacks. What&#8217;s more, some Food &#038; Drug Administration (FDA) drug reviewers have concluded that Avandia should be removed from the market.  Meanwhile, a Senate Finance Committee report released yesterday says GlaxoSmithKline knew for years about Avandia&#8217;s heart attack [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GE Drops Omniscan Libel Suit</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/18770</link>
		<comments>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/18770#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:42:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[GE Healthcare has dropped a libel suit it filed in the United Kingdom (UK) against a Danish researcher who had who warned its gadolinium contrast dye was associated with nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF) in 2007.  When GE Healthcare sued Thomsen, it was speculated that the company was trying to stifle criticism of Omniscan.
Gadolinium contrast [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Restrictions on Serevent, Advair, Symbicort and Foradil</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/18756</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:32:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Serevent, Advair, Symbicort and Foradil &#8211; asthma medications known as long-acting beta agonists (LABAs) &#8211; are being subjected to new safety restrictions, the U.S. Food &#038; Drug Administration (FDA) announced yesterday. 
LABAs  prevent the release of substances in the body that cause inflammation of airways in the lungs.  Advair and Symbicort use a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Zometa Dead Jaw Syndrome Trials Scheduled to Start in March</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/18744</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:43:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Legal News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pharmaceuticals]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Zometa, a bisphosphonate drug made by Novartis Pharmaceutical, has been associated with a serious side effect called  osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ) or dead jaw syndrome.   Well over 500 lawsuits filed in federal courts  by alleged victims of this Zometa side effect have been consolidated in two multidistrict litigations in Tennessee [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maalox Mix-Ups Causing Adverse Reactions, FDA Warns</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/18740</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:07:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) just issued a warning to consumers about the potential for serious side effects resulting from mistakenly using Maalox Total Relief instead of other Maalox products. Both products are intended for the relief of different symptoms and contain different active ingredients.
Maalox Total Relief is an upset stomach reliever and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Estrogen Risks May Boost Asthma Risk</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/18726</link>
		<comments>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/18726#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 23:48:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Concerns]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In addition to the wide array of dangerous and, in many cases, life-threatening diseases, linked to hormone replacement therapy (HRT), an emerging study has revealed a link with estrogen-only HRT and asthma, said Reuters.
According to the scientists, the risk increase is seen after menopause and the study involved nearly 58,000 women over a 12-year period, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Accutane Victim Awarded Millions</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/18712</link>
		<comments>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/18712#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:10:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Accutane]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A massive $25.16 million judgment has been awarded by a New Jersey jury to an Alabama man who filed suit against Hoffman-La Roche Inc., the pharmaceutical company that manufactures Accutane. Andrew McCarrell, 38, blamed the drug for his inflammatory bowel disorder, said the Associated Press (AP).
Accutane, which is used to treat severe acne—nodular and/or inflammatory—that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Total Body&#8221; Supplements Linked to Selenium Poisoning</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/18704</link>
		<comments>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/18704#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:58:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Total Body Formula&#8221; and &#8220;Total Body Mega Formula&#8221; dietary supplements were associated with a 2008 outbreak of selenium poisoning.  According to a case report  published in Archives of Internal Medicine, the batch of Total Body supplements responsible for the selenium poisoning contained up to 200 times the amount of selenium stated on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Avandia, Actos Up Fracture Risk for Women, Study Finds</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/18698</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:14:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Avandia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pharmaceuticals]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Thiazolidinediones, a class of diabetes drugs which include Avandia and Actos, may put women at a higher risk of bone fractures, according to a new study.  The study, which was conducted by the Center for Health Services Research at Henry Ford Hospital and published in the February issue of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Serious Skin Reactions Reported in Accutane Patients</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/18694</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:31:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Accutane]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pharmaceuticals]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Accutane has been associated with  severe, and possibly fatal, skin reactions, including erythema multiforme [EM], Stevens-Johnson syndrome [SJS] and toxic epidermal necrolysis [TEN], according to a public health alert issued by Health Canada.  The agency said the Canadian Product Monograph for Accutane will be updated to reflect this new safety information.
