Category Archives: Food And Drug Admnistration

Drug shortages at all-time high

By doris | Published: June 12, 2011

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — The number of drug shortages is at a record high, and the Food and Drug Administration is warning that they are getting even worse. Fueling the problem are shortages of raw materials. Also, drugmakers are discontinuing older, and off-patent drugs in favor of newer and more profitable [...]

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U.S. takes over three Tylenol plants

By doris | Published: March 10, 2011

Full Story atmoney.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — The government is taking over three Tylenol plants following a blizzard of drug recalls and a Food and Drug Administration criminal investigation into safety issues at the factories. The FDA and the Justice Department on Thursday took action against McNeil PPC and two of its executives — its [...]

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Former egg farm workers say complaints ignored

By doris | Published: September 3, 2010

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com DES MOINES, Iowa – U.S. Agriculture Department employees worked full-time at two Iowa egg farms at the center of a salmonella outbreak and massive recall, but two former workers said they ignored complaints about conditions at one site. The USDA employees worked next to areas where roughly 7.7 million caged hens [...]

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Tylenol recall: Serious side effects investigated

By doris | Published: May 26, 2010

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — The Food and Drug Administration is looking into reports of at least 775 serious side effects from drugs recalled by McNeil, a division of Johnson & Johnson, according to a source close to a Congressional investigation. Included in the reports were 30 deaths, nearly all of which [...]

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