Drug Alerts

Generic manufacturers are to be given a free rein to make cheap copies of Johnson & Johnson’s HIV/AIDS drug Prezista… »   

At the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, pharmacists are using old-fashioned paper spreadsheets to track their stock of drugs in… »   

Swiss drugmaker Roche said on Friday that fake versions of its cancer drug Avastin had been found in Syria in… »   

Pfizer Inc said it recalled 191,000 bottles of its top-selling Lipitor cholesterol fighter following reports of a musty odor coming… »   

Middle-aged men sit around looking forlorn, while their shadows appear to be having all the fun. The men are moody,… »   

Last month’s recall of Johnson & Johnson’s liquid children’s medicines is just the latest evidence of what U.S. health… »   

Production and sale of counterfeit drugs is on the rise in rich and poor countries, with more unwary consumers buying… »   

The United States still has 71 million doses of H1N1 swine flu vaccine that have not been used, but it… »   

Vivus Inc. said Friday a Food and Drug Administration review panel will discuss its obesity drug candidate Qnexa on July… »   

Pierre Fabre has launched Javlor (vinflunine) as monotherapy for the treatment of adult patients with advanced or metastatic transitional cell… »   

Is it time for all community-based doctors to turn to e-prescribing to cut down on the number of medication errors?… »   

Two television commercials for Eisai Co Ltd and Pfizer Inc’s Alzheimer’s drug Aricept are misleading because they suggest the therapy… »   

The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) is standing by its decision to stockpile and widely distribute neuraminidase inhibitors such… »   

Swiss scientists have found a new class of antibiotics, offering drug developers a fresh weapon in the fight against multi-drug… »   

Western Europeans spend an estimated 10.5 billion euros ($14.3 billion) a year on illicitly sourced medicines, many of them counterfeit,… »