Recent drug shortages of amoxicillin, Tamiflu and now infant and Children's Tylenol have caused concern among parents and pediatricians, but Northwestern Medicine pharmacist Dr. Sterling Elliott said "we've been seeing and ...
Dec 8, 2022
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Human errors at a manufacturing plant forced Johnson & Johnson to throw out 15 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine—enough to vaccinate 7% of the U.S. adult population.
Apr 2, 2021
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U.S. health regulators are telling drugmakers to immediately pull their popular heartburn drugs off the market after determining that a contamination issue with the medications poses a greater risk than previously thought.
Apr 1, 2020
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U.S. health officials said Friday they are investigating low levels of a potentially dangerous contaminant in the popular heartburn medication Zantac and related generic drugs.
Sep 13, 2019
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More frequent rotation of plant inspectors at medical device manufacturing facilities could benefit consumers and lead to fewer product recalls. That's the finding of a seven-year review of Food and Drug Administration inspections ...
Sep 26, 2017
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(HealthDay)—Lab tests have found bacteria in two other medical products made by the Massachusetts-based specialty pharmacy at the center of an ongoing fungal meningitis outbreak, U.S. Food and Drug Administration officials ...
Nov 2, 2012
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Studies by researchers at Dominican University of California show that breast cancer cells become increasingly aggressive the longer they are exposed to small concentrations of cadmium, a heavy metal commonly found in cosmetics, ...
Apr 23, 2012
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(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration is warning patients about a potential mix-up between powerful prescription pain drugs and common over-the-counter medications like Excedrin and Gas-X made at a Novartis manufacturing ...
Jan 9, 2012
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Drugs produced in offshore manufacturing plants -- even those run by U.S. manufacturers -- pose a greater quality risk than those prepared in the mainland United States, a new study suggests.
Sep 6, 2011
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AstraZeneca on Wednesday denied reports it was stockpiling coronavirus vaccines in the EU to export to Britain, after Italian inspectors found 29 million doses in a manufacturing plant.
Mar 24, 2021
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