Carcinogen in Zantac and Its Generics Triggers Probes by FDA, EU September 13, 2019 By Anna Edney and John Lauerman Global health regulators sounded a coordinated alarm about the possibility that a stomach drug taken by millions of people could...
Drugmaker Insys Wins Bankruptcy Court Approval to Sell Off Opioid September 10, 2019 By Nate Raymond Drugmaker Insys Therapeutics Inc on Thursday won court approval to sell its flagship fentanyl spray to a buyer who agreed...
FDA Proposes Graphic Warnings on Cigarette Packs, Advertisements August 16, 2019 By Manas Mishra The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has proposed that cigarette packs carry graphic new health warnings including pictures and text...
Novartis Drug Data Allegations Revive Questions Over Ethics August 7, 2019 By Michelle Fay Cortez, Anna Edney and James Paton Concern over Novartis AG’s corporate culture returned to the spotlight after U.S. regulators said the Swiss drugmaker delayed disclosing manipulation...
Allergan Stop Selling Some Breast Implants After Cancer Tie July 24, 2019 By Myah Ward Allergan Plc will stop selling some breast implants after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said that textured implants had...
FDA Targets Curaleaf in Crackdown on CBD Marketing July 23, 2019 The most valuable marijuana company in the U.S. is under fire for how it’s marketing and selling CBD, the trendy...
Quality Failures at Generic Drug Maker Put Patients at Risk, FDA Warns July 10, 2019 By Anna Edney and Jef Feeley Manufacturing problems at Akorn Inc.’s New Jersey plant “pose a risk to patients,” U.S. regulators have warned the embattled generic-drug...
Dairy Industry Wants You to Know Vegan ‘Butter’ Isn’t Actual Butter June 17, 2019 By Deena Shanker and Lydia Mulvany Miyoko Schinner is a perfect illustration of the American dream. To the U.S. dairy industry, however, she is something altogether...
J&J ‘Did Everything’ to Push Opioids, Oklahoma Witness Says June 12, 2019 By Andrew Harris and Jef Feeley Oklahoma’s star witness told a state judge that Johnson & Johnson pressed doctors to prescribe its painkillers even as the...
Opioid Manufacturer Insys Files for Bankruptcy after Kickback Probe June 10, 2019 Drugmaker Insys Therapeutics Inc filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday amid mounting expenses driven by a U.S. Justice Department probe...