Accutane, which is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hydroxycut Study Finds Association with Liver Damage</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/18680</link>
		<comments>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/18680#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:55:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new study of Hydroxycut has found a strong connection between the dietary supplements and liver damage.  Hydroxycut supplements were recalled last year, after the U.S. Food &#038; Drug Administration (FDA) received 23 reports  of liver damage in users of the products.
The new Hydroxycut study, published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology, involved [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Herbal Medications Hold Dangers, Pathologist Warn</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/18618</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:57:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Toxic metals are being found in a wide array of herbal medicines and potentially lethal doses, the Australian reports. According to the Australian, calling herbal and natural products “low-risk,” is far from accurate.
It seems that less expensive herbs with reduced efficacy are routinely swapped for items listed on product labels; in some cases, medicines are, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paxil may Interfere with Breast Cancer Treatments</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/18595</link>
		<comments>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/18595#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:49:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Readers of the blog are familiar with reports linking Paxil (generic: Paroxetine) with adverse health events. Now, Reuters reports that antidepressant medication might interfere with breast cancer treatments. According to researchers in Canada, interference could cause patients to relapse and die, said Reuters.
The researchers found that those women taking Paxil, which is manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tysabri PML Risk Increases With Use, FDA Says</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/18568</link>
		<comments>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/18568#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:17:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tysabri, a popular treatment for relapsing multiple sclerosis (MS), is more likely to cause a serious brain infection called progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, or PML, the longer it is used, according to the U.S. Food &#038; Drug Administration (FDA).  The agency announced Friday that the Tysabri label would be updated to include such a warning.
Tysabri [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mothers Use of Acetaminophen May Raise Child&#8217;s Asthma Risk</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/18556</link>
		<comments>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/18556#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:18:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another report has surfaced linking children exposed to acetaminophen and asthma. In the recent research, Science Daily said the exposure was seen prenatally; asthma symptoms were likely to be seen by the time the children reached age five.
Recently we wrote that acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol, was linked to increased asthma risks in adults [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some Herbal Remedies Risky for People on Heart Meds</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/18482</link>
		<comments>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/18482#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:14:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some popular herbal remedies can cause harm to some people taking cardiac medications. According to CNN, citing an emerging study, those on heart medications might want to reconsider taking herbal supplements such as ginseng, saw palmetto, and Echinacea, which can interact with cardiac drugs.
&#8220;These products are not by themselves dangerous,&#8221; said lead author, Dr. Arshad [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Doctor Warned Over Dysport Endorsement</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/18480</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:43:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Justice News Flash just reported that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sent a warning letter to Dr. Leslie Baumann, a dermatologist and clinical researcher located in Miami Beach, Florida, for promoting a medication before it received agency approval.
The agency is strengthening its efforts to stop doctors from promoting unapproved
medications and cosmetic services, said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Childhood Vaccine Linked to Increase in Lung Infection</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/18474</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:15:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A serious lung infection called pneumococcal empyema has been on the rise in children since the PCV7 vaccination was introduced in 2000, according to researchers at the University of California, Davis, Children&#8217;s Hospital. The study appears in the January issue of Pediatrics.
The PCV7 vaccine prevents the development of pneumococcal disease.  According to The New [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FDA Says Videx Has Liver Risks</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/18469</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:44:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) just issued a safety announcement alerting healthcare professionals and patients about a rare, but serious liver complication known as non-cirrhotic portal hypertension occurring in some patients using Videx or Videx EC (didanosine). Didanosine is an antiretroviral medication used to treat the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection. Videx was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Novartis Settles Trileptal Marketing Allegations</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/18452</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:14:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Novartis AG, a Swiss pharmaceutical giant, announced that its offices in the United States have reached a plea agreement with federal investigators, reported the Wall Street Journal. Allegations include criminal charges concerning how Novartis marketed its epilepsy drug Trileptal, added the Journal. Novartis will pay a $185 million fine, according to the agreement.
