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Recalls and Safety Alerts: Warning Added to Regranex Label

A boxed warning alerting healthcare professionals to an increased risk of cancer death has been added to the labeling for Regranex (becaplermin), a topical medication used to treat certain diabetic foot and leg ulcers. Based on a review of an ea...

Congressional Panel Accuses CDC and FDA of Botching Salmonella Saintpaul Hunt

WASHINGTON -- A congressional oversight committee laid into the FDA and the CDC today for taking so long to finger jalapenos as the culprit of the Salmonella saintpaul outbreak.

Flu Shot Fails to Prevent Pneumonia in Older Adults

SEATTLE -- Influenza vaccination may be much less effective for pneumonia prevention in older adults than thought, researchers found.

ICAD: Monoclonal Antibody that Binds to Amyloid Found Safe in Alzheimer’s

CHICAGO -- An investigational monoclonal antibody that binds to beta-amyloid was well tolerated by Alzheimer's patients in a 12-week phase II study that was too short to establish meaningful clinical efficacy endpoints.

Gene Mutations Linked to Schizophrenia

REYKJAVIK, Iceland -- Certain rare genetic deletions substantially increased the risk of schizophrenia, according to two independent genomic studies.

FDA Commands Amgen to Change Darbepoetin Alfa (Aranesp) Label

ROCKVILLE, Md. -- Flexing new regulatory muscle, the FDA has ordered a reluctant Amgen to make a label change stating that darbepoetin alfa (Aranesp), the erythropoiesis- stimulating agent, should not be used in patients undergoing curative chemotherapy.

Exercise Pill Makes Mice More Fit

LA JOLLA, Calif. -- The path to physical fitness may one day be traveled without sweating, if researchers here are correct.

Viapro 375mg Capsules

Product recalled because it was found to contain a potentially harmful analog of Sildenafil.

Motor Neurons Produced from Skin Cells

BOSTON -- Skin cells from an ALS patient were successfully converted in vitro into pluripotent stem cells and then into motor neurons, researchers here said.

Patients Found to Lack Knowledge about Breast Cancer Treatment

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- More than half of breast cancer patients are ill informed about the risks and benefits of treatment options, and minority patients know even less, investigators here reported.

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