The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued a warning to consumers about a controversial drug called PNC-27. It has not been evaluated by the FDA, but the group selling PNC-27 is making claims that it can cure cancer. The FDA evaluates and approves drugs for specific uses and to try a drug that […]

Some of the most popular heartburn drugs on the market, including Prevacid, Nexium, Pepcid, and Prilosec, have been found to put patients at risk for a serious gastrointestinal infection. Two different classes of medications were involved in the recent study, and both were implicated in the infections. This comes after another recent study found that […]

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is responsible for making sure medications that are approved for use in patients have been rigorously tested for both safety and effectiveness. Even so, sometimes a medication slips through the cracks or a problem with a drug is not discovered until after it is out on the market. […]

On December 8, Attorneys General in 43 states and Washington D.C. reached a settlement agreement with Bristol-Myers Squibb over the misleading marketing of the drug Abilify. The company will pay out $19.5 million because of allegations that it engaged in unfair and deceptive trade practices when it marketed the drug. Complaints in the 43 states […]