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Merck Puts Some of Their Gardasil Cash To Work

Merck to buy Schering-Plough in $41 billion deal Reported by David Jolly Publ With the purchase, Merck is expanding its franchise in cardiovascular, respiratory and oncology drugs and shoring up its research pipeline, in particular with a Schering-Plough product called TRA, a promising drug designed to prevent blood  clotting. In addition, Merck will benefit from the [...]

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FDA Unveils List of 20 Drugs In Side-Effect Probes

Goal Is to Provide Signs of Possibility Of Adverse Effect By JARED A. FAVOLE Wall Street Journal WASHINGTON  The Food and Drug Administration on Friday unveiled a report listing 20 drugs that the agency is investigating for potential side effects, as part of a new policy to warn patients and health-care professionals as early [...]

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Urgent Voluntary Nationwide Recall Of Infants’ Mylicon Gas Relief Dye Free Drops

Recall — Firm Press Release FDA posts press releases and other notices of recalls and market withdrawals from the firms involved as a service to consumers, the media, and other interested parties. FDA does not endorse either the product or the company. Johnson and Johnson–Merck Consumer Pharmaceuticals Company Announces Urgent Voluntary Nationwide Recall Of Infants’ [...]

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Supreme Court To Consider Federal Pre-Emption In Wyeth V. Levine

The U.S. Supreme Court next week will begin hearing the case of Wyeth v. Levine, which centers on the question of whether FDA approval of a drug warning label pre-empts product safety suits brought in state courts, the Wall Street Journal reports (Mundy/Wang, Wall Street Journal, 10/27). The case involves Diana Levine, who lost her [...]

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FDA Unveils List of 20 Drugs In Side-Effect Probes

Goal Is to Provide Signs of Possibility Of Adverse Effects By JARED A. FAVOLE WSJ.com, September 5, 2008 8:07 p.m. WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration on Friday unveiled a report listing 20 drugs that the agency is investigating for potential side effects, as part of a new policy to warn patients and health-care [...]

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