If you've ever had trouble affording your medications and wanted to call your doctor on it, here's some encouraging news: Doctors aren't pleased about the prices either. Denouncing "profiteering" by pharmaceutical companies, more than 100 ...
Many retailers offer discount prices on generics that may be cheaper than your co-pay. We asked our Secret Shoppers to price common generic drugs at more than 200 pharmacies around the U.S. and they found some real deals if you use cash or ...
Superstorm Sandy devastated not just homes and property, but people's ability to get needed health care, too. A quarter of the people in our survey of online subscribers in Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York said Sandy caused medical ...
Emergency-room visits stemming from Ambien, Edluar, Zolpimist, and other insomnia drugs containing zolpidem have more than tripled in recent years, according to a new report. Zolpidem is an effective insomnia treatment, but it can ...
About a year after they expire. In most cases, prescription-drug expiration dates are one year to five years from the date they were made. But some pills can actually keep for a decade or even longer, research suggests. "Except for ...
Navidea Biopharmaceuticals has launched its Lymphoseek (technetium Tc 99m tilmanocept) Injection in the US. The injection is used in lymphatic mapping procedures that help in the diagnostic evaluation of potential cancer spread for ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Raptor's Procysbi (cysteamine bitartrate) delayed release capsules for the treatment of nephropathic cystinosis in adults and children six years and older. Studies have shown that ...
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US-based nutraceutical company Xymogen has announced the recall of artriphen, a product recommended for the support of healthy joint function, as it contains traces of the allergens soy and milk, which were not included in the product's ...
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Krinos Foods is voluntarily recalling its Tahini sesame paste in the US as it may be contaminated with Salmonella. The possibility for contamination was noted after the Michigan Department of Agriculture conducted routine testing on a ...
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Respicardia, a US-based implantable therapies developer, has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of an Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) to begin the pivotal trial of remedē System. The trial will ...
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Mauna Kea Technologies has received 510(k) clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its AQ-Flex 19 miniprobe. AQ-Flex 19 miniprobe is used to provide real-time optical biopsies during endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine ...
Canada-based pharmaceutical company Apotex, on behalf of the manufacturer Hospira, has issued a voluntary recall of 15 lots of Piperacillin and Tazobactam for Injection, USP 40.5 grams, in the US. The affected lots of Piperacillin and ...
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GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has submitted a new drug application (NDA) to the US FDA for umeclidinium bromide (UMEC) monotherapy 62.5mcg to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The investigational once-daily UMEC, administered ...
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NinePoint Medical has received an additional 510(k) clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its NvisionVLE Imaging System. The approval will expand the system's indication to include imaging of esophageal tissue ...
Sorin Group has received an investigational device exemption (IDE) approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to commence a clinical study of its PERCEVAL S sutureless aortic tissue valve. The bioprosthetic valve is designed ...