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FDA Orders Acetaminophen Limits in Combination Pain Killers

The Food and Drug Administration said today it will ask combination prescription drug manufacturers to limit the content of the common pain reliever acetaminophen in their products. The new stipulation, which also requires companies to warn consumers of "the potential risk for severe liver injury" associated with the...

Brilinta, AstraZeneca's New Heart Drug, Fails to Get FDA Approval

(Dec. 17) -- Drugmaker AstraZeneca's new blood-thinning medicine suffered a setback after it failed to win approval from U.S. regulators today. The U.K.-based company had hoped to get Brilinta on the market soon. But the Food and Drug Administration won't OK the drug until it can review more clinical data on the...

Study: Kids' ER Visits Fell After Cold Meds Pulled

(Nov. 22) -- The number of infants and toddlers rushed to the emergency room after overdosing on over-the-counter cold medicine dropped by more than half after the drugs were yanked off store shelves in 2007, according to a federal study. Research shows that the ban on cold medicines marketed to children under age 2 has...

Feds Want Corpses, Rotting Teeth on Cigarette Packages

(Nov. 10) -- Images of corpses, rotting teeth and diseased lungs will take up half the space on a pack of cigarettes, under federal proposals unveiled today. The graphic new labels are designed to scare smokers into quitting by showing what can happen to them. The warnings are required under a law passed last year that...

Ex-Worker Wins $96M for Blowing Whistle on Drug Giant

(Oct. 27) -- Whistle-blower Cheryl Eckard has won $96 million as part of a $750 million penalty against GlaxoSmithKline over faulty drug manufacturing in a case she says was driven by worries about consumer safety. "This is not something I ever wanted to do, but because of patient safety issues, it was necessary," she...