FDA warns of problems with sterilization device
AP - 1 hour 17 minutes agoDoctors and hospitals should stop using a device from Steris Corp. to sterilize surgical tools after reports of malfunction, according to the Food and Drug Administration.
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GenomeWeb News - Fri Dec 4, 10:15 am ETHis annual base salary has been raised to $930,000 with a target annual incentive bonus of 115 percent of base salary retroactive to Sept. 15, when the company announced he would be replacing Marijn Dekkers as president and CEO. The actual amount paid as a bonus is between zero and twice the target amount, the company said in a document filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
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FDA announces Chinese herb recall
UPI - Thu Dec 3, 9:48 am ETWASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the recall of Radix Polygonati Officinalis, a Chinese herb, because of a labeling error.
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Police: Pa. radio tower prankster’s health at risk
Culpeper Star-Exponent - 3 minutes agoOfficials say prankster might experience radiation sickness
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St. Jude Medical Receives FDA Approval for Industry-First Five-Column Neurostimulation Lead to Manage Chronic Pain
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Fri Dec 4, 8:00 am ETST. PAUL, Minn.----St. Jude Medical, Inc. today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval and U.S. market introduction of its new Penta™ surgical lead for neurostimulation therapy.
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Kin sue Harvard over son’s suicide
Boston Globe - Fri Dec 4, 12:58 am ETHarvard sophomore John Edwards was studying to become a doctor and training for the Boston Marathon in June 2007 when he sought help at the university’s Health Services because he could not study for as many hours as some of his friends.
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Seed success slows approval process
The Des Moines Register - Fri Dec 4, 5:21 am ETExecutives of the three leading corn and soybean seed companies said Thursday that the pace of federal regulatory approvals for biotech seeds, once granted at almost breakneck speed, has slowed in recent years.
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London afternoon: Stocks bounce into the blue after US jobs
ShareCast - Fri Dec 4, 9:29 am ETLONDON (SHARECAST) - Share prices have surged higher as the keenly watched US monthly jobs figures showed a big drop in the number losing their jobs and an unexpected drop in the level of US unemployment.
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Sector movers: US jobs data boosts miners
ShareCast - Fri Dec 4, 9:14 am ETLONDON (SHARECAST) - Mining stocks have stormed ahead after some surprisingly upbeat jobs data from the US.
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Recalled cat food came from plant in Gaston
The Post and Courier - Fri Dec 4, 9:07 am ETCOLUMBIA -- An executive of Diamond Pet Foods, which announced a recall of two varieties of cat food, said Thursday that the tainted products were manufactured at the same Gaston plant that in 2005 produced a toxic dog food responsible for the deaths or illnesses of dozens of dogs around the nation.
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US FDA Approves SEROQUEL XR(R) For Add-On Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Fri Dec 4, 7:00 am ETAstraZeneca today announced that the US Food and Drug Administration has approved once-daily SEROQUEL XR® Extended Release Tablets as adjunctive treatment to antidepressants in adults with Major Depressive Disorder .
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FDA approves hereditary angioedema drug
UPI - Thu Dec 3, 7:59 am ETWASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says it has approved a drug called Kalbitor to treat people suffering from hereditary angioedema.
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Reynolds American Adds Nicotine-Replacement to Portfolio
Convenience Store News - 2 hours 7 minutes agoDecember 04, 2009 - WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- Reynolds American Inc. opted to buy -- rather than research and develop -- its way into the smoking cessation market with the $44 million purchase of Niconovum AB, a nicotine-replacement product manufacturer, the Winston-Salem Journal reported.
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TSO3 receives FDA's clearance for expanded use
CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance - Fri Dec 4, 6:00 am ETTSO3 Inc. , an innovator in low temperature sterilization technology for medical devices in healthcare settings through the use of ozone, today announced that the Company has received clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration to expand the intended use claims for its TSO3 STERIZONE 125L Sterilizer.
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Nassco completes oil tanker 11 months ahead of schedule
San Diego Union-Tribune - Fri Dec 4, 3:19 am ETNassco, a General Dynamics shipyard in San Diego, delivered the third oil tanker manufactured for American Petroleum Tankers LLC, a joint venture of the Blackstone Group.
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London midday: Stocks treading water
ShareCast - Fri Dec 4, 7:44 am ETLONDON (SHARECAST) - Share prices are stabilising at lower levels as investors wait on the big US jobless announcement due at 1:30pm. Banks are on the back foot after a lukewarm note on the sector from JP Morgan.
FDA: Recalls
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Unilever Conducts Nationwide Voluntary Recall of Slim-Fast® Ready-to-Drink Products in Cans Due to Possible Health Risk
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Snax in Pax, Inc. Issues a Nationwide Allergy Alert on Undeclared Milk Allergen in Caramel Corn and Caramel Puff Products.
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Sunny Lake Trading Inc. Issues Alert on Undeