Posts Tagged ‘“Food and Drug Administration”’
$894 Million to Settle Drug Lawsuits
Drug giant, Pfizer, has reached an agreement that will ultimately settle most of the lawsuits filed against the company over the side effects of two of it’s drugs, Celebrex and Bextra. It expects that the $894 million dollar agreement will settle more than 90 percent of the claims filed because the drugs are alleged to…
Read MoreSalmonella Infections Now Over 1000
The current salmonella outbreak which has been linked to certain types of raw tomatoes – red round, plum and Roma – has now affected over 1000 people. This makes it the worst food-borne outbreak in over ten years and now the Centers for Disease control and Prevention are urging people at high risk not to…
Read MoreNew Human Trial for Blood Substitute?
Biopure Corporation in Cambridge Massachusetts announced that it has had discussions with the Food and Drug Administration about starting a new human trial for it’s Hemopure product, a product already approved to treat anemia in dogs. The product is already approved for human testing in Europe and South Africa and has been for sale commercially…
Read MoreWill New Study Find Cancer Cure??
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center scientists will be conducting a trial to test a new cancer treatment which has promise of eradicating cancer in humans. The treatment involves getting specific white cells from select donors and infusing the white cells into patients who have advanced forms of cancer. This new trial, approved by the…
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