Problems in Blood Drug Lead to Halt by Factory
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A major maker of heparin, a blood thinner used widely in surgery and dialysis, has stopped making it after hundreds of patients reported severe allergic reactions to the drug.
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THURSDAY, Jan. 24 (HealthDay News) -- A study of the new anti-clotting drug idraparinux for preventing strokes was stopped early because of excess bleeding, a problem that has plagued the medication.
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An ingredient in a blood thinner linked to four deaths was made at an uncertified plant in China that was not inspected.
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Drug manufacturers acknowledged Thursday that they face a crisis of credibility they hope to remedy by releasing information about their clinical trials.
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In a surprising setback for the  world's largest drugmaker, Pfizer Inc.  halted  development on Saturday of its top experimental medicine, the  cholesterol drug torcetrapib, due to safety concerns.
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The government limits the use of Ketek, an antibiotic linked to severe liver problems. By the Associated Press.
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A major trail looking at drugs to treat high blood pressure has been stopped early because the results were so good.
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When Raymond Gilmartin became chairman of the drug maker Merck, it was close to introducing several new medicines. Now, the company is in crisis.
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THE future of AstraZenecaâs blood-thinning medicine, Exanta, was thrown into fresh doubt last night after Franceâs leading drugs regulator confirmed that it was reviewing the medicineâs approval status.
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An Illinois company that has struggled since 1985 to create a safe and effective artificial blood substitute said yesterday that it had surmounted a major hurdle, but investors had their doubts, sending the shares down sharply in after-hours trading.
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If its latest drug isn't approved, the pharmaceutical could face trouble.
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The campaign to get cheap Aids drugs to millions of Africans was dealt a blow yesterday when a manufacturer in India admitted it could not prove the quality of its medicines and withdrew them from the list approved by the World Health Organisation.
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Gaithersburg-based GenVec has run into a problem with its top drug candidate, and investors have had an adverse reaction. GenVec says the US Food and Drug Administration has requested that clinical trials
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AN HIV drug has been recalled because "human error" led to a higher than normal level of a chemical which can cause cancer.
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Chiron Corporation recently announced that the United Kingdom regulatory body, the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), has temporarily suspended the company's license to manufacture ...
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Trading in shares of Chiron Corporation was halted today after United Kingdom regulators suspended its manufacturing license for a flu vaccine.
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A day late and possibly several millions of dollars short. That's the scenario facing one drug manufacturer unless it can get a helping hand from Congress.