Tyson Fresh Meats, a Wallula, Wash., firm, is voluntarily recalling approximately 16,743 pounds of ground beef that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department 4 of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service.
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Nasdaq: TEVA) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted approval for the Company’s Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for Alprazolam Extended Release Tablets, 0.5 mg, 1 mg, 2 mg and 3 mg. Shipment of this product will begin immediately.
AVANIR Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:AVNR) announced the Company has met with U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials to address concerns expressed in the FDA’s October 30, 2006 approvable letter for Zenvia(TM) as a treatment for involuntary emotional expression disorder (IEED) and to present AVANIR’s proposed strategy to gain approval for Zenvia for this indication.
Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has invited the Company to participate at an upcoming meeting of the Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee (ODAC).
In clinical studies for the lead indication of multiple sclerosis (MS), Revimmune improves function in most patients and stops progression in over 90 percent of cases refractory to standard therapies.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared for marketing a modified Colleague Volumetric Infusion Pump which addresses many of the problems that prompted a series of Class I recalls and a product seizure in 2005.
Cans and bottles of Pepsi will now bear an important disclosure?the exact amount of caffeine in each serving.
Contrary to popular wisdom, heart disease is not primarily a male disease, and is in fact statistically far more deadly when it occurs in women. Most women are not aware that heart disease is the number one killer of women, far greater than any other disease.
Adcock Ingram, South Africa?s largest pharmaceutical company, is set to start manufacturing antiretrovirals (ARVs) with immediate effect, following approval by the Medicines Control Council (MCC).
Uno Chicago Grill’s President and Chief Executive Officer Frank Guidara issued the following response to the Center for Science in the Public Interest’s (CSPI) recent nutritional evaluation of Uno Chicago Grill’s Pizza Skins appetizer and the request that nutritional information for every item be listed on the menu.