Amgen, J&J anemia drugs to carry new warning: FDA
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Anemia drugs sold by Amgen Inc. and Johnson & Johnson will carry a new boxed warning advising doctors to choose the lowest dose needed to avoid blood transfusions, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday.
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The government and Genentech are warning doctors that Avastin, which is used to treat colorectal cancer, increases patients' risk of potentially lethal heart ailments.
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NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES  - Amgen Inc  reported sharply lower third-quarter profit on Wednesday on plunging sales of its most important anemia drugs, amid new insurance-coverage restrictions and ongoing safety concerns, and on restructuring charges.
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Johnson & Johnson is warning doctors  that patients taking its rheumatoid arthritis drug Remicade may  have a higher risk of lymphoma, a blood cancer, the company  said on Friday.
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U.S. health officials on Friday issued a second warning about reports of deaths and dangerous side effects in patients who used Johnson & Johnson's Duragesic pain-killing skin patch or generic versions.
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Johnson & Johnson will send a letter  to doctors next Monday warning them that patients taking its  rheumatoid arthritis drug Remicade may have a higher risk of  lymphoma, a blood cancer, than those not taking the drug, the  company said on Friday.
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Lawmakers push to ease restrictions on anemia compounds from Amgen and Johnson & Johnson.
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U.S. health officials issued a second warning on Friday about reports of deaths and dangerous side effects in patients who used Johnson & Johnson's Duragesic pain-killing skin patch or generic versions.
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Food and Drug Administration experts are recommending new label warnings about possible dangerous psychiatric side effects of influenza drugs Tamiflu and Relenza, according to FDA documents.
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The Food and Drug Administration said on Monday the Roche Holding AG organ rejection drug, CellCept, boosts the risk of pregnancy loss in the first trimester and also the risk of congenital malformations.
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Enbrel, the rheumatoid arthritis drug sold by Amgen Inc. and Wyeth, can stop joint damage when given to patients in combination with an older drug, researchers said on Monday.
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Eli Lilly and Co. on Friday said it added a warning to the label of its attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder medicine, advising patients with jaundice or a liver injury to stop taking the treatment.
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The US Food and Drug Administration announced Monday that a strong new warning will be issued for the medical-abortion drug known as RU-486, citing the risk of &quot;rare but serious complications that may occur with any abortion.
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Pfizer Inc.&#39;s Bextra will come with a new warning about possible heart and blood clotting problems when the drug is used by patients who have just had heart bypass surgery, the US Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday.
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U.S. health officials issued a  second warning on Friday about reports of deaths and dangerous  side effects in patients who used Johnson & Johnson's   Duragesic pain-killing skin patch or generic versions.
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More patients with serious diseases could get experimental drugs under revised rules proposed on Monday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that also detail how manufacturers can charge for them.
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U.S. regulators said on Thursday they were reviewing two recent studies that provided more evidence of serious risks for some cancer patients treated with anemia drugs sold by Amgen Inc  and Johnson & Johnson .