AstraZeneca resolves almost all U.S. Seroquel litigation for $647 million 
Published: July 28, 2011
Tags: antipsychotic, AstraZeneca, diabetes, prescription drug, Seroquel
AstraZeneca Plc has settled almost all lawsuits that claimed its antipsychotic drug Seroquel causes diabetes in some users for a total of $647 million.
Diabetes drug Actos linked to cancer risk
Published: June 29, 2011
Tags: Actos, cancer, FDA, Food and Drug Administration, prescription drug, Takeda Pharmaceutical
The best-selling diabetes medicine may have raised the risk of bladder cancer in patients who took the drug for more than one year, according to the Food and Drug Administration.
Pfizer said to pay $330 million in Prempro settlement
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: February 10, 2011
Tags: breast cancer, monopause, Pfizer, Prempro, prescription drug
Pfizer Inc. agreed to pay about $330 million to resolve claims that its Prempro menopause drug caused breast cancer, in the first large-scale settlements in eight years of litigation, two people familiar with the accords said.
Woman blinded by drug wins $21M in lawsuit
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: September 10, 2010
Tags: drug saftey, New Hampshire, prescription drug, product liability, Sulindac
A federal jury in New Hampshire has awarded $21 million to a woman blinded and scarred by a prescription drug she took for shoulder pain.
AstraZeneca settles Seroquel suits for $198 million
By:
Allison McAndrew
Published: August 12, 2010
Tags: diabetes, prescription drug, Seroquel
Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca will pay about $198 million to settle over 17,000 lawsuits filed by plaintiffs who developed diabetes after taking the atypical antipsychotic drug Seroquel, used to treat schizophrenia and bipolar disorders.
FDA educates health care providers on misleading ads
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: May 16, 2010
Tags: FDA, health care professionals, misleading ads, prescription drug
WASHINGTON – The Food and Drug Association has launched an initiative aimed at educating health care providers about their role in helping to prevent false and misleading prescription drug advertising.
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