Federal judges have consolidated dozens of lawsuits alleging the blockbuster antipsychotic drug Abilify (aripiprazole) caused compulsive gambling , sex addiction and other disorders. U.S. District Jud...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a new surgical tool for use in certain gynecological procedures, the device’s maker, Olympus America Inc., announced Wednesday. The PK Morcellator is...
Taking acid-reducing drugs called proton pump inhibitors and an antibiotic together may increase the risk for life-threatening irregular heartbeat, according to a study. Researchers from Columbia Univ...
Families who filed lawsuits against GlaxoSmithKline say a new label for Zofran (ondansetron) shows the drugmaker could have warned about birth-defect risks sooner. The new label links the anti-nausea...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration released its final guidelines on the controversial Essure Permanent Birth Control System, and women injured by the device say the agency failed them. “The guidanc...
People who use proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) to control stomach acid are more likely to end up in the hospital with infectious gastroenteritis, also known as stomach flu, researchers found. Doctors pr...
Johnson & Johnson received its third trial loss in a row over claims its talc powder can cause ovarian cancer after a St. Louis jury recently awarded nearly $70 million to a cancer patient. In a 9-3 v...
A study found people who lost weight with the Type 2 diabetes drug Invokana (canagliflozin) got hungrier and ate more, leading to a weight loss plateau. The study conducted by David Polidori and colle...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration created a program that allows medical device makers to hide adverse events and report them years later, the Star Tribune reported. Doctors and patients should be...
After critics accused Johnson & Johnson and Bayer of hiding data in clinical trials for their blockbuster blood thinner Xarelto (rivaroxaban) , the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said the drug is s...
