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Group Sues FDA Over Painkiller - Time
(WASHINGTON) — A prescription painkiller sold under such names as Darvon and Darvocet is too risky to stay on the market, a consumer advocacy group argued Thursday in suing the Food and Drug Administration. Public Citizen petitioned the FDA two
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FDA inspectors to Fla., Mexico in salmonella probe - Los Angeles Times
WASHINGTON -- There may be a break in the salmonella case: Food and Drug Administration inspectors headed for farms in Florida and Mexico on Friday, as new clues emerge to the possible source of salmonella-tainted tomatoes that have now sickened 552
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Biovail stock falls after analyst cuts rating - CNBC
NEW YORK - Shares of drug developer Biovail Corp. sank Friday after a CIBC analyst said generic drug launches will likely keep pressuring the company's revenue and restructuring efforts will be costly. Biovail is shifting its focus to central nervous
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FDA widens tomato inquiry - Miami Herald
The Food and Drug Administration said Friday it is heading to farms in Florida and Mexico, searching for the potential source of salmonella-tainted tomatoes that have now sickened 552 people.
Source: www.miamiherald.com

Drug treatment facility halted in Perry Twp. - Herald-Standard
A Fayette County judge has granted an injunction to close a drug treatment facility in Perry Township. On Thursday, Judge Gerald R. Solomon granted the injunction prohibiting Louis Waller and LLS Realty LLC "from operating a substance abuse treatment
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Salmonella outbreak linked to Florida, Mexico farms - Los Angeles Times
Several farms in Florida and Mexico appear to have produced at least some of the tomatoes implicated in what is shaping up to be the country's largest tomato-borne salmonella outbreak, federal health officials said Friday. But the lengthy search for
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Is Merck Flying Blind? - Forbes
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration rejected Merck 's cholesterol combination pill in April. Merck now says the FDA has suggested it wait five years before resubmitting the drug. The big question raised is not just when Cordaptive will get approved
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FDA inspectors head to Fla., Mexico tomato farms - MSNBC
NEW YORK - Food and Drug Administration inspectors are heading for farms in Florida and Mexico, as new clues emerge to the possible source of salmonella-tainted tomatoes that have now sickened 552 people. The FDA wouldn’t say where in Florida and
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U.S. food inspectors head to Florida, Mexico in salmonella probe - Canada East
WASHINGTON - U.S. Food and Drug Administration inspectors are heading for farms in Florida and Mexico, as new clues emerge to the possible source of salmonella-tainted tomatoes that have now sickened 552 people. The FDA wouldn't say where in Florida
Source: www.canadaeast.com