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• Avastin Breast Cancer Approval Should Be Revoked: FDA Panel

  June 30, 2011

  Staff Writers

  A six-person panel of FDA advisors has voted unanimously to recommend that the cancer drug Avastin lose its approval for...

• Women Should Not Use Silicone Breast Implants: Public Citizen

  June 30, 2011

  Staff Writers

  Public Citizen, a consumer watchdog group, indicates that the FDA did not go far enough in warning women about the...

• Silicone Breast Implant Problems Don’t Include Cancer: FDA

  June 23, 2011

  Staff Writers

  Federal regulators have issued new safety data for silicone breast implants, finding no link between the breast implants and breast...

• Supreme Court Rejects Pfizer Prempro HRT Lawsuit Appeal

  June 22, 2011

  Staff Writers

  Pfizer will have to pay $58 million to three women who previously won a Prempro breast cancer lawsuit against the...

• No Link Between Blood Pressure Drugs and Cancer Found: FDA

  June 6, 2011

  Staff Writers

  Federal drug safety experts say they can find no link between cancer and a popular class of blood pressure control...

• Pfizer Prepared to Pay $772M to Settle Prempro Lawsuits

  May 16, 2011

  Staff Writers

  Pfizer has reportedly settled a third of all pending Prempro lawsuits, and has set aside at least $772 million to...

• Radiation Shield Recall Issued Due to Risk of Tungsten Particles

  April 14, 2011

  Staff Writers

  A radiation shield meant to protect the skin from overexposure during radiation treatment has been recalled because it can shed...

• Digoxin Side Effects Linked to Increased Breast Cancer Risk: Study

  March 23, 2011

  Staff Writers

  According to a new study, the risk of breast cancer may be increased as a side effect of digoxin, a...

• FDA Warns of Poor Quality Mammograms by Huntington Radiology

  March 15, 2011

  Staff Writers

  Federal regulators are warning physicians and patients about poor quality mammograms from a California radiology lab. 

• Prempro Settlements Reached in 2200 Lawsuits: Report

  February 10, 2011

  Staff Writers

  Pfizer, Inc. has reportedly agreed to settle Prempro lawsuits filed on behalf of about 2,200 people who allegedly developed breast...