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Is The American Psychiatric Association Influenced By Drug Manufacturer Money?
Posted by David Mittleman |
July 15, 2008 9:37 AM

It is common knowledge doctors receive all sorts of free gifts from drug manufacturers, including pens, paper, and coffee mugs, among many other gifts. Since the gifts are so common place...

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Drive-Through Pharmacy Windows: Convenience or Prescription for Error?
Posted by David Mittleman |
July 14, 2008 2:59 PM

A new study authored by Sheryl Szeinbach, a professor at the Ohio State University, indicates that pharmacists who work at pharmacies with drive-through windows believe the additional distractions...

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Medical Mixups; Hospital Prescription Drug Error Can Lead to Deaths
Posted by David Mittleman |
July 14, 2008 9:07 AM

We have been aware of the shocking reality that 98,000 hospitalized patients die each year in the United States due to error for nearly a decade. What has been done? Recently two of fourteen babies...

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FDA Imposes "Black Box" Warning on Cipro
Posted by David Mittleman |
July 08, 2008 6:13 PM

The Federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced today that the manufactures of Cipro and similar antibiotics would have to include a "black box" warning on their products. According to the...

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Broken FDA Charged With Protecting America From Dangerous Drugs and Medical Devices
Posted by Devon Glass |
July 08, 2008 5:12 PM

How many of you remember George W. Bush saying, while campaigning for the 2000 election, he was going to usher in an era of personal responsibility? How many of you believe personal...

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FDA Announces Plan To Increase Drug Safety
Posted by Devon Glass |
May 23, 2008 3:26 PM

The FDA announced a joint effort with Medicare to help monitor and track dangerous prescription drugs and medical devices. This joint effort is called the Sentinel Initiative, and it utilizes...

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FDA Shuts Down Texas Seafood Processing Plant
Posted by David Mittleman |
May 18, 2008 12:15 PM

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it was shutting down Hope Food Supply for its failure to take adequate steps to prevent bacterial contamination of its smoked seafood...

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FDA Announces Digitek (Digoxin) Recall
Posted by David Mittleman |
May 16, 2008 9:16 AM

On April 25, 2008, Actavis Totowa LLC announced a recall of all lots of a drug known as Digitek sold under the Bertek and UDL Laboratories labels. Digitek, known in its generic form as digoxin, is a...

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Texas Court of Appeals Reverses Vioxx Verdict
Posted by Devon Glass |
May 14, 2008 10:09 PM

The Texas Court of Appeals today reversed a jury verdict against Vioxx manufacturer Merck. Just over two years ago, a Texas jury awarded 71-year old widow Leonel Garza $7 million for compensatory...

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Michigan Drug Industry Immunity Must End, or It Could Start Catastrophic Nationwide Trend
Posted by David Mittleman |
April 25, 2008 2:57 PM

As has been widely reported, Michigan has granted a shield of immunity to drug manufacturers whose products have been approved by the Federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This absolute...

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2007-2008 Flu Season Worse Than Usual
Posted by David Mittleman |
April 18, 2008 11:46 AM

Although it always seems like the current year's flu season is always worse than the last, this year it may actually be true. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the...

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Drug Manufacturers Close to Nationwide Immunity
Posted by Devon Glass |
April 08, 2008 4:31 PM

If you owned a company that manufactured prescription drugs, what could be better than having complete immunity from legal action if any of your products caused harm? If you live in Michigan, that...

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