Eli Lilly Will Sell Half-Price Version of Humalog, Its Popular Insulin
The drugmaker Eli Lilly will begin selling a cheaper version of its most popular insulin, Humalog, in an effort to head off criticism about the rising costs of prescription drugs, the company said Monday.
Lilly will begin selling an “authorized generic” of Humalog 100 for...
Study finds wires in St. Jude defibrillators vulnerable to malfunction
The devices' maker stands behind Durata leads' long-term safety and durability, and the devices remain on the market.
A new study of malfunction reports says hundreds of thousands of special wires called “leads” for heart defibrillators made by St. Jude Medical are vulnerable to a problem that can cause unneeded high-voltage shocks or a...
Oklahoma could provide first test of who will pay for the opioid crisis — and how much
OKLAHOMA CITY — Big pharma is facing a major test in a small courthouse 20 miles south of here: the first trial at which a jury could decide whether drug companies bear responsibility for the nation’s opioid crisis.
Thousands of cities, counties, Native American tribes and others have filed lawsuits up and down the opioid...
FDA, drug companies, doctors mishandled use of powerful fentanyl painkiller
The Food and Drug Administration, drug companies and doctors mishandled distribution of a powerful fentanyl painkiller, allowing widespread prescribing to ineligible patients despite special measures designed to safeguard its use, according to a report released Tuesday.
The unusual paper in the medical journal JAMA relies on nearly 5,000 pages of documents that researchers obtained from...
FDA warns ‘young blood’ infusions are risky, won’t reverse aging
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning people not to get infusions of young blood, a risky and expensive procedure touted by some as a quick fix for conditions such as aging and memory loss.
Establishments in several states are offering infusions of plasma, the liquid part of blood that contains antibodies and proteins...
Stroke in a can? Study warns of diet drinks’ health risks for women 50 and above
For women trying to keep a healthy weight after menopause, the American Heart Association has a simple message: Choose water over diet drinks.
A study published Thursday in Stroke, a journal of the AHA, reveals women age 50 and above who consume more than one artificially sweetened drink a day are significantly more likely to...
FDA Panel Assesses Risks of Women’s Surgical Mesh
WASHINGTON—Officials should consider women’s reports of pain, sexual dysfunction and other maladies as they re-evaluate a medical device used in women’s pelvic surgery that has triggered thousands of lawsuits, an advisory panel said.
The panel of outside doctors, convened to advise the Food and Drug Administration, recommended that the agency evaluate women’s medical self-reports as...
FDA reports new cases of cancer linked to textured breast implants
More women have been diagnosed with a deadly lymphoma caused by breast implants, according to a report released Wednesday from the Food and Drug Administration.
In a statement, the FDA’s Dr. Binita Ashar said there are now 457 women in the U.S. diagnosed with breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma (BIA-ALCL), up from 414 cases...
Swan-Ganz Thermodilution Catheters Recalled Due to Lumen Reversal
Swan-Ganz thermodilution catheters manufactured between December 26, 2017, and April 19, 2018, are being recalled by Edwards Lifesciences, according to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
The class I recall is being initiated because of incorrect assembly leading to catheter tube (lumens) reversal. If the lumens are reversed, inaccurate pulmonary artery and central venous...
Pennsylvania woman wins $41 million verdict against Johnson & Johnson
Suzanne Emmett went through surgery after surgery to try to get rid of the discomfort, bleeding, infections, painful sex, and other symptoms from the vaginal mesh implanted inside of her in 2007. But the procedures couldn’t fix what the plastic-like mesh had done to her life, according to a lawsuit that claimed the mesh...
