July 4, 2008
 

Abbott Gains FDA Approval For Xience Drug-Coated Stent - CNN Money


Abbott Gains FDA Approval For Xience Drug-Coated Stent - CNN Money
Abbott Laboratories (ABT) gained approval Wednesday to begin selling its Xience drug-coated stent in the U.S., where the heart device is seen as a potential leader in domestic market worth more than $1.8 billion . The approval from the U.S. Food and
Source: money.cnn.com

Diabetes-drug testing pushed - Philadelphia Daily News
WASHINGTON - Diabetes drugs should face tougher safety standards that could cost manufacturers millions, but protect patients from unforeseen heart risks, a government panel recommended. The Food and Drug Administration advisory panel voted, 14-2
Source: www.philly.com

No Salad Days at FDA - Daily Herald
WASHINGTON -- The latest E. coli/spinach and salmonella/tomatoes scares have renewed public concern about the Food and Drug Administration's oversight of food safety. And a recent Government Accountability Office report doesn't do much to put tomato
Source: www.heraldextra.com

Abbott says FDA OKs Xience V drug-coated stent for coronary artery - Forbes
SAN FRANCISCO (Thomson Financial) - The Food and Drug Administration has approved Abbott Laboratories 's Xience V drug-coated stent for coronary disease, the Abbott Park, Ill.-based health-care company said late Wednesday. The stent will be launched
Source: www.forbes.com

Feds accuse Ariz. couple in Indian drug case - BusinessWeek
A federal grand jury has indicted a Lake Havasu City, Ariz. couple who ran a company that allegedly imported Indian-made knockoffs of popular prescription drugs and sold them as U.S. versions. Randy T. French and his wife Sheila French face charges
Source: www.businessweek.com

Abbott rises after FDA approves Xience V stent - Forbes
Shares of Abbott Laboratories rose Thursday after regulators approved its drug-coated Xience V stent for sale. The Food and Drug Administration approved the stent late Wednesday, and Abbott expects it to take between 25 percent and 30 percent of the
Source: www.forbes.com

Farmers say salmonella scare has hurt tomato sales - San Diego Union-Tribune
With a salmonella scare causing many customers to shun what's normally a summertime favorite, tomato farmers nationwide have had to plow under their fields and leave their crop to rot in packinghouses. As losses across the supply chain top $100
Source: www.signonsandiego.com

FDA Approves Abbott's XIENCE(TM) V Drug Eluting Stent - MSN MoneyCentral
XIENCE V, Only Drug Eluting Stent to Demonstrate Superiority Over Market-Leading Stent in Clinical Trials, Now Available in United States for Treatment of Coronary Artery Disease ABBOTT PARK, Ill., July 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Abbott today
Source: news.moneycentral.msn.com

FDA: More diabetes drug testing needed - AZCentral.com
WASHINGTON - Diabetes drugs would be subject to more stringent safety standards that could cost manufacturers millions, under recommendations made Wednesday by a government panel. Advisers to the Food and Drug Administration said overwhelmingly that
Source: www.azcentral.com

Abbott gets FDA approval for drug-coated stent - CNN Money
NEW YORK (Associated Press) - Drug developer and medical device maker Abbott Laboratories said Wednesday it received Food and Drug Administration approval for its anticipated drug-coated stent, Xience V. The approval adds another drug-coated stent to
Source: money.cnn.com

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