Volkswagen will buy back 20K more polluting diesel cars
Volkswagen Group has agreed to yet another compensation and buyback package to buyers of its polluting diesel-powered vehicles, this time involving owners of VW, Audi and Porsche cars and SUVs with six-cylinder engines.
Under the agreement announced Tuesday, the automaker will buy back another 20,000 polluting diesel vehicles with 3-liter, six-cylinder diesel engines in the...
U.S. investigates 1 million Fiat Chrysler vehicles for roll-away crashes
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is launching an investigation into about 1 million newer Fiat Chrysler Ram pickup trucks and SUVs after receiving complaints the vehicles rolled away after being parked, it said on Tuesday.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV said it is cooperating with the government investigation that covers the 2013-2016 model year...
FDA Food, Cosmetics Data Boon for Attorneys, Companies
Lawyers, companies and researchers now have valuable access to complaints of harm associated with FDA-regulated food, dietary supplements and cosmetics.
The new public-facing Food and Drug Administration database compiles adverse-event reports that consumers, doctors and...
FDA Has Ordered New Label Warnings, But It’s Not Clear That Anesthesia Is Risky In Pregnancy, Kids
The Food and Drug Administration this week announced that it was requiring new warnings about the repeated or lengthy use of general anesthesia and sedative drugs in pregnant women and children under age 3 because of their possible effect on the developing brain.
But one doctor I contacted for this story expressed concern that the...
Agios halts development of anemia drug
Agios Pharmaceuticals Inc. said Thursday it has halted development of an experimental drug to treat a form of anemia after regulators, concerned about a safety issue surfacing in an early-stage clinical study, put a hold on clinical testing of the compound.
Agios disclosed for the first time Thursday that the Food and Drug Administration had...
FDA drops black box warning on Pfizer’s anti-smoking drug
U.S. health regulators on Friday allowed Pfizer Inc to remove a serious warning from the label of its smoking cessation treatment, Chantix, giving a new lease of life to the controversial drug that was approved a decade ago.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration slapped a "black box" warning – the most severe available –...
FDA Bans Powdered Gloves and Lubricant
The FDA has formally banned two types of powdered gloves and a glove lubricant Friday, issuing its final ruling on a proposal first announced in March.
The agency outlawed powdered surgeon's gloves and powdered patient examination gloves -- in addition to banning absorbable powder used to lubricate surgeon's gloves -- because they "present an unreasonable...
4 injured N.J. vapers sue e-cigarette retailers for selling exploding devices
Four New Jersey residents -- including two teenagers -- who suffered third-degree burns when their e-cigarette batteries ignited "like a rocket" are suing the shops that sold the "defective" devices, their attorneys announced Thursday.
The manufacturers of the lithium ion batteries that power the vaping devices are also the targets of the litigation, although the...
Anesthesia may harm the brains of children under 3, FDA warns
The Food and Drug Administration warned Wednesday that repeated or lengthy use of general anesthesia or sedation drugs for children younger than 3 or pregnant women in their third trimester may affect youngsters' developing brains.
The agency, which said its warning is based on a comprehensive analysis of the latest research, issued a “drug-safety communication”...
Men to sue over drug that made them grow breasts
When teenage Eddie Bible looked in the mirror, he didn't see a boy. It was too difficult for him to look past the large breasts on his chest.
"I had bigger boobs than the girls in (high) school," he said. "I thought, 'Am I going to have to get a training bra?' "
At 13 years...
