FDA panel urges limits on Sanofi antibiotic
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SILVER SPRING, Maryland  - Sanofi-Aventis antibiotic Ketek should stay on the market but use should be limited to treating pneumonia, U.S. advisers said on Friday after reviewing rare cases of liver failure and other problems.
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US health regulators recommended on Thursday that doctors limit prescribing painkillers like Pfizer Inc.&#39;s Celebrex and Bextra, in light of recent evidence that they may increase the risk of heart attack and stroke.
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Sanofi- Aventis SA's weight loss pill Acomplia shouldn't be approved in the United States because the company hasn't showed that the benefits outweigh the risk of suicidal thoughts among those taking the drug, an advisory panel said.
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The benefits of an antibiotic linked to rare reports of severe liver problems and several deaths outweigh its risks in treating pneumonia, but it should not be used for less serious bacterial infections such as bronchitis and sinusitis, federal health advisers said Friday.
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A U.S. judge has granted a request from  Sanofi-Aventis and U.S. partner Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.   to block the sale in the United States of a generic  form of its top selling blood-thinner Plavix, giving a boost to  shares in the French drugmaker on Friday.
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A federal advisory board is recommending that the Food and Drug Administration require all drugs used to treat depressed children come with a âblack boxâ warning of a link between the use of the antidepressants and suicidal leanings.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday it would hold a hearing to consider a consumer group's petition that the agency tighten regulations and labeling for salt in food.
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WASHINGTON, Dec 23  - US regulators called Thursday for use of Pfizer&#39;s painkilling drugs Celebrex and Bextra to be limited, urging doctors to keep in mind indications of higher heart attack and stroke risks.
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A House of Representatives  subcommittee is expected to take up legislation next week meant  to bolster the Food and Drug Administration&#39;s ability to  monitor prescription drug side effects, the panel&#39;s chairman  said in a letter released on Thursday.
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Sanofi-Aventis SA's antibiotic Ketek should no longer be used to treat sinusitis and bronchitis, U.S. officials warned on Monday, saying the controversial drug was too risky to treat those diseases.
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A Food and Drug Administration official warned Congress yesterday that the FDA would be unable to prevent another episode like the Vioxx case, in which the popular arthritis
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GAITHERSBURG, Maryland  - The Food and Drug Administration should consider telling patients and doctors that the use of drug-coated heart stents in unapproved, high-risk cases can lead to greater complications, a panel of medical experts said on Friday.
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A U.S. judge on Thursday granted a   request from Sanofi-Aventis and Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. to   block the sale of a generic form of their top-selling Plavix   blood thinner.
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U.S. health officials on Thursday  called on doctors to limit prescribing Pfizer Inc. painkillers  Celebrex and Bextra in light of recent evidence that they may  increase the risk of heart attack and stroke.
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The editors of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) are calling for an end to the US Food and Drug Administration&#39;s (FDA) role in post-market monitoring of the safety of drugs it approves.
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The panel said that while Americans could benefit from taking a Merck cholesterol-lowering drug, they should not begin such a regimen without a doctor's advice.
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The Consumers Union is calling on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to implement measures to improve prescription drug safety and transparency.