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Use of Manometer Can Reduce Endotracheal Tube Cuff Overinflation
MONDAY, July 24, 2023 – Provider education on use of endotracheal tube (ETT) cuff overinflation can reduce overinflation and related complications, according to a study presented at the annual...
Initiating Patient-Controlled Epidural in OR Beneficial for Pain Control
MONDAY, July 24, 2023 – Initiating patient-controlled epidural anesthesia (PCEA) infusion in the operating room (OR) may improve pain control, according to a study presented at the annual American...
FDA Medwatch Alert: SterRx, LLC Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Certain SterRx Products
SterRx, LLC today announced the voluntary nationwide recall of approximately 240 lots within their expiry period due to equipment and process issues that could lead to a lack of sterility assurance...
FDA Medwatch Alert: FDA Alerts Patients and Health Care Professionals Not to Use Compounded Products Intended to be Sterile from Prescription Labs Inc. dba Greenpark Compounding Pharmacy
September 17, 2021 – FDA is alerting patients and health care professionals not to use compounded products intended to be sterile, produced and distributed nationwide by Prescription Labs Inc. doing...
FDA Approves Posimir (bupivacaine) for Post-Surgical Pain Reduction for up to 72 Hours Following Arthroscopic Subacromial Decompression
CUPERTINO, Calif., Feb. 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ – DURECT Corporation (Nasdaq: DRRX) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Posimir (bupivacaine solution) for...
FDA Approves Doptelet (avatrombopag) for Chronic Liver Disease Patients with Thrombocytopenia who are Undergoing a Medical Procedure
May 21, 2018 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Doptelet (avatrombopag) tablets to treat low blood platelet count (thrombocytopenia) in adults with chronic liver disease who are...
FDA Approves Vonvendi [von Willebrand factor (recombinant)] for Perioperative Management of Bleeding in Adult Patients with von Willebrand Disease
Cambridge, Ma. – April 17, 2018 – Shire plc (LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPG), the global biotechnology leader in rare disease, today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Von...
Pacira Announces FDA Approval of Exparel as a Nerve Block to Produce Regional Analgesia
PARSIPPANY, N.J., April 06, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:PCRX) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its supplemental new drug...
FDA Medwatch Alert: Compounded Sterile Products by PharMEDium Services: Recall - Lack of Sterility Assurance
ISSUE: PharMEDium Services is voluntarily recalling certain lots of drug products to the hospital/user level due to a lack of assurance of sterility. Administration of a drug product intended to be...
FDA Medwatch Alert: Sterile Drug Products by Cantrell Drug Company: Recall - Lack of Sterility Assurance
[Posted 07/25/2017] ISSUE: Cantrell Drug Company is voluntarily recalling all lots of unexpired sterile drug products to the hospital and user level due to lack of sterility assurance. The recalled ...
FDA Medwatch Alert: Potassium Phosphate and Succinylcholine Chloride by PharMEDium Services: Recall - Lack of Sterility Assurance
[Posted 06/27/2017] ISSUE: PharMEDium Services is conducting a limited, voluntary recall due to Hospira Inc.’s (“Hospira”) June 15, 2017 recall announcement that microbial growth was detected during ...
FDA Approves Gleolan (aminolevulinic acid hydrochloride) as an Optical Imaging Agent in Patients with Gliomas
June 6, 2017 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Gleolan [aminolevulinic acid hydrochloride (ALA HCl)] as an optical imaging agent indicated in patients with gliomas (suspected...
Flamel Technologies Receives FDA Approval of Akovaz (ephedrine sulfate) for Surgical Hypotension
LYON, FRANCE--(Marketwired - May 2, 2016) - Flamel Technologies (NASDAQ: FLML) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the Company's New Drug Application (NDA)...
Sun Pharma Receives FDA Approval For BromSite (bromfenac ophthalmic solution)
Mumbai, April 09, 2016: Sun Pharma (Reuters: SUN.BO, Bloomberg: SUNP IN, NSE: SUNPHARMA, BSE:524715, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd and includes its subsidiaries or associate companies) today...
FDA Medwatch Alert: Sodium Bicarbonate Injection, USP by Hospira: Recall - Particulate Matter
ISSUE: Hospira, Inc. is recalling one lot of 8.4% Sodium Bicarbonate Injection, USP (NDC: 0409-6625-02, Lot 56-148-EV, Expiry 1AUG2017) at the hospital/retail level due to the presence of a...
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