Peggy Peck

September 14, 2006

ROCKVILLE, Md. -- The FDA said today that will convene a special meeting of an advisory committee to assess new data about "small but significant" increases in the rate of death and myocardial infarction among patients treated with drug-eluting stents.

September 14, 2006

ROCKVILLE, Md. -- The FDA said today that will convene a special meeting of an advisory committee to assess new data about "small but significant" increases in the rate of death and myocardial infarction among patients treated with drug-eluting stents.

September 11, 2006

Drug-eluting stents essentially eliminated short-term restenosis as a complication of coronary angioplasty, but suddenly the coated devices have come under a cloud for possible late term risks. This Medpage Today survey asks your opinion about the future use of drug-eluting stents. Additional Stent Coverage from ESC: Meta-Analyses Find Increased Death and MI with Cypher Stent Real World Trial Confirms Drug-Eluting Stents Better in Small Vessels Investigational Drug-Eluting Stent Superior to Taxus Drug-Eluting Stent Debate Develops Fever Pitch

September 03, 2006

BARCELONA, Spain -- The concept of a single pill packed with the potency of aspirin, statins, and ACE inhibitors-the triad proven to prevent a recurrent heart attack-got a powerful push at the opening of the World Congress of Cardiology here.

August 02, 2006

ROCKVILLE, Md. -- The FDA has issued a nationwide warning to fans of raw Pacific northwest oysters to refrain from eating them raw, on pain of gastrointestinal distress, until the waters where they are harvested cool off.

July 31, 2006

ROCKVILLE, Md. -- The FDA has suddenly signaled that it is ready, after three years, to move forward on limited over-the-counter status for Plan B, an emergency contraceptive. The move came the day before Andrew von Eschenbach, M.D., the acting FDA commissioner, is scheduled to testify before a Senate committee on his nomination as permanent FDA chief.

July 31, 2006

ROCKVILLE, Md. -- High-strength hydrogen peroxide, which is heavily marketed on the Internet for a diseases ranging from AIDS to emphysema, can cause serious harm or death when ingested, according to a warning issued by the FDA.

July 20, 2006

ROCKVILLE, Md. -- Mixing common migraine drugs such as Imitrex (sumatriptan) with antidepressants like Prozac (fluoxetine) or Cymbalta (duloxetine) can trigger a life-threatening condition called serotonin-syndrome, the FDA has warned.

July 17, 2006

INDIANAPOLIS -- The FDA has approved Gemzar (gemcitabine) in combination with Paraplatin (carboplatin) for treatment of recurrent ovarian cancer, Eli Lilly announced today.

July 05, 2006

ROCKVILLE, Md. - The FDA has approved Lucentis (ranibizumab injection) for treatment of wet age-related macular degeneration.