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Phenylephrine Sales Sizeable and Steady Despite Efficacy Concerns

TUESDAY, Feb. 13, 2024 – Despite concerns about clinical efficacy, phenylephrine was the most common oral decongestant sold in the United States from 2012 to 2021, according to a research letter...

How Would an FDA Ban on Popular Cold Meds Affect Americans?

FRIDAY, Feb. 9, 2024 – America’s most popular cold medications contain a nasal decongestant that doesn’t work, creating a knotty dilemma for regulators, a new study reports. Cold remedies containing ...

FDA Medwatch Alert: Leiters Health Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Vancomycin IV Bags, Phenylephrine IV Bags, and Fentanyl IV Bags Due to Potential for Superpotent Drug

January 5, 2024 – Englewood, Colorado, Leiters Health is voluntarily recalling 33 lots of products listed below to the user level. The recalled batches of vancomycin IV bags, phenylephrine IV bags, a...

CVS Pulling Popular Cold Meds From Shelves After Report Deems Them to Be Useless

FRIDAY, Oct. 20, 2023 – CVS Health plans to pull cold medications that contain phenylephrine from its store shelves after federal regulators determined recently that the decongestant does not work....

CVS Pulling Popular Cold Meds From Shelves After Report Deems Them to Be Useless

FRIDAY, Oct. 20, 2023 – CVS Health plans to pull cold medications that contain phenylephrine from its store shelves after federal regulators determined recently that the decongestant doesn’t work. O...

OTC Decongestant Phenyephrine, Is Useless

TUESDAY, Sept. 12, 2023 – For decades, sick people have been taking essentially worthless over-the-counter cold remedies to clear their stuffy noses, a key advisory panel for the U.S. Food and Drug...

FDA Panel Says Common OTC Decongestant, Phenylephrine, Is Useless

TUESDAY, Sept. 12, 2023 – For decades, sick people have been taking essentially worthless over-the-counter cold remedies to clear their stuffy noses, a key advisory panel for the U.S. Food and Drug...

FDA Medwatch Alert: Edge Pharma, LLC Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall of All Drug Products Due to Lack of Sterility Assurance

December 4, 2021 – Colchester, VT, Edge Pharma, LLC is voluntarily recalling all lots of all drugs compounded at Edge Pharma, LLC to the consumer level. All products are being recalled due to process ...

FDA Medwatch Alert: Sagent Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Phenylephrine Hydrochloride Injection, USP, 10 mg/mL Due to Potential Lack of Sterility Assurance

March 11, 2021 – Sagent Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced the voluntary nationwide recall of three lots of Phenylephrine Hydrochloride Injection, USP (10 mg/mL). This product was manufactured by...

FDA Medwatch Alert: Injectable Products by SCA Pharmaceuticals: Recall - Potential Contamination

ISSUE: SCA Pharmaceuticals LLC (“SCA Pharmaceuticals”) is voluntarily recalling various lots of injectable products to the hospital level. There is a potential for the products to contain microbial co...

Flamel Technologies Announces FDA Approval of Vazculep

LYON, FRANCE--(Marketwired - Jun 30, 2014) - Flamel Technologies (NASDAQ: FLML) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the company's New Drug Application (NDA)...

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