According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, a widely used diabetes drug metformin hydrochloride extended-release tablets have been recalled from the market. This move follows the manufacturer’s discovery of unacceptably elevated levels of a cancer-causing contaminant. Consequently, Indian pharmaceutical company Marksans Pharma has recalled the selling of the product. Metformin tablets are used to treat type 2 diabetes and […]
Jamaica will not be using the antimalarial drug, hydroxychloroquine, to treat persons who have contracted the coronavirus (COVID-19), says Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor McKenzie. She said that the decision was taken by the Ministry, following a recommendation from a committee of experts from across the island who are responsible for reviewing the […]
Pfizer is set to raise prices on 41 drugs in January, a few months after the company agreed to delay the increase under the influence of President Donald Trump. The manufacturer in a recent announcement declared that it would raise the list price of all but four of the drugs by 5%, effective January 15. Three drugs will increase by […]
According to cdc.gov, public health and regulatory officials in several states as well as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration are investigating a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Mbandaka infections. The agency reported that as of June 14, 2018, 73 people have been infected with the strain of Salmonella Mbandaka from across 31 states. It noted that the illnesses started from March 3, 2018, to May 28, 2018, […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has given the Tokoyo-based manufacturer, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Company Ltd. the go ahead to market its product Rexulti (brexpiprazole). The Rexulti tablets produced by the company are used to treat adults with schizophrenia and as an add-on treatment to an antidepressant medication to treat adults with major depressive disorder (MDD). Schizophrenia is said by the […]
According to a press release, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has now approved the drug Orkambi for the treatment of cystic fibrosis (CF). Orkambi is made by the Boston based manufacturing company, Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. The drug is directed at treating the cause of the CF in people who have two copies of a specific mutation (one inherited […]
Despite calls for clemency by the international community, Indonesia has refused to relent from its position of carrying out the execution of three drug-smugglers. The two Australians and a woman from the Philippines convicted nearly a decade ago of drug smuggling in Indonesia have been informed by authorities that their execution by firing squad is imminent. According to press reports, […]
