Ameridose LLC, which is affiliated with the specialty pharmacy behind a deadly meningitis outbreak, is laying off about 90 percent of its workforce, according to a Reuters story.
The company suspended operations on October 10 so that state and federal investigators could inspect its facilities, and is scheduled to remain shut down until November 19.
Ameridose has the same owners as the New England Compounding Center of Massachusetts, ...
continue reading...After a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy was found to be the source of a deadly meningitis outbreak, other compounding pharmacies are looking at the story as a cautionary example of what can happen if proper procedures aren’t followed.
The outbreak, which has sickened 424 people in 19 states and killed 31, has been traced to injectable steroid medication produced by the New England Compounding Center.
A report in USA ...
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Johnson & Johnson has settled with about 845 plaintiffs who filed suit over allegations that the company didn’t adequately warn them about the risks of tendon damage from an antibiotic called Levaquin.
According to Bloomberg, the settlements were disclosed in a filing from Minneapolis, where a federal judge is overseeing about 1,900 Levaquin lawsuits. The filing didn’t say how much the company will pay.
Overall, Johnson & Johnson faces more than 3,400 ...
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German pharmaceutical giant Bayer is purchasing Schiff Nutrition International, an American vitamins maker, for $1.2 billion, Reuters reports.
According to Reuters, many pharmaceutical companies are looking to expand into non-prescription drugs. Although non-prescription drugs don’t pull in as much money as their prescription counterparts, they’re also steadier because they don’t carry risks such as clinical trial failures and patent expiries.
The story notes that some prescription medications have been causing problems for ...
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A story in the Jackson Clarion Ledger out of Mississippi looks at the challenges of caring for people with traumatic brain injury.
The story refers to a 34-year-old man named Neal Sandifer who suffered traumatic brain injury, and must now leave the nursing home where he had been staying.
The story quotes Lee Jenkins, executive director of the Brain Injury Association of Mississippi, as saying that putting Sandifer in a nursing home ...
continue reading...The Mayo Clinic says doctors can frequently identify Stevens-Johnson syndrome based on medical history, a physical exam and the condition’s distinctive signs and symptoms. Doctors may also take a skin sample for examination under a microscope.
However it’s diagnosed, Stevens-Johnson syndrome is considered a medical emergency and requires hospitalization, frequently in an intensive care unit or burn unit. It’s usually an allergic reaction in response to medication, infection or illness, and can cause the top layer of skin to shed and ...
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