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Latest News | 11 April 2012

As St. Jude Spat Escalates, FDA Looks to Additional Device Surveillance

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A spat involving St. Jude Medical and the medical journal HeartRhythm escalated sharply on 10 April, with HeartRhythm rebuffing St. Jude’s requests to retract an article implying defibrillator leads [Read More...]

Tags: Deaths Defibrillator Leads FDA Heart HeartRhythm Journal Medtronic Merkley OMB Quattro Riata Sentinel St. Jude UDI Unique Device Identifier
Latest News | 3 February 2012

Reuters: French Regulatory Authority, Executives Searched In Mediator Probe

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The offices of French regulatory authority Afssaps were searched by French investigators on 2 February as part of an investigation in to deaths associated with Servier’s anti-diabetes drug Mediator, [Read More...]

Tags: Adverse Event AFSSAPS Cardiovascular Deaths France French Investigation Mediator Searched Servier
Latest News | 30 January 2012

After Drug Deaths, Calls for Pakistan to Form Independent Drug Regulatory Authority

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Pakistan is facing calls from industry for a drug regulatory authority to be formed after a batch of cardiac drugs given to patients at a government-run hospital has been linked to more than 100 [Read More...]

Tags: Cardiology Deaths Drugs Pakistan Pharmaceuticals Punjab Scandal