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Bayer Pays $402 Million to Settle Yasmin® Blood Clot Lawsuits
Bayer Pays $402 Million to Settle Yasmin® Blood Clot Lawsuits Pharmaceutical company Bayer said it agreed to pay more than $402 million to settle lawsuits involving its popular birth control pill...
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Drug Safety Advocates Say FDA Approved Pradaxa® Too Early
Drug safety advocates are accusing the FDA of approving new medications too fast. In a recent article published by the Journal of the American Medical Association, for example, drug safety advocates...
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FTC Closes Investigation into Deal over "Yasmin®" Patent
U.S. antitrust regulators closed its four-year investigation into a deal made between Bayer Pharmaceuticals and Barr Laboratories, purchased by Teva, in 2008 regarding Bayer’s "Yasmin®" patent. When...
View ArticlePharma Firm Wins Freedom of Speech Argument
A Court of Appeals panel ruled on Monday in favor of a drug company representative who had been convicted previously for promoting a drug for an “off-label” use. The court overturned the conviction,...
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FDA Alerts Medical Practices about Unapproved Products
The FDA recently issued a warning about unapproved drugs which may be dangerous. According to an alert issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), more than 350 medical practices may have...
View ArticleFDA Warns of Impaired Driving from Sleeping Pills
The FDA sent out a warning letter today stating that use of the popular sleeping aide, zolpidem, could impair a person’s ability to drive the next morning. The FDA said it is particularly concerned...
View ArticleSupreme Court to Hear Generic Drug Safety Case
A generic drug company is appealing to the Supreme Court to reverse the decision of a court of appeals regarding a drug that severely injured a patient. The patient is 53-year-old Karen Bartlett from...
View ArticleWhose Genes Are They?
Who owns the rights to your genetic material? Since the genes come from you, you might say you have patent rights to your genes. But, if a researcher uses your genes to further studies of a disease or...
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