The U.S. Department of Justice has sued drug manufacturer Actavis, seeking a permanent injunction against its subsidiary that makes the recalled heart drug Digitek. According to this Bloomberg News report U.S. regulators took the action on behalf of the Food and Drug Administration against the Actavis Totowa LLS subsidiary in…
Last week, pharmaceutical company Actavis Totowa LLC recalled all lots of its prescription heart drug, Digitek, because some of the drug’s tablets might contain twice the approved level of the active ingredient. According to an article in The Chicago Tribune, people have become sick or injured after taking the drug,…
The big news this morning is that pharmaceutical giant Merck is handing out Vioxx claimants what could well be the biggest payout in the history of civil cases. Company officials today approved a $4.85 billion settlement to make payments out to almost 50,000 claims filed against the company involving the…
MRI scans are as common as x-rays these days. But here is a news report that will make you think twice before you enter the belly of that scanner. On Wednesday the Food and Drug Administration issued a statement asking manufacturers of certain contrast agents, used in patients who get…
A Dallas pharmacy company erroneously made a drug 10 times more potent than intended, killing three people who received it at an Oregon clinic, according to the state medical examiner’s report. ApotheCure Inc., a drug compounding pharmacy company, said an employee committed a weighing error in making the drug colchicine,…