drug safety
Abbott’s Meridia ‘increases heart attack risk’
September 2, 2010Sales and Marketing Abbott, Meridia, drug safety
Abbott’s weight-loss drug Meridia increases the risk of stroke and heart attack in patients with heart disease, according a study …
Digital Pharma: Online trial safety reporting
June 21, 2010Research and Development FDA, MHRA, digital research, drug safety
From September all serious adverse events that occur during clinical trials in the UK will have to be reported electronically …
FDA to make safety reviews public
June 16, 2010Research and Development, Sales and Marketing FDA, drug safety
The US medicines regulator is to make safety reviews of recently approved prescription medicines more readily available to the public. …
Boehringer denies Micardis cancer link
June 14, 2010Sales and Marketing ACE-inhibitors, ARB, Boehringer, Micardis, drug safety
Boehringer Ingelheim has given a robust rebuttal to a Lancet report implicating its hypertension drug Micardis (telmisartan) in scares about …
FDA says rotavirus vaccines are safe
May 17, 2010Manufacturing and Production drug safety, rotarix, rotateq
The US Food and Drug Administration has taken the advice of its advisors and given its backing to resume the …
FDA backs rotavirus vaccine despite contamination
May 13, 2010Sales and Marketing GSK, Rotavirus, Vaccine, drug safety, rotarix
FDA advisors have recommended two rotavirus vaccines licensed in the US should continue to be used, despite contamination with a …
Rising pharma recalls in UK ‘a concern’, says report
January 29, 2010Manufacturing and Production drug safety, medical devices, production, recalls
Pharmaceutical and medical device recalls more than quadrupled in the UK between 2004 and 2008, with the majority caused by …
Observational studies will help answer growing safety demands
September 8, 2009Research and Development ICON, drug safety
The pharmaceutical industry is ready to adapt to growing drug safety requirements, but understanding of how it can capture safety …
EMEA makes adverse drug reaction research a priority
August 12, 2009Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Europe, drug safety
Adverse drug reaction in hyperactive children has been made a key research priority for next year by the European Medicines …
New FDA head aims for aggressive enforcement
August 11, 2009Research and Development, Sales and Marketing FDA, US, drug safety
The new head of US regulator the FDA has set out a vision to support public health, through tighter laws …
Depression warnings for Chantix and Zyban
July 7, 2009Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Chantix, FDA, US, drug safety
Pfizer and GSK's smoking cessations drugs will have to carry strong warnings of depression and other mental health adverse events …
Working Life: Sam Knivett
January 23, 2009Business Services, Research and Development Pfizer, UK, WL, Working Life, careers, compliance, drug safety
How did you find your way into your current role?From the age of 11 I wanted to be a farmer. …
Drug regulation: still room for improvement
August 15, 2008Research and Development, Sales and Marketing drug safety, medicines act
This year is a bit of a jamboree of health-related anniversaries, with the NHS celebrating 60 years and the Medicines …
Safety first
December 10, 2007Research and Development, Sales and Marketing clinical trials, drug development, drug safety
There is a tide of change in drug safety within the pharmaceutical industry. Internal and external forces are pushing drug …
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