Both civil and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paxil, Other SSRIs Linked to Nursing Difficulties</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/18404</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:38:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have long been writing about the link between adverse health effects and SSRIs during pregnancy. As a matter-of-fact, we wrote very recently that, according to Reuters Health, expectant mothers taking certain antidepressant or anti anxiety medications could experience increased risks for premature births and other birth complications, citing a new study published in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lawsuit Alleges Botox Overdose Caused Little Girl&#8217;s Death</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/18400</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:14:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Botox overdose is being blamed for the death of a 7-year-old girl in California.  The girl died in November 2007 of respiratory failure and pneumonia, after receiving Botox injections to treat cerebral palsy.  Her mother has since filed a lawsuit against Allergan, the maker of Botox.
Last April,  the U.S. Food &#038; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rotavirus Vaccine Risky For Infants with Immune Deficiency</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/18394</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:38:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new study on the rotavirus vaccine published in the New England Journal of Medicine has found that it can sicken severely immune-deficient infants.  The study details three cases where such children actually developed rotaviral infection after vaccination.
Rotavirus is one of the most common causes of diarrhea, and the leading cause of severe, dehydrating [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NY Governor Proposes Restrictions on Drug Company Perks</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/18348</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:03:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Drug companies have recently been under fire for all the freebies they pass along to doctors in attempts to prompt prescribing of higher-cost medications. Times Union reports that New York State Governor David Patterson, is proposing more stringent rules on pharmaceutical companies.
Industry is known for giving away everything from pens and mugs to dinners and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Doctor Steps Down To Keep Drug Company Paycheck</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/18344</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:07:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lawrence M. DuBuske, a physician from Boston, had to choose between a flourishing career at a renowned Harvard teaching hospital or being paid to speak for pharmaceutical companies. According to Boston.com, Dr. DuBuske chose to remain with Big Pharma. Dr. DuBuske, an allergy and asthma specialist and Harvard Medical School instructor at Brigham and Women’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FDA Says GE&#8217;s Visipaque Web Site Misleading</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/18330</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:53:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Web site for GE Healthcare&#8217;s Visipaque imaging drug is misleading, and omits information about its risks, according to a letter the U.S. Food &#038; Drug Administration (FDA) sent to the company on January 7.  
Visipaque is used with X-rays to provide clearer images for doctors to read. Visipaque&#8217;s label includes a black box [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Antidepressants Linked to Preterm Labor, Other Birth Complications</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/18325</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:19:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have written, on a number of occasions, about the link between problems in pregnancy that are associated with antidepressants. Now, Reuters Health reports that expectant mothers taking certain antidepressant or anti anxiety medications could experience increased risks for premature births and other birth complications, citing a new study published in the American Journal of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tysabri PML Updates Set to Start Again</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/18312</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:47:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The maker of Tysabri will once again provide monthly updates regarding new cases of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, or PML, an often fatal brain infection seen in some people treated with the multiple sclerosis (MS) drug.  Biogen Idec Inc. had stopped providing the monthly PML updates last summer.
Tysabri is seen as one of the most [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Savella Should be Banned, Public Citizen Says</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/18284</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:15:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Savella (milnacipran) a drug used to treat fibromyalgia, should be banned because it has limited efficacy and carries serious risks, according to the consumer advocacy group, Public Citizen.  The group has petitioned the U.S. Food &#038; Drug Administration (FDA) for the Savella ban, pointing out that European regulators refused to approve it as a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Diet Drug Could be Banned in Europe for Heart Attack, Stroke Risk</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/18280</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:12:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The same day U.S. health regulators warned that Meridia (sibutramine) shouldn&#8217;t be given to patients with a history of heart problems, their counterparts in Europe said the popular diet drug should be banned.  The European Medicines Agency said that sibutramine &#8211; sold in Europe under several names, including Reductil, Reduxade and Zelium &#8211; should [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tamilfu User Has Severe Reaction, Now Blind</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/18270</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:13:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A 19-year-old British girl treated with Tamiflu has developed Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis.  The woman, Samantha Millard, was put on life support within 72 hours of taking Tamiflu, and is now blind.
Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis  are two forms of the skin disease that are often caused by severe reactions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meridia Not For Patients with Heart Problems, FDA Says</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/18258</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:12:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The label for the diet drug Meridia will be updated to state that it isn&#8217;t to be used in patients with a history of heart disease, including heart attacks, uncontrolled hypertension and heart-rhythm problems.  The Food &#038; Drug Administration (FDA) announced the label change following a Meridia safety review it began in November, after [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FDA Warns Of Fake Alli</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/18222</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:14:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning consumers about counterfeit Alli. The counterfeit and potentially harmful version of Alli 60 mg capsules (120 count refill kit) contains the controlled substance sibutramine.
Preliminary laboratory tests conducted by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)—the maker of the FDA approved over-the-counter weight-loss product— revealed that the counterfeit version did not contain [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Network Launched to Prevent Medication Errors</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/18162</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:18:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Medication errors kill one person per day in the U.S., and injure about 1.3 million every year, according to the U.S. Food &#038; Drug Administration.  That sad toll recently prompted two leading medical organizations to implement a  new national alert system aimed at helping to prevent dangerous and repeated medication errors.
According to their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Musclemaster.com Recalls Body Building Supplements</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/18160</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 19:38:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[MuscleMaster.com, Inc. (&#8221;MuscleMaster.com&#8221;) just announced that it is conducting a voluntary nationwide recall of all lots and expiration dates of 17 dietary supplements sold between June 1, 2009 and November 17, 2009, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) just announced.
FDA informed MuscleMaster.com that it believes that the recalled supplements contain ingredients that are steroids. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Skin Lightening Creams Putting Many at Risk</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/18151</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:56:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dermatologists say they are seeing more and more women of Hispanic and African descent suffering from complications related to the use of skin lightening creams.  According to an article in The New York Times, these skin lightening creams often contain powerful steroids and other dangerous ingredients, and are sold over-the-counter &#8211; often illegally &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Johnson &amp; Johnson Hit with Federal Kickback Charges</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/18140</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:54:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Legal News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Johnson &#038; Johnson is facing charges that it paid kickbacks to Omnicare, one of the nation&#8217;s largest nursing home chains, in order to push drugs like Risperdal and Levaquin at the chain&#8217;s facilities.  According to allegations contained in a complaint filed by the U.S. Attorneys office in Boston,  from 1999 to 2004 Johnson [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smelly Tylenol Recall Delayed, FDA Charges</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/18138</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:25:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Johnson &#038; Johnson is taking heat from  federal regulators over its recent recall of Tylenol and other over-the-counter drugs.  According to a report in the Los Angeles Times, the Food &#038; Drug Administration (FDA) has sent Johnson &#038; Johnson unit McNeil Consumer Healthcare a warning letter for taking too long to issue the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smelly Tylenol Recall Expanded to Include Motrin, Rolaids, Other OTC Meds</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/18119</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:48:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Tylenol recall announced late last year is being expanded again to include other over-the-counter drugs.  According to Johnson &#038; Johnson, the drugs, which include products like Tylenol, Motrin and Rolaids, are being recalled because they may be associated with &#8220;an unusual moldy, musty, or mildew-like odor&#8221; that has been linked with stomach illness [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Massachusetts Doctor Faces Federal Charges Over Falsified Studies</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/18117</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:15:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Scott S. Reuben, former chief of acute pain at the Bay State Hospital in Springfield, Massachusetts was just charged in federal court for falsifying medical research studies the United States Attorneys Office District of Massachusetts just announced. Among other items, Reuben falsified studies published in medical journals on pain management. The US Attorneys Office [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Illinois Woman Latest to File Zicam Lawsuit</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/18099</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:55:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another consumer who used a Zicam nasal cold remedy is suing Matrixx Initiatives, claiming the recalled product destroyed her sense of smell.
Last summer, the U.S. Food &#038; Drug Administration (FDA) said it had received 130 reports of anosmia—loss of sense of smell—in people who had used the product. Following the FDA alert, Matrixx Initiatives recalled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>North Carolina Man Says Poligrip Left Him Disabled, Plans Lawsuit</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/18079</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:39:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Denture Cream]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A North Carolina man who used Poligrip for 20 years says zinc in the denture cream caused him to become disabled.  Johnny Howell , 53, of Winston-Salem, will soon file suit against GlaxoSmithKline, the maker of Poligrip.
