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BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTS
Published September 6, 2008, 9:15 pm, Highlands Today
Stocks Plummet After Retail, Unemployment Data NEW YORK (AP) - Dejected investors sent stocks plunging Thursday, hurtling the Dow Jones industrials down more than 340 points after retailers and the government added to a mountain of bad economic news and devastated hopes for a late-year recovery.
Amgen And Wyeth Statement On The FDA Safety Announcement Regarding Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) Blockers
Published September 6, 2008, 11:14 am, Medical News Today
Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN) and Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, a division of Wyeth (NYSE: WYE), issued a statement in response to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) safety announcement regarding opportunistic fungal infections in patients treated with Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) blockers [marketed as Remicade&r
FDA orders stronger warnings for arthritis drugs
Published September 6, 2008, 2:24 am, Lake County News-Sun
The Food and Drug Administration has ordered stronger warnings on four medications -- including Abbott Laboratories's blockbuster Humira -- widely used to treat rheumatoid arthritis and other serious illnesses, saying they can raise the risk of possibly fatal fungal infections.
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Published September 6, 2008, 1:49 am, The Scranton Times-Tribune
Comcast appeals FCC’s Web decision WASHINGTON — Comcast Corp. is appealing an FCC ruling that the company is improperly blocking customers’ Web traffic, triggering a legal battle that could determine the extent of the government’s authority to regulate the Internet.
Arthritis Drugs Linked to Risks From Infection
Published September 6, 2008, 1:39 am, The Hendersonville Times-News
Federal officials ordered stronger warnings on four medications widely used to treat rheumatoid arthritis and other serious illnesses, saying they can raise the risk of possibly fatal fungal infections.
US orders stronger warnings for 4 arthritis drugs
Published September 5, 2008, 7:55 pm, GMA News
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration ordered stronger warnings Thursday on four medications widely used to treat rheumatoid arthritis and other serious illnesses, saying they can raise the risk of possibly fatal fungal infections.
Anti-TNFs: FDA calls for additional warnings on blockbuster class
Published September 5, 2008, 6:46 pm, Pharmaceutical Business Review
Due to heightened concerns over a side effect that can leave users prone to infection, the FDA has flexed its new powers to impose safety warnings on anti-TNF drugs. However, Datamonitor believes that while this action may raise awareness of the side effect, it will not affect drug uptake in the many patients with autoimmune diseases that find relief in these therapies.
What is histoplasmosis?
Published September 5, 2008, 3:55 pm, Scientific American
Fungal infections are common and usually treatable. But they can be deadly in patients with immune systems compromised by diseases such as AIDS or by meds taken to keep them in check when they become too active (causing so-called autoimmune conditions such as lupus and rheumatoid arthritis), or to prevent rejection of organ transplants. [More]
Boost antifungal warnings on arthritis drugs: FDA
Published September 5, 2008, 2:31 pm, CBC
Stronger warnings need to be put on four medications used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn's disease and other conditions following the deaths of 12 people who contracted fungal infections, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Thursday.
Arthritis Meds May Lead To Fungal Infections
Published September 5, 2008, 2:23 pm, Local 10 Miami
The FDA finds a link between four arthritis drugs and histoplasmosis infections.
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