Another Day, Another ARB, Another Contaminant
(MedPage Today) -- Losartan lots from Indian drugmaker recalled for novel carcinogen (Source: MedPage Today Product Alert)
Source: MedPage Today Product Alert - March 26, 2019 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: alerts

FDA: Clot Risk Up for Xeljanz in RA
(MedPage Today) -- Safety signal detected for higher dose of JAK inhibitor in postmarketing trial (Source: MedPage Today Product Alert)
Source: MedPage Today Product Alert - February 26, 2019 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: alerts

FDA: Gout Drug Raises Death Risk
(MedPage Today) -- Black box warning, second-line use being required (Source: MedPage Today Product Alert)
Source: MedPage Today Product Alert - February 21, 2019 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: alerts

FDA Approves Next-Gen TAVR Device
(MedPage Today) -- Sapien 3 Ultra approved for intermediate and greater risk patients (Source: MedPage Today Product Alert)
Source: MedPage Today Product Alert - December 28, 2018 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: alerts

FDA: Immune Tx Monotherapy in Bladder Ca May Worsen Survival
(MedPage Today) -- Pembrolizumab, atezolizumab trials stop enrolling patients with low PD-L1 (Source: MedPage Today Product Alert)
Source: MedPage Today Product Alert - December 27, 2018 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: alerts

FDA: Stopping Fingolimod May Exacerbate MS
(MedPage Today) -- Rare effects including severely increased disability, multiple new lesions (Source: MedPage Today Product Alert)
Source: MedPage Today Product Alert - November 21, 2018 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: alerts

Warfarin INR Test Strips Recalled
(MedPage Today) -- Class I recall for over 1.1 million packages of test strips (Source: MedPage Today Product Alert)
Source: MedPage Today Product Alert - November 2, 2018 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: alerts

FDA: Irbesartan Under Recall Too in the Midst of Valsartan Saga
(MedPage Today) -- Another ARB found to contain a potential carcinogen in some lots (Source: MedPage Today Product Alert)
Source: MedPage Today Product Alert - October 31, 2018 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: alerts

Morning Break: Male Menopause; Oops, Wrong Kidney; Fertility Apps' Accuracy
(MedPage Today) -- Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by theMedPage Today staff (Source: MedPage Today Product Alert)
Source: MedPage Today Product Alert - September 21, 2018 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: alerts

Valsartan Recall Expanded, FDA Investigating Products from Outside China
(MedPage Today) -- Other ARB manufacturers subject to FDA investigation (Source: MedPage Today Product Alert)
Source: MedPage Today Product Alert - August 10, 2018 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: alerts

For Obesity-Related Cancers, Both BMI and Weight Gain Matter
(MedPage Today) -- Still, effects differ among different tumor types (Source: MedPage Today Product Alert)
Source: MedPage Today Product Alert - May 29, 2018 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: alerts

FDA Warns on OTC Teething Products with Benzocaine
(MedPage Today) -- Asks manufacturers to pull products, will require warnings (Source: MedPage Today Product Alert)
Source: MedPage Today Product Alert - May 23, 2018 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: alerts

FDA: Immune Tx Monotherapy in Bladder Ca May Worsen Survival
(MedPage Today) -- Pembrolizumab, atezolizumab trials stop enrolling patients with low PD-L1 (Source: MedPage Today Product Alert)
Source: MedPage Today Product Alert - May 18, 2018 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: alerts

FDA Approves First Non-Opioid Drug to Treat Withdrawal Sx
(MedPage Today) -- Lofexidine OK'd with requirement of 15 postmarketing studies (Source: MedPage Today Product Alert)
Source: MedPage Today Product Alert - May 17, 2018 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: alerts

Patients and High-Priced Specialty Drugs
(MedPage Today) -- A video commentary on what solutions would help patients (Source: MedPage Today Product Alert)
Source: MedPage Today Product Alert - May 4, 2018 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: alerts