We&#8217;ve long been reporting on the problems linked to zinc-containing denture creams like Poligrip, as well as Fixodent. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New York Settles with Hospitals Over Drug Flushing</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/18069</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:23:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The issue of pharmaceuticals in America’s water supplies has been making news in recent months and has been discussed on a variety of occasions on this blog. Now, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo just said that a settlement has been reached between five health care facilities known to have flushed “pharmaceutical waste” into watersheds [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FDA Says Promotions for Cymbalta, Treanda, Byetta, and Mirena are Misleading</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/18062</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:40:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Drug makers Eli Lilly, Bayer, Amylin and Cephalon have all been cited by the U.S. Food &#038; Drug Administration (FDA) for misleading drug promotions.  The promotions that have attracted the FDA&#8217;s scrutiny involve Eli Lilly&#8217;s antidepressant Cymbalta, Cephalon&#8217;s Treanda, a lymphoma treatment, the diabetes drug Byetta, which is marketed jointly by Amylin and Eli [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yaz Lawsuits Could Exceed 20,000</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/18041</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:36:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[More than 20,000 lawsuits involving the Yaz birth control pill could be headed to a multidistrict litigation currently underway in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois before Judge  David R. Herndon (MDL No. 2100).
Yaz is one of the most popular contraceptives in the  U.S. In 2008, Yaz , [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wyeth Alters Rapamune Prescribing Information</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/18031</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:11:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Prescribing Information for Rapamune has been modified regarding changes in the performance of an immunoassay used for monitoring the drug.  
Rapamune oral solution and tablets are indicated for the prevention of organ rejection patients 13 years of age or older who have received kidney  transplants.  For patients who are taking Rapamune, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prempro Lawsuits Reinstated By Federal Appeals Court</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/17953</link>
		<comments>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/17953#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 19:07:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Legal News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[More than 100 lawsuits involving Prempro and other hormone replacement therapy drugs have been reinstated, thanks to a ruling by a federal appeals court.  On Wednesday, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a 2008 district court ruling that had not only dismissed the Prempro lawsuits in Arkansas federal court, but had prevented [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Procrit, Epogen and Aranesp Set for Another Safety Review</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/17930</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:04:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Procrit, Epogen and Aranesp will soon undergo another Food &#038; Drug Administration (FDA) review to re-evaluate their use in people with chronic kidney disease.  This would mark the fourth time since 2007 that Procrit, Epogen and Aranesp have undergone an advisory panel review.
Procrit, Epogen  and Aranesp are known as erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs). ESAs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Antidepressant Study Finds Drugs of Little Help to Those with Mild Depression</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/17916</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:41:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Paxil and other antidepressants may not be the best therapy for people with mild depression, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).  In many cases, they were no more effective in treating people with mild depression than placebos.
To reach this conclusion, researchers at the University of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FDA Took Tougher Stance in 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/17912</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:51:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Defective Medical Devices]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier last year we wrote that many critics of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had long complained of food and drug safety problems, corruption, conflicts of interest, and budgeting and system problems that appeared to be routine at the agency under the former administration. With the Obama administration, new leaders were put in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Harvard Hospitals Set Tough Conflict-of-Interest Policy</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/17893</link>
		<comments>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/17893#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:20:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Defective Medical Devices]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Harvard-affiliated Partners Healthcare recently instituted some tough new conflict-of-interest rules for its highest-ranking doctors and executives.  Partners Healthcare hospitals include Massachusetts General and Brigham and Women’s hospital.
The financial relationships between the medical industry and doctors have caused controversy in recent years. Critics have long held that such relationships create conflicts-of-interest, and could unduly influence [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prempro, Premarin Blamed for Virginia Woman&#8217;s Breast Cancer</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/17887</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:53:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Virginia woman has sued the maker of  Prempro and Premarin, alleging the drugs were responsible for her breast cancer.  To date, more than 10,000 women who took hormone therapy drugs have filed similar lawsuits against Wyeth, a division of Pfizer Inc.
