Keyword: Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

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Ranbaxy Halts Generic Lipitor Production After Recall

30.11.2012 - Indian generic drugmaker Ranbaxy Laboratories will stop manufacturing its version of Pfizer's cholesterol fighter, Lipitor, while it gets to the bottom of the cause of a recent...

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India's Ranbaxy Recalls Generic Lipitor in U.S.

23.11.2012 - Ranbaxy Laboratories, India's top drugmaker by sales, said it has recalled its cholesterol-lowering drug atorvastatin in the United States, a generic version of Lipitor that...

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Roche Offers Compromise in Flu Drug Row

22.11.2012 - Roche has offered an olive branch to scientific critics in a bid to end a bitter row over blockbuster flu drug Tamiflu that has led to calls for a boycott of the Swiss drugmaker's...

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Social Media in Pharmaceutical Companies

21.11.2012 - Getting in Touch - Big, diverse and powerful, social networks have transformed the way we communicate. With four out of five Internet users actively using social media, industries...

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Novartis CEO Says U.S. Plant Gets FDA Clearance

09.11.2012 - Swiss drugmaker Novartis's plant in Colorado, has just passed an inspection by U.S. regulators, giving it hope that quality control problems in its North American plants are being...

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Drugmaker Boehringer Settles Marketing Claim for $95 Million

26.10.2012 - Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals agreed to pay $95 million to U.S. government agencies to settle civil allegations that it illegally marketed drugs for unapproved uses, the U.S...

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ThromboGenics Says Main Drug Cleared for U.S. Launch

18.10.2012 - U.S. health regulators have approved ThromboGenics's main drug, eye treatment Jetrea, clearing the way for the Belgian biotechnology company to make sustainable profits...

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FDA Reviewers Spot Safety Concerns With Sanofi, Isis Lipid Drug

17.10.2012 - U.S. drug reviewers flagged several safety concerns, including possible cancer risks, related to Sanofi and Isis Pharmaceuticals's lipid disorder drug Kynamro, sending Isis's...