Posts Tagged ‘Update’


FDA Recall Alerts: Hospira Issues a Voluntary Nationwide Recall of One Lot Of 0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection, Usp, 100 Ml, Flexible Containers Due to Particulate – Revised to Update Stericycle Phone Number

Hospira, Inc. (NYSE: HSP), announced today that last August it initiated a voluntary nationwide user-level recall of one lot of 0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection, USP, 100 mL, Flexible Container, NDC 0409-7984-23. This action was due to one confirmed customer report where four separate particulate issues were identified in four individual flexible containers. Food and Drug [...]

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FDA New Drugs Feed: FDA Drug Safety Communication: Safety review update of codeine use in children; new Boxed Warning and Contraindication on use after tonsillectomy and/or adenoidectomy

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is updating the public about new actions being taken to address a known safety concern with codeine use in certain children after tonsillectomy and/or adenoidectomy (surgery to remove the tonsils and/or adenoids). What’s New: Drugs RSS Feed

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FDA New Drugs Feed: FDA Drug Safety Communication: Safety review update of Chantix (varenicline) and risk of cardiovascular adverse events

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is informing the public about the results of a large, combined analysis (called a meta-analysis) of clinical trials that compared patients who received the smoking cessation drug Chantix (varenicline) to patients who received a placebo (an inactive treatment). What’s New: Drugs RSS Feed

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FDA New Drugs Feed: FDA Drug Safety Communication: Update on the risk for serious bleeding events with the anticoagulant Pradaxa

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has evaluated new information about the risk of serious bleeding associated with use of the anticoagulants (blood thinners) dabigatran (Pradaxa) and warfarin (Coumadin, Jantoven, and generics). What’s New: Drugs RSS Feed

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FDA New Drugs Feed: Update on Fungal Meningitis

Update on Fungal Meningitis What’s New: Drugs RSS Feed

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