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Miracle’ man fined for trying to sell unlicensed drugs
He pleaded guilty to having in his possession, in the course of his business: Atorpic-40; Beuter-15; Deprox; FRT-1; Kamagra; Sanagra; Sibutramine; Tadora; Tadalofil and Womenra; knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that the products were intended ...
Abbott 4Q profit falls 6 percent on buyout costs
The company, however, has wrestled with high profile problems in the past year. It said it would pull its diet drug Meridia from the market in October because of safety concerns. That came one month after it recalled millions of containers of its best ...
Lowe’s, Abbott cutting thousands of jobs
It pulled its diet drug Meridia from the market in October because of heart risks, only one month after it recalled millions of containers of its best-selling Similac baby formula because of possible contamination from insect parts.
Abbott to eliminate 1,900 employees
The company has also wrestled with high profile safety problems in the past year. It pulled its diet drug Meridia from the market in October because of heart risks, only one month after it recalled millions of containers of its best-selling Similac baby ...
Arena Fires 25% of Workforce After Diet Drug Delay
Basel, Switzerland-based Roche Holding AG ’s Xenical, approved in 1999, is the only long-term medicine for weight loss after Abbott Park, Illinois-based Abbott Laboratories ’ Meridia was pulled off the market in October because of heart risks.
Abbott to cut 1,900 jobs — 1,000 of them here
It also pulled its diet drug Meridia from the market in October because of heart risks, only one month after it recalled millions of containers of its best-selling Similac baby formula because of possible contamination from insect parts. Abbott shares fell ...
Weight Loss Drug Meridia Comes Under Fire…Again
Data from the Sibutramine Cardiovascular Morbidity/Mortality Outcomes in Overweight or Obese Subjects at Risk of a Cardiovascular Event (SCOUT) study showed increased cardiovascular events in patients who took ...
FDA Reviews Safety of Diet Drug Meridia
Half got sibutramine along with standard medical care for five years, while the other half took a sugar pill (a placebo) and got standard medical care. Serious cardiovascular events occurred in: 11.4% of people ...
Study: Meridia raises risk of heart attack and stroke
LOS ANGELES — The prescription diet drug sibutramine, sold under the brand name Meridia, should be taken off the market because it raises the risk of heart attacks and strokes in some patients, the editor of the ...
Experts Wonder Why Slimming Drug Meridia (sibutramine) Is Still On The Market In USA
Sibutramine, brand name Meridia is an appetite suppressant, a weight loss pill. Editors at the NEJM (New England Journal of Medicine) write it is difficult for them to discern a "credible rationale for ...
Effect of Sibutramine on Cardiovascular Outcomes in Overweight and Obese Subjects — NEJM
The SCOUT trial of the weight loss medication sibutramine (Meridia; Abbott) demonstrated a significant increase in cardiovascular events compared to placebo. In addition, blood pressure and heart rate ...
Sibutramine May Raise Risks in Those With CVD, Diabetes
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 1 (HealthDay News) -- In overweight or obese subjects with cardiovascular disease (CVD) and diabetes, long-term use of sibutramine is associated with an increased risk of nonfatal ...
Increased Cardiac Events Seen With Sibutramine
Explain to interested patients that overweight patients with cardiovascular risks who took the weight-loss drug sibutramine (Meridia) had a 16% increased likelihood of experiencing a cardiac event, according to a ...
SCOUT: Sibutramine linked to increased risk of nonfatal vascular events in subjects with ...
Boston, MA - Subjects with preexisting cardiovascular conditions who were given long-term treatment with sibutramine (Meridia, Abbott Laboratories) had an increased risk of nonfatal MI and nonfatal stroke, but not of ...
Weight Loss Pill Meridia Raises Heart Attack, Stroke Risks
Sept. 1, 2010 – People who take Abbott's weight loss pill Meridia have a higher risk of nonfatal heart attack and stroke, a company-sponsored study shows. The increased risk was seen only in patients with underlying ...
Diet drug Meridia raises heart attack, stroke risk
A company-sponsored study found that the weight-loss drug Meridia raised heart attack and stroke risk in patients with pre-existing heart disease, according to a report out today. The publication comes ...
Study ties Meridia to heart risk
Abbott Laboratories' weight loss pill Meridia increases the risk of heart attacks and strokes in people with existing heart disease, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine ...
Diet drug Meridia study renews calls for U.S. ban
A study funded by Abbott Laboratories offered more detailed evidence that its weight-loss drug Meridia increases heart risks, prompting renewed calls by consumer advocates and others to pull the drug from the market ...
Abbott's Meridia raises heart attack, stroke risk in study
Abbott Laboratories' weight-loss pill Meridia increases the risk of heart attacks and strokes in people with heart disease, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The results will be ...
Diet Pill Meridia Raises Risks For Strokes, Heart Attacks
Thirteen years ago the Food and Drug Administration approved a diet pill called Meridia. Now, finally, we're finding out details on exactly how much the daily appetite suppressant increases the odds for ...
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