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Pradaxa Reversal Agent Approved

November 3, 2015

In 2010, the FDA approved the prescription blood-thinning drug Pradaxa (dabigatran) to prevent stroke and systemic blood clots in patients with atrial fibrillation, as well as for the treatment and prevention of deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. On October 16, 2015, the FDA granted acc[...]

$12.2M Oregon Medical Malpractice Verdict For Brain Damage Due To Medication Error

October 22, 2015

On October 19, 2015, an Oregon medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of a 56-year-old man who suffered a massive and permanent brain injury as a result of a medication overdose in an Oregon hospital following a surgical procedure. When the man developed ventricular fibrillation f[...]

14 Indicted In Connection With NECC Fungal Meningitis Outbreak

December 20, 2014

According to a press release issued by the U.S. Department of Justice, a 131-count criminal indictment was unsealed on December 17, 2014 in connection with the 2012 nationwide fungal meningitis outbreak traced back to the New England Compounding Center (“NECC”). The owner/head pharmac[...]

Pharmaceutical Company Recalls Empty Gabapentin Capsules

December 5, 2014

On November 21, 2014, the pharmaceutical company Aurobindo Pharma USA announced its voluntary recall of a particular lot (GESB14011-A, expiration date 12/2015) of its Gabapentin Capsules, USP 300 mg 100-count bottles because the lot has been found to contain some empty capsules. The capsules have[...]

Was The FDA Too Slow To React To New Jersey Pharmaceutical Company Distributing Allegedly Contaminated Products?

October 18, 2014

The FDA announced that on October 2, 2014, a complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, seeking a permanent injunction to stop Pharmaceutical Innovations Inc., a New Jersey pharmaceutical that manufactures and distributes ultrasound, mammography, and electro[...]

Florida’s Crack Down On Pill Mills Results In Substantial Reduction In Drug Overdose Deaths

July 25, 2014

The CDC earlier this month reported on the successes of Florida’s regulatory efforts to reduce drug overdose deaths in response to the proliferation of pain clinics in Florida since 2007, which were prescribing large quantities of drugs for pain with little medical justification and were being[...]

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