Italy bans Novartis flu vaccines pending tests
Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News Wed, 24 Oct 2012 10:15 AM PDT
ROME/ZURICH (Reuters) - Italy banned the sale and use of anti-influenza vaccines produced by Novartis on Wednesday pending tests for possible side effects, prompting authorities in Switzerland to also take precautionary steps. The Italian Health Ministry advised citizens not to buy or use the drugs Agrippal, Fluad, subunit Influpozzi and adjunvated Influpozzi until further notice. It said 487 ... |
UPDATE 3-Italy bans Novartis flu vaccines pending tests
Reuters via Yahoo! Maktoob News Wed, 24 Oct 2012 10:14 AM PDT
ROME/ZURICH, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Italy banned the sale anduse of anti-influenza vaccines produced by Novartis onWednesday pending tests for possible side effects, promptingauthorities in Switzerland to also take precautionary steps. The Italian Health Ministry advised citizens not to buy oruse the drugs Agrippal, Fluad, subunit Influpozzi and adjunvatedInflupozzi until further notice. It said 487 ... |
Doctors call for changes to prevent cheer injuries
Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News Wed, 24 Oct 2012 09:44 AM PDT
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A group of U.S. pediatricians on Monday recommended that cheerleading be designated an official sport, mainly to help prevent injuries, which the doctors say can be catastrophic. Some of the group's other recommendations include requiring cheerleaders to pass pre-season physicals, to have access to strength and conditioning coaches and to be removed from competing or ... |
Alere gets FDA warning letter over San Diego facility
Reuters via Yahoo! Maktoob News Wed, 24 Oct 2012 08:57 AM PDT
(Reuters) - The Food and Drug Administration issued a warning letter to Alere Inc saying the diagnostic device maker's response to the health regulator's earlier observations on manufacturing processes for the company's Triage products was not adequate. The FDA said in its letter on Monday that Alere will need to complete a revalidation of the entire assembly process of adding, dispensing and ... |
Pfizer lung cancer drug gets conditional EU approval
Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News Wed, 24 Oct 2012 08:33 AM PDT
(Reuters) - European health regulators granted conditional approval to Pfizer Inc's Xalkori to treat advanced non-small cell lung cancer in patients with a specific genetic mutation, the company said on Wednesday. The approval had been expected after the European Medicines Agency in July recommended the drug for conditional authorization, which means Pfizer must still submit further data from a ... |
Ecuador fears for Assange health, seeks UK safe passage
Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News Wed, 24 Oct 2012 07:44 AM PDT
MOSCOW/LONDON (Reuters) - Ecuador is worried about the health of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and has asked Britain to guarantee him safe passage from its London embassy to hospital if he needs medical treatment, a senior Ecuadorean diplomat said in Moscow. Assange, an Australian, has been holed up inside Ecuador's embassy in central London since June to avoid extradition to Sweden to face ... |
UPDATE 1-Ecuador fears for Assange health, seeks UK safe passage
Reuters via Yahoo! Maktoob News Wed, 24 Oct 2012 07:44 AM PDT
MOSCOW/LONDON, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Ecuador is worried aboutthe health of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and has askedBritain to guarantee him safe passage from its London embassy tohospital if he needs medical treatment, a senior Ecuadoreandiplomat said in Moscow. Assange, an Australian, has been holed up inside Ecuador'sembassy in central London since June to avoid extradition toSweden to face ... |
Report casts doubt on medical guidelines
Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News Wed, 24 Oct 2012 07:39 AM PDT
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Many medical guidelines don't stick to quality standards designed to make them trustworthy, and the situation hasn't improved over the past two decades, researchers have found. "Everybody everywhere is developing guidelines and there is no real quality control," said Dr. Philip A. Mackowiak, who led the new work. "There is no good oversight of who actually develops ... |
Greece fights drug shortages by suspending exports
Reuters via Yahoo! News Wed, 24 Oct 2012 07:28 AM PDT
LONDON (Reuters) - The Greek government, battling a shortage of many medicines, has suspended all drug exports in the wake of a fresh round of price cuts, according to a notice from the country's drugs regulator. The head of the National Organisation for Medicines (EOF), part of the health ministry, has also written to governments around Europe urging them not to refer to the latest reduced ... |
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