In the News
In the News
| Date | In The News | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 2011 |
''Del Monte Sues FDA Over Cantaloupe Recall, Import Restrictions'' In an unusual move, Del Monte Fresh Produce has filed suit against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration saying "erroneous speculation, unsupported by scientific evidence" led to a March recall of Guatemalan cantaloupes tied to an outbreak of Salmonella Panama. |
Food Safety |
| Aug 22, 2011 |
''Hip Implant Complaints Surge, Even as the Dangers Are Studied'' "The federal government has received a surge in complaints in recent months about failed hip replacements, suggesting that serious problems persist with some types of artificial hips even as researchers scramble to evaluate the health dangers." |
Drugs and Devices at the FDA |
| Jul 28, 2011 |
''Industry allies continue to reject facts about antibiotic use in animal agriculture'' "This week, an industry-leaning commentary with an academic veneer appeared on the Dairyherd Network, repeating industry arguments that rely on inaccurate facts that have been rebutted by scientists and public health and medical organizations to argue against banning the unnecessary and risky agricultural overuse of life-saving antibiotics." |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Jun 20, 2011 |
''FDA plan aims to increase import safety'' "A Food and Drug Administration report issued Monday lays out plans to deal with the rising tide of imports to the U.S., which has quadrupled over the past decade." |
Drug Manufacturing and Distribution, Drug Safety |
| Jun 15, 2011 |
''Med-tech CEOs storm Capitol Hill'' "AdvaMed organizes a 'legislative fly-in' on Capitol Hill, bringing 20 medical device company CEOs to 'urge Congress to help preserve the industry’s competitiveness and global leadership in the development of new medical devices and diagnostics." |
Drugs and Devices at the FDA |
| Jun 15, 2011 |
''USDA Report: Studies Show Farms Need To Use Fewer Antibiotics'' "Research from around the world shows a pressing need to regulate and stem the widespread use of antibiotics on livestock, which can become reservoirs of bacteria resistant to drugs that were previously able to kill the bugs that can also sicken and kill humans, according to a new report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture." |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Jun 9, 2011 |
''Baxter loses first Heparin case'' "A Cook County Circuit Court jury Thursday awarded $625,000 to the estate of a man who his attorneys say was given a dosage of a blood thinner made by Baxter International Inc. that contained a contaminated ingredient found in the company's supply chain in China." |
Drug Manufacturing and Distribution, Drug Safety |
| Jun 6, 2011 |
Saveantibiotics.org Has a New Home Welcome to the Pew Campaign on Human Health and Industrial Farming's new home. For those familiar with our previous site, the tour below should help you familiarize yourself with our new look. |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Jun 2, 2011 |
''House GOP pushes back against health measures affecting school lunches, tobacco'' "The Rehberg amendment would also prevent the FDA from restricting the widespread use of antibiotics in feed for farm animals, which many public health experts believe has led to the development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria that threaten human health." |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| May 22, 2011 |
''Patients at heart of medical device issue'' "Antonitsa Vlahoulis knew as she slipped into unconsciousness on the operating room table that her surgeon would choose which medical device she would receive to fix her leaky heart valve." |
Drugs and Devices at the FDA |
| Apr 12, 2011 |
''Group Faults the F.D.A. on Oversight of Devices'' "The Food and Drug Administration is allowing some high-risk devices like artificial hips to be sold without strenuous testing, despite promises that it would address regulatory issues affecting them, a federal watchdog group plans to testify on Wednesday." |
Drugs and Devices at the FDA |
| Mar 31, 2011 |
"ON DECEMBER 11th 1945, at the end of his Nobel lecture, Alexander Fleming sounded a warning. Fleming’s chance observation of the antibiotic effects of a mould called Penicillium on one of his bacterial cultures had inspired his co |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Mar 31, 2011 |
"Organized gangs are stealing prescription medicine in increasingly audacious heists. That's a problem for Big Pharma and for patients, who can unknowingly buy stolen -- and sometimes dangerous -- medications." |
Drug Manufacturing and Distribution, Drug Safety |
| Mar 30, 2011 |
"Since 1995 Denmark has enforced progressively tighter rules on the use of antibiotics in the raising of pigs, poultry and other livestock. In the process, it has shown that it is possible to protect human health without hurting farmers." |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Mar 13, 2011 |
''The fight against counterfeit drugs'' "60 Minutes' nine-month investigation of counterfeit prescription drugs reveals how the dangerous and sometimes deadly fakes get into the nation's drug pipeline. Dr. Sanjay Gupta reports." |
Drug Manufacturing and Distribution, Drug Safety |
