Bayer makes a medication called Kogenate that is used in people who suffer with the bleeding disorders known as hemophilia. Doctors prescribe the medication to prevent excessive bleeding, but recently it suffered a recall. Bayer announced the recall in July. Bayer issued follow up in August to extend it to include more lots. At issue was the potency […]

Portola Pharmaceuticals recently announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration rejected its application for approval or a new antidote for Xarelto and similar blood thinners. Patients taking these blood thinners are at risk of excessive bleeding, which can be fatal, and there is currently no approved antidote to reverse the bleeding. Xarelto and Bleeding […]

As kids go back to school for the fall of 2016 those with life-threatening allergies face a big price hike on the medication that can save their lives. EpiPens, the injectable device that delivers adrenaline to someone experiencing anaphylactic shock from an allergen, are necessary for many children suffering from serious allergies, mostly food allergies. […]

PharmaTech, a Florida-based pharmaceutical company, announced in July that it would be voluntarily recalling several lots of their docusate sodium solutions, known as Diocto Liquid. The recall came after the company discovered that the lots had been contaminated with Burkholderia cepacia. The bacteria have caused infections in people in outbreaks in five states. In August […]