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October 9, 2008
Audience: Pediatric and primary healthcare professionals, consumers
[Posted 10/09/2008] FDA notified healthcare professionals and consumers that the Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) is voluntarily modifying the product labels for...
October 7, 2008
Audience: Pulmonary care health professionals and patients[UPDATE 10/07/2008] FDA informed healthcare professionals that FDA has reviewed preliminary data from UPLIFT (Understanding the Potential Long-Term Impacts on Function with Tiotropium), a...
October 3, 2008
Audience: Healthcare professionals, consumers
[Posted 10/03/2008] FDA notified healthcare professionals of a Class I Recall of the Nebion HLX-8 Magnetic Resonance Device. The manufacturer of the device made unsupported claims that the product could...
October 2, 2008
Audience: Physical medicine and rehabilitation specialists, anesthesia healthcare professionals, hospital surgical service managers
[Posted 10/02/2008] Medtronic and FDA notified healthcare professionals of the Class I Recall of several Medtronic...
September 30, 2008
Audience: Neurologists, cardiologists, consumers[Posted 09/30/2008] An FDA analysis provides new evidence that the use of statins does not increase incidence of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a neurodegenerative disease often referred to as...
September 26, 2008
Audience: Neurological healthcare professionalsPosted 09/23/2008] FDA has been made aware of preliminary safety findings from a clinical trial conducted in Germany investigating the use of epoetin alfa to treat acute ischemic stroke. The clinical...
September 23, 2008
Audience: Oncological healthcare professionals[Posted 09/23/2008] OSI and Genentech notified healthcare professionals that cases of hepatic failure and hepatorenal syndrome, including fatalities, have been reported during use of Tarceva,...
September 23, 2008
Audience: Hospital ER and ICU medical and nursing personnel, risk managersPosted 09/23/2008] Ucyclyd Pharma, Inc. informed healthcare professionals of the detection of particulate matter in the Ammonul Injection product. This particulate matter may...
September 22, 2008
Audience: Consumers, pediatricians
[UPDATE 09/22/2008] FDA contacted companies who manufacture infant formula for distribution in the United States and has learned that they are not importing formula or source materials from China. FDA, in...
September 18, 2008
Audience: Oncologists, other healthcare professionals[Posted 09/18/2008] Covidien and Mallinckrodt Inc. informed healthcare professionals of important new safety information in prescribing Phosphocol P 32. Phosphocol P 32 is approved for the...
September 16, 2008
Audience: Emergency medical personnel, other healthcare professionals
[Posted 09/11/2008] Physio Control, Inc., issued a recall of LifePak CR Plus Automated External Defibrillators (AED), used by emergency or medical personnel to treat adults in...
September 12, 2008
Audience: Consumers, pediatricians, other healthcare professionals
[Posted 09/12/2008] FDA issued a Health Information Advisory to consumers and healthcare professionals regarding milk-based infant formula manufactured in China. The Chinese...
September 11, 2008
Audience: Oncologists, rheumatologists, other healthcare professionals, consumers[Posted 09/11/2008] Genentech informed healthcare professionals of revisions to prescribing information for Rituxan regarding a case of progressive multifocal...
September 11, 2008
Audience: Emergency medical personnel, other healthcare professionals
[Posted 09/11/2008] Physio Control, Inc., issued a recall of LifePak CR Plus Automated External Defibrillators (AED), used by emergency or medical personnel to treat adults in...
September 8, 2008
Audience: Operating room, outpatient and emergency room supervisory staff and physicians, risk managers
[Posted 09/08/2008] FDA notified healthcare professionals about the potential for sparks, fires, toxic fumes, and explosions when disposable...
September 4, 2008
Audience: Rheumatological, gastroenterological and infectious disease healthcare professionals[Posted 09/04/2008] FDA notified healthcare professionals that pulmonary and disseminated histoplasmosis, coccidioidomycosis, blastomycosis and other...
September 1, 2008
Audience: Emergency healthcare professionals, military emergency/disaster/field hospital/aviation personnel [Posted 08/28/2008] Pacific Consolidated Industries, LLC, and FDA notified healthcare professionals of the Class I Recall of the Mobile...
August 25, 2008
Audience: Neurologists, other healthcare professionals, patients[Posted 08/25/2008] FDA informed healthcare professionals of two new cases of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) in European patients receiving Tysabri monotherapy for...
August 21, 2008
Audience: Endocrinologists, cardiologists, other healthcare professionals, patients[Posted 08/21/2008] FDA informed healthcare professionals that the Agency is investigating a report from the Simvastatin and Ezetimibe in Aortic Stenosis (SEAS) trial...
August 18, 2008
Audience: Endocrinologists, other healthcare professionals, consumers[UPDATED 08/18/2008] Since issuing Information for Healthcare Professionals in October 2007, FDA has received reports of 6 cases of hemorrhagic or necrotizing pancreatitis in...
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