Hormone therapy drugs like Premarin, Prempro, Premphase and Provera are used to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bausch &amp; Lomb Loses ReNu with MoistureLoc Insurance Case</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/17869</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:26:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bausch &#038; Lomb has lost another round in the legal wrangling involving its recalled ReNu with MoistureLoc Contact Lens Solution.  Last week, a federal judge ruled in favor of one of Bausch &#038; Lomb&#8217;s insurers, Lexington Co., making it unlikely that the insurer will have to foot the bill for claims stemming from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Long Island Man Says Zicam Robbed Him of Sense Of Smell</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/17855</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:20:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another consumer is saying that a Zicam nasal cold remedy caused him to lose his sense of smell as well as 60 pounds, reports the New York Post. The man, from Long Island, New York, said that food “has lost its taste,” quoted the Post, citing a federal lawsuit.
Frank Catalano, 57, of Huntington, New York, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Morning Sickness Remedy May Contain Lead,  Arsenic</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/17844</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:16:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nzu, a traditional morning sickness remedy, has been found to be tainted with high levels of lead and arsenic.  According to a press release from the Texas Department of State Health Services, consumers should avoid using Nzu, especially pregnant or breast feeding women.
Nzu generally resembles balls of clay or mud and also is called [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FDA to Study Effect Of Prescription Drugs on Pregnant Women</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/17771</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:10:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Concerns]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new research program called the Medication Exposure in Pregnancy Risk Evaluation Program (MEPREP) will fund research to study the effects of prescription medications used during pregnancy, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) just announced. The program is a collaboration among the FDA and researchers at the HMO Research Network Center for Education and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Study Says Ginkgo Biloba Doesn&#8217;t Work</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/17763</link>
		<comments>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/17763#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:17:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Concerns]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have been writing for some time that none of the existing scientific evidence surrounding ginkgo biloba justifies the outrageous claims many manufacturers make about these supplements.
Many small studies to evaluate ginkgo biloba&#8217;s mental benefits have been conducted with mixed results. Now, the largest and longest study of its kind to look into ginkgo biloba—the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Faulty Disinfectant Use Could Lead to Antibiotic Resistance</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/17761</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:07:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The improper use of the disinfectant benzalkonium chloride, could cause some germs to develop antibiotic resistance, Business Week just reported, citing emerging research published in the January issue of the journal Microbiology.
According to Business Week, the findings do not fault proper disinfectant use and have only been found in laboratory testing. &#8220;It is OK to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Tylenol Arthritis Pain Caplets Recalled</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/17738</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:45:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Defective Products]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pharmaceuticals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Product Recalls]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recall of Tylenol Arthritis Pain Caplets has been expanded to include all available product lots of Tylenol Arthritis Pain Caplet 100 count bottles, with the distinctive red EZ-OPEN CAP. 
 In November, Johnson &#038; Johnson&#8217;s McNeil Consumer Healthcare unit recalled 5 lots of  this Tylenol product because of reports of an unusual moldy, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OsmoPrep Lawsuit Alleges Bowel Cleanser Caused Acute Kidney Damage</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/17719</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 14:01:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Four users of OsmoPrep,  a prescription oral sodium phosphate (OSP) product, have filed suit against Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd., and Salix Pharmaceuticals, Inc.  The OsmoPrep lawsuit, which was filed in Burke County, N.C., alleges that the four plaintiffs suffered acute kidney damage due to the use of this bowel cleansing product.
The  complaint alleges [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Byetta Must Undergo Additional Safety Studies, FDA Says</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/17694</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:31:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Byetta, Amylin Pharmaceuticals&#8217; type 2 diabetes drug, is undergoing more safety studies.  The Food &#038; Drug Administration (FDA) is requiring the additional Byetta studies to asses the drug&#8217;s risk of  inflammation of the pancreas, acute renal failure and  thyroid neoplasms.  
Byetta was approved  in 2005 to help type 2 diabetics [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EPA Shifts Stance On Drugs In Water</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/17678</link>
		<comments>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/17678#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:34:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The issue with drug residue turning up in water supplies has been covered in this blog many times. This problem represents a significant and growing environmental crisis with potential negative ramifications to human and animal health.
The Associated Press (AP) recently reported that many communities do not test for drugs in drinking water and those that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Swine Flu Vaccine Recalled</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/17670</link>
		<comments>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/17670#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:04:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the second time this month, a swine flu vaccine is being recalled because it may lack potency.  This latest recall involves  4.7 million doses of the MedImmune&#8217;s nasal spray vaccine.
According to MedImmune&#8217;s recall notice, most of the recalled swine flu vaccine was given out in October and November, and would have been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Progress in Yaz, Yasmin MDL</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/17663</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:48:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The multidistrict litigation involving Yaz and Yasmin is moving ahead.  At a recent status conference, the judge overseeing the litigation discussed the establishment of &#8220;bellwether&#8221; trials with attorneys for both plaintiffs and defendants.
Yaz and Yasmin and a generic birth control pill called Ocella are all made  with a type of progestin called drospirenone, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New NIH Ethics Rules Could Require More Disclosure from Researchers</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/17638</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:57:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Defective Medical Devices]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Biomedical researchers who receive funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) may soon have to disclose their financial ties with drug and medical device makers under new ethics rules to be proposed next month.
Institutions that receive NIH funding are supposed track such financial relationships; however, recent investigations by Senator Charles Grassley, R-Iowa,  indicate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vicks Dayquil Recalled Because of Child Resistant Cap Problems</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/17617</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:07:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A large recall—about 700,000—Vicks Dayquil Cold &#038; Flu 24-Count Bonus Pack Liquicaps manufactured by The Procter &#038; Gamble Co., of Cincinnati, Ohio, has just been announced by the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission.
The cold and flu medicine contains acetaminophen and is not in child-resistant packaging and lacks the statement, “This Package for Households Without Young [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meridia Being Reviewed in Europe For Increased Stroke, Heart Attack Risk</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/17609</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:14:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pharmaceuticals]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[European regulators are warning that Meridia, Abbott Laboratories&#8217; popular diet drug, should be used with caution because it may be tied to an increased risk of heart attack and stroke.  The announcement by the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) comes nearly a month after the U.S. Food &#038; Drug Administration (FDA) said it was reviewing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GE Using UK Libel Laws to Shield Omniscan from Criticism, Doctor Claims</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/17597</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:26:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gadolinium]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[General Electric has been accused of trying to stifle criticism of its Omniscan gadolinium contrast dye by a Danish radiologist who warned it was associated with nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF) in 2007.  According to an article in The Guardian, Henrik Thomsen claims  a subsidiary of General Electric has sued him under the United [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CDC Vaccine Advisors Were Cozy with Medical Industry, Report Says</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/17579</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:49:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Advisors on flu and cervical cancer vaccines for  the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) have not being screened for financial conflicts as well as they could be, according to an article in  The New York Times.  
The financial relationships between the medical industry and doctors have caused controversy in recent years. Critics [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SSRI Antidepressants May Up Stroke Risk After Menopause</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/17566</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:25:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Legal News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Post-menopausal women taking selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressants have a small, though statistically higher risk of stroke, according to a newly published study.  SSRIs include the drugs Prozac, Paxil, Zoloft, Lexapro, and Celexa.
Antidepressant use in the US has more than quintupled since the early 1990s, and SSRIs have  replaced older medications called [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cleviprex Recalled For Particulate Matter</title>
		<link>http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/17564</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:57:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pharmaceuticals]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Medicines Company just announced that it is voluntarily recalling 11 lots of Cleviprex ® (clevidipine butyrate) injectable emulsion due to the potential presence of visible particulate matter which was observed in some vials during a routine annual inspection, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said.
The affected Cleviprex lots are:
•	61-978-DW, 61-979-DW, and 61-980-DW: Exp. [...]]]></description>
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