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Generics may be bio-equivalent of brands, but are they as safe?
Clinical tests conducted by the Journal of the American Medical Association comparing brand and generic cardiovascular drugs show that generic drugs are bio-equivalent to the drugs they are patterned after. And, the FDA adds, generics are far less expensive than
Baxter International spent thousands on lobbying efforts
Drug maker Baxter International Inc., shelled out more than $720,000 in the third quarter of the year lobbying on health care issues including government reimbursement for kidney dialysis treatment and increased funding for kidney disease education, according to Forbes/Associated Press.
FDA will not name Chinese plants that supplied tainted heparin
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is at odds with congressional investigators over an investigation into the federal agency’s inspection of foreign drug manufacturing facilities.
Despite recall, Baxter International enjoys third-quarter gains
Despite heparin-recall woes earlier in the year, Pharmaceutical drug giant Baxter International announced that it had a 19 percent increase in third-quarter profits, according to a Baxter International press release.
FDA to set up offices worldwide
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will place more than 60 food and drug regulators worldwide over the next year to provide guidance on U.S. quality standards, according to the Associated Press. This will replace the agency’s current practice
FDA makes blunder during hiring of PR firm to improve image
Every company can use a good spin doctor from time to time, and it looks like the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is no exception. Last month I told you that California Rep. Harry Waxman, who serves as head of
synthetic heparin in development
Robert Linhardt, a scientist at Troy, New York-based Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, is leading a team of researchers who have developed a fully synthetic version of the blood thinner heparin. While the group has only produced a few milligrams of the
