Children’s Medicine Recall: King Bio Recalls 32 Products For Potential Contamination
More than 30 King Bio medicines for children and infants were recalled on Wednesday after a “small percentage” of the medicines tested positive for microbial contamination, according to a statement released by the FDA.
There have been no reports to King Bio about any injuries or illnesses associated with the medicines, the statement said. The...
C.R. Bard must face new trial in mesh case-Missouri appeals court
A Missouri appeals court has ordered a new trial in a lawsuit alleging defects in a pelvic mesh implant made by C.R. Bard, finding the judge who oversaw a previous trial that ended in a defense verdict wrongly excluded testimony about the company’s prior criminal convictions.
In a unanimous decision on Tuesday, a three-judge panel...
Toxin at heart of drug recall shows holes in medical safety net
A toxin inadvertently produced in the manufacture of a widely prescribed medicine but not spotted for years raises questions about regulators’ ability to detect risks in a sprawling global drug supply chain increasingly reliant on factories in China.
China’s Zhejiang Huahai Pharmaceutical (600521.SS), which produces bulk ingredients for drugmakers, told its customers in late June...
Radiology errors a top driver of medical malpractice claims
Radiologists are involved in 15% of diagnosis-related medical malpractice claims, second only to those of general medicine health care providers, according to a new report.
Claims naming a radiologist — totaling 595 in 2013-2017 — often involve significant patient harm and most frequently allege an incorrect or delayed diagnosis of a patient’s condition, according to...
General Mills hit with lawsuit over ‘glyphosate-containing’ Cheerios
General Mills Inc has been hit with a proposed class action lawsuit claiming the company failed to warn consumers about traces of the weedkiller glyphosate in its Cheerios cereals.
A Florida woman in her Thursday lawsuit in Miami federal court said she never would have purchased the company’s Cheerios and Honey Nut Cheerios...
DOJ files complaint for FDA against seafood processor with listeria issues
The United States filed a civil complaint against Long Island City, NY-based Foo Yuan Food Products Company Inc., its owner and president Hsing Chang, and its secretary Susan Chang, to stop them from preparing and distributing adulterated seafood products in violation of federal law.
The Department of Justice filed the complaint at the...
Thyroid medications recalled due to risk of impurities
(CNN)Certain batches of hypothyroid medications are being recalled by Westminster Pharmaceuticals after one of its Chinese suppliers failed a US Food and Drug Administration inspection.
The medication in question contains a combination of levothyroxine, called LT4, and liothyronine, called LT3. Both are synthetic thyroid hormones used when a person's thyroid gland is no longer functioning...
Chinese vaccine maker made 500,000 substandard baby vaccines: Xinhua
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - A Chinese drug company produced nearly 500,000 substandard vaccines for babies, roughly double an earlier estimate by authorities investigating a safety scandal, state news agency Xinhua reported on Wednesday.
China’s drug regulator in July accused Changsheng Bio-technology Co Ltd of selling 252,600 doses of ineffective DPT vaccines to inoculate children against diphtheria,...
Children who lived with smokers are more likely to die of lung disease as adults, study says
Childhood exposure to secondhand smoke is linked to lung disease decades later, according to a study published Thursday by the American Cancer Society.
For 22 years, researchers have been following more than 70,000 adults who have never smoked. At the beginning of the study, they were asked whether they lived in a household with a...
FDA adds more brands to recall of tainted blood pressure medication
The FDA has updated its list of blood pressure medications that are being recalled after traces of a cancer-causing ingredient were found in several batches.
The agency last month said it was recalling valsartan tablets made in China after tests showed some contained Nitrosodimethylamine, or NDMA, a probable carcinogen.
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