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Covidien gets FDA approval for surgery kit - Forbes
Medical device maker and diversified health care company Covidien Ltd. said Tuesday that the Food and Drug Administration granted approval to market a surgery kit for use in laparoscopic procedures. Covidien's SILS Procedure Kits can be used by
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Report Links Pfizer Drug To Accidents, Heart Trouble - Wall Street Journal
A nonprofit drug safety group is raising concerns about serious side effects newly linked to Pfizer Inc.'s popular smoking-cessation medicine, Chantix, casting a pall over a drug already dogged by psychiatric issues and focusing the spotlight anew on
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The FDA's Cancer Chief Speaks Out - BusinessWeek
Dr. Richard Pazdur, 55, is one of the most powerful men in medicine. An oncologist by training, he has overseen the U.S. Food & Drug Administration's cancer drug division since 1999, and in 2005 was named director of the FDA's newly created Office of
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FAA bans Chantix drug - Baltimore Sun
WASHINGTON - The Federal Aviation Administration banned pilots and air traffic controllers yesterday from using a popular anti-smoking drug after a study found that it had apparently contributed to auto accidents and other mishaps that posed risks to
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FDA seeks new hepatitis blood donation rules - Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. health officials are seeking to relax blood donation rules for some people who initially tested positive for hepatitis B, which could clear hundred of thousands of new donors, according to documents released on Tuesday
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Lutheran implants lighter artificial heart - Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
A Middlebury man became the first in the region to receive a new, lighter partial artificial heart approved by the FDA last month, Lutheran Hospital said today. Gary Snearey, 61, was said to be recovering well after having the Thoratec HeartMate II
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New Survey Suggests That Consumers Are Naive to the Risk of Botox - Forbes
Survey also reveals less than 5% trust magazines or advertising for treatment information NEW YORK , May 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Physicians Coalition for Injectable Safety (http://www.injectablesafety.org) and the health and beauty
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Lasik patient welcomes tougher look at surgery - Nashville Tennessean
Everything Gerry Schmidt sees is splattered with little black dots and swiggly lines. He sometimes has double vision. And at night, headlights look like blinding miniature suns. Before undergoing Lasik corrective-vision surgery last year, Schmidt
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Pro-Pharmaceuticals Announces Submission of Drug Master File for - MSN MoneyCentral
Pro-Pharmaceuticals, Inc. PRW , a Company developing carbohydrate-based targeted therapeutic compounds to treat cancer and fibrosis, has completed an important step toward submission of a New Drug Application (NDA) for DAVANAT(R) by filing the Drug
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