Blog Posts in 2014

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  • FDA Delays Issuing New Generic Drug Label Rule
    FDA Delays Issuing New Generic Drug Label Rule

    A new proposed rule that will allow generic drug makers to update their own safety warnings on labels has been delayed until the fall of 2015. The new rule has been labeled as “controversial” because ...

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  • Takata Believes Evidence Doesn't Support National Recall
    Takata Believes Evidence Doesn't Support National Recall

    A December 3 rd news report stated Takata Corporation defied a U.S. safety agency's demand for a recall of potentially deadly driver's side airbags. This refusal to recall the airbags leaves many ...

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  • Morcellators Get Black Box Warning
    Morcellators Get Black Box Warning

    Laparoscopic power morcellators, used during hysterectomies and for the removal of uterine fibroids, have been given a Black Box warning by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). After nearly ...

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  • 30,000 Pounds of Chicken Kiev Recalled over Salmonella Concerns
    30,000 Pounds of Chicken Kiev Recalled over Salmonella Concerns

    If you have uneaten chicken kiev in your freezer, don’t eat it until you verify that it was not included in a recent recall. On October 24, 2014, the USDA Food Safety & Inspection Service issued a ...

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  • Research Sheds Light on Benicar Abdominal Pain
    Research Sheds Light on Benicar Abdominal Pain

    Recent studies indicate that abdominal pain associated with Benicar, may be related solely to that drug rather than being a side effect of all angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs)- drugs designed to ...

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  • Takata and Honda Subjected to Class Action Lawsuits Alleging Destroyed Documents and Defects
    Takata and Honda Subjected to Class Action Lawsuits Alleging Destroyed Documents and Defects

    Takata, the manufacturer of millions of airbags across the world, recently refused to take the recommendation of the NHTSA to expand the recall outside of high-humidity areas, stating airbags in other ...

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