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FDA Advisers Recommend Limits for Ketek Antibiotic
December 15, 2006
ROCKVILLE, Md. -- Two FDA advisory committees agreed today that the antibiotic Ketek (telithromycin) should be limited to second-line therapy for community-acquired pneumonia, and that the drug should have black box warning added to its label.
Renal Risk With Trasylol: FDA Warning
December 15, 2006
ROCKVILLE, Md. -- The FDA announced today it had narrowed the indications for Trasylol (aprotinin injection), a drug used control bleeding during heart surgery, partly because of belatedly revealed risks of death or serious kidney damage.
FDA Adds Warning About Renal Risk to Trasylol Label
December 15, 2006
ROCKVILLE, Md. -- The FDA announced today it had narrowed the indications for Trasylol (aprotinin injection), a drug used control bleeding during heart surgery, partly because of belatedly revealed risks of death or serious kidney damage.
Circumcision Halves Risk of Heterosexual HIV Transmission
December 14, 2006
BETHESDA, Md. -- Two U.S.-led trials of men in sub-Saharan Africa were halted early when interim analyses of results confirmed that circumcision can significantly reduce heterosexual transmission of HIV.
Circumcision: Effect on Heterosexual HIV Transmission
December 14, 2006
BETHESDA, Md. -- Two U.S.-led trials of men in sub-Saharan Africa were halted early when interim analyses of results confirmed that circumcision can significantly reduce heterosexual transmission of HIV.
Norovirus Linked to South Korean Raw Frozen Oysters
December 13, 2006
ROCKVILLE, Md. -- Frozen oysters on the half shell, imported from South Korea and distributed to five states, have been linked by the FDA and CDC to a small outbreak of norovirus in Oregon.
Norovirus in Five States Linked to Frozen Oysters
December 13, 2006
ROCKVILLE, Md. -- Frozen oysters on the half shell, imported from South Korea and distributed to five states, have been linked by the FDA and CDC to a small outbreak of norovirus in Oregon.
South Korean Oysters Linked to Norovirus Outbreak
December 13, 2006
ROCKVILLE, Md. -- Frozen oysters on the half shell, imported from South Korea and distributed to five states, have been linked by the FDA and CDC to a small outbreak of norovirus in Oregon.
FDA Stent Panel Agrees that Benefits of On-Label Use Outweigh Risk
December 08, 2006
GAITHERSBURG, Md. -- Midway through a two-day FDA hearing on the safety of drug-eluting coronary stents the hard questions were still open.
FDA Panel Gets Set for Drug-Eluting Stent Safety Hearing
December 06, 2006
GAITHERSBURG, Md. -- There are more questions than answers on the eve of the start of a two-day special FDA advisory panel on drug-eluting stents, such as whether they are safe, who should get get them, and who should not.