The Wall Street Journal (9/27, Gryta) reports Amgen Inc. has recalled some lots of anemia drugs Epogen [epoetin alfa] and Procrit. The drugs sold by Johnson & Johnson have been recalled due to concerns they may contain glass flakes that are very thin. Amgen said the issue came about as a result of the interaction … Read more
If you have Diabetes or know someone who has the disease, you’ll want to read this announcement about Avandia. The New York Times reported that in a highly unusual coordinated announcement, drug regulators in Europe and the United States said Thursday that Avandia, the controversial diabetes medicine, would no longer be widely available.The drug’s sales … Read more
Parents, please take note… The CBS Evening News (9/22, story 7, 0:15, Couric) reported, “There’s a new food recall today, the makers of Similac are voluntarily recalling five million containers of powdered baby formula across the US, Guam and the Caribbean. Some were found to contain insects.” The Chicago Tribune (9/23), citing Abbott, says … Read more
On its website, ABC News (9/22, Carollo) reported, “A former Food and Drug Administration official who helped get the vision correction surgery LASIK approved back in the 1990s but later spoke out against the procedure is taking his concerns directly to current regulators at the FDA.” Yesterday, “Morris Waxler, who is now an independent … Read more
Parents, nothing against Chuck E. Cheese, but if you’ve taken your kids there recently, then you need to read this. In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada, CEC Entertainment, Inc., of Irving, Texas, is voluntarily recalling about 1,100,000 Light-up Rings and 120,000 Star Glasses. If crushed or pulled apart, the … Read more
The New York Times (9/20) editorializes that annual earnings data released last Thursday by the Census Bureau show that “full-time women employees still make, on average, only 77 cents for every dollar earned by men,” confirming “a lingering gender gap that depresses women’s pay by thousands of dollars,” which “poses an immediate challenge for … Read more
If you take Actos for diabetes, read this. The Wall Street Journal (9/20, Dooren) reports that on Sept. 17, the Food and Drug Administration has begun a safety review of the Actos drug injury reports that have been made, examining possible links between longer term exposure to the drug and an increased risk for … Read more
Parents, you may want to keep an eye out for this if you use New Pampers. The AP (9/2) reported that The US Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada haven’t yet found a link between Pampers Dry Max diapers and some babies’ unusually severe diaper rash. Claims that the new version of Procter … Read more
The Kansas City Business Journal (9/13, Van Dyke) reports, “Even as medicine has advanced, the number of medical errors – conditions and injuries obtained in the hospital – has hovered around 1 million a year. These errors cost the system, especially hospitals, billions of dollars a year.” A study “published this year by the … Read more
The Associated Press (9/14, Perrone) reports that “Almost a year after studies showed the diet pill Meridia [sibutramine] increases heart attack and stroke risk, US health regulators announced they will consider pulling the Abbott Laboratories’ drug off the market.” Do you use this dietary supplement? If so data “released in November showed patients with … Read more
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