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FDA Approves New Orphan Drug Kynamro to Treat Inherited Cholesterol Disorder

January 29, 2013 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Kynamro (mipomersen sodium) injection as an addition to lipid-lowering medications and diet to treat patients with a rare type...

FDA Approves Juxtapid - New Orphan Drug for Rare Cholesterol Disorder

December 26, 2012 – On Dec. 21, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Juxtapid (lomitapide) to reduce low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, total cholesterol, apolipoprotein B, and...

FDA Medwatch Alert: Atorvastatin Calcium Tablets by Ranbaxy Inc.: Recall - Presence of Foreign Substance

ISSUE: On November 9, 2012, Ranbaxy Inc. initiated a voluntary recall of 41 affected lots of Atorvastatin Calcium Tablets (10 mg, 20 mg and 40 mg) which is a solid oral dosage form, to the retail l...

FDA Approves Combination Therapy Juvisync

SILVER SPRING, Md., Oct. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Juvisync (sitagliptin and simvastatin), a fixed-dose combination (FDC) prescription...

Once-Daily Welchol (colesevelam HCl) for Oral Suspension Receives FDA Approval To be Mixed With Fruit Juice or Diet Soft Drinks

PARSIPPANY, N.J., July 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ – Daiichi Sankyo, Inc., announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the supplemental new drug application (sNDA) for Welchol...

FDA Approves Crestor to Reduce Stroke, Heart Attack Risk

Approval based on JUPITER study which evaluated Crestor in a previously unstudied population WILMINGTON, Del., Feb. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – AstraZeneca today announced that the US Food and Drug...

FDA Medwatch Alert: Cholestrix

[Posted August 09, 2007] FDA warns consumers and healthcare professionals to avoid using Red Yeast Rice and Red Yeast Rice/Policosonal Complex, sold by Swanson Healthcare Products, Inc. and...

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