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The FDA has requested that a major drugmaker pull one of its prescription painkillers because the agency is believes “the benefits of the drug may no longer outweigh its risks.”

The agency has asked Endo Pharmaceuticals to voluntarily stop selling the reformulated Opana ER, an extended-release painkiller that the FDA believes is being violently abused.

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A federal jury on Friday awarded $15 million to a 10-year-old boy whose mother blamed his birth defect on AbbVie Inc's (ABBV.N) bipolar disorder drug Depakote that she took while pregnant, in the latest trial among hundreds of lawsuits over the product.

Jurors in federal court in East St. Louis, Illinois, awarded the compensatory damages to Stevie Gonzalez, who was born with spina bifida. His mother, Christina Raquel, said she was not adequately warned about a risk of birth defects when she took Depakote while pregnant.
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Which cars carry the greatest risk of fatal accidents? If you said "smaller is more dangerous," you're on the right track.

In latest Insurance Institute for Highway Safety study of which car models sustain the highest rate of driver fatalities, the seven worst models were all what IIHS classifies as minicars or small cars. While this verifies the commonsense notion that such vehicles would fare worse in serious crashes, it also shows a surprisingly huge gap in fatalities between the smallest and largest cars on the road.

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In what is being seen as a victory for long-term care providers, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has abandoned its appeal of a court ruling blocking its prohibition of pre-dispute nursing home arbitration agreements and proposed removing the ban.

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In March 2013, lung cancer took the life of Lavern Wilkinson, a 41-year-old Brooklyn single mom and church librarian.

The Republican leader of the state Senate, John Flanagan, has been insulting Wilkinson’s memory ever since by refusing to let a bill known as Lavern’s Law come up for a vote, even though more than 60% of senators back it.

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Harley-Davidson is recalling about 57,000 motorcycles worldwide because an oil line can come loose, spewing oil into the path of the rear tire.

The recall covers certain 2017 Electra Glide Ultra Classic, Police Electra Glide, Police Road King, Road King, Road King Special, Street Glide, Street Glide Special, Road Glide and Road Glide Special motorcycles built from July 2 through May 9.

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It's called Subsys and it's a painkiller 100 times more powerful than morphine that was approved by the FDA for cancer patients whose agony can't be relieved by other narcotics alone.

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Audi’s effort to emerge from the diesel scandal that has engulfed parent Volkswagen AG for more than a year suffered a setback as the luxury-car brand identified more cars in Europe that might breach emission rules.

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The U.S. government may have overpaid drugmaker Mylan N.V. by as much as $1.
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The FDA today released information on a Zimmer Biomet (NYSE:ZBH) recall of select SpF Plus-Mini and SpF XL IIB implantable spinal fusion stimulators over issues with potentially harmful chemicals which could be toxic to tissues and organs.

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More than ⅔ of medical device makers believe their products are vulnerable to cyberattack, but less than ⅕ are taking significant steps to do anything about it, according to a survey funded by software firm Synopsys.

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