Bayer Delayed Warning on Cholesterol Drug--Report
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Bayer AG may have known its withdrawn cholesterol-lowering drug Baycol caused a high rate of a serious muscle condition more than a year before it added a warning to its label, according to a prominent medical journal.
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UNDATED Another drug company is being accused of being too slow to pull a dangerous medication from the market. This time it&#39;s Baycol -- a cholesterol-lowering medicine that causes a severe and sometimes fatal muscle disorder in some patients.
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A higher number of allergic   reactions and deaths were reported with Bayer AG's   heart-surgery drug Trasylol in 2005, U.S. Food and Drug   Administration staff reviewers said in a report released on   Wednesday.
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U.S. regulators on Friday delayed a  decision on whether to approve over-the-counter sales of a Barr  Pharmaceuticals "morning-after pill" to prevent pregnancy,  prompting a lawsuit from a women's rights group.
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- Bayer HealthCare, a U.S.-based unit of Bayer AG , stopped a late-stage trial of Nexavar in patients with non-small cell lung cancer, after an independent data monitoring committee concluded that the study would not meet the main goal of improved overall survival.
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Millions of Americans take medications to lower their cholesterol, but one such medication was taken off the market a few years ago after it led to a muscle disorder in those taking it.
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On Aug. 27, 2004, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Julie Gerberding held a press conference and made the following statement: &quot;Yesterday, Chiron announced that it would have a delay
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The discovery that an experimental cholesterol drug is dangerous is a major setback for what has been considered one of the most promising new approaches to fighting the nation's leading killer, experts said yesterday.
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The company announces another slight delay with its lead drug.
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Novartis AG lowered its full-year results outlook as generic competition pressured sales of a key blood-pressure drug, and said U.S. regulators had delayed the approval process for an important cancer treatment.
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The Food and Drug Administration has sent a warning letter to Novartis Animal Health U.S., Inc. because of what federal officials say were late reports on the death of cats being tested with a new painkilling drug.
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German drug maker Altana said that it had postponed its application for approval of its new asthma treatment Roflumilast in the United States in order to undertake additional clinical trials on the drug.
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What you hear before taking prescription drugs versus what you learn afterward may make you feel like a lab rat. Before: Bayer&#39;s Baycol lowers cholesterol.
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Merck & Co.  said on Friday it would delay seeking approval for a combination pill designed to lower "bad" cholesterol, increase "good" cholesterol and avoid a common side effect of one of the ingredients.
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Baycol is a cholesterol-lowing drug taken off the market three years ago, but a new study suggests that may have been too little, too late.
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A U.S. advisory panel on Friday urged regulators to reject over-the-counter sales of Merck & Co. Inc.'s  cholesterol-lowering drug Mevacor.
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Hollinger International faces the risk of suspension from the New York Stock Exchange as it delays filing its 2003 annual report. Hollinger had until 30 December to file the report but it has asked the New