World’s largest drug maker, Pfizer, persuaded a Pennsylvania appeals court to review an $8.6 million punitive damages award to a woman who blamed her breast cancer on Pfizer’s menopause drugs.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court agreed to hear...
FDA Investigates Serious Bleeding Events with Pradaxa
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on December 7th that it will be evaluating post-marketing reports of serious bleeding events in patients taking Pradaxa, Boehringer Ingelheim (dabigatran).
Pradaxa is an anticoagulant (blood...
Two Kinds of Birth Control Pills Have Higher Risk of Blood Clot Than Others: Health Canada
Toronto – Health Canada has asked Pharmaceutical giant Bayer to revise labels on two popular birth control pills (YAZ and Yasmin) after concluding that use of these pills is linked to higher rates of blood clots than had been noted in other...