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Inferior, shoddy workmanship is the norm for way too many companies. Quality should never be compromised, but when it is, watch Americas Watchdog pound our nail into the right spot.
May 7, 2013 By F.A. Kelley
A Texas woman who alleges that the Type 2 diabetes drug Actos caused her bladder cancer has filed a lawsuit against Takeda Pharmaceutical, the maker of Actos. According to the complaint filed on her behalf, the plaintiff began taking Actos (pioglitazone) around May 2000 to help control her blood sugar and stopped taking the drug [...]
May 15, 2013 By F.A. Kelley
French drug maker Sanofi was fined 40.6 million euros ($52.8 million) by France’s competition regulator for trying to limit sales of generic versions of the blood thinner drug Plavix (clopidogrel). According to Bloomberg News, France’s Competition Authority acted on a complaint by Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., a major manufacturer of generic medicines. In a statement [...]
April 3, 2013 By F.A. Kelley
A recently published study by researchers at the University of North Carolina indicates that the blood-thinning drug Pradaxa may increase the risk and severity of certain viral infections, including flu and myocarditis. Pradaxa (dabigatran etexilate) was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2010 for the treatment of atrial fibrillation, a common [...]
January 25, 2013 By F.A. Kelley
European drug maker Novartis is under investigation by U.S. prosecutors for its marketing practices, including the marketing of the hypertension drug Tekturna. In recent regulatory filings, Swiss-based Novartis revealed that, in 2012, a U.S. division of the company received a subpoena from federal prosecutors in Louisville, Kentucky, seeking documents on sales practices, including payments to [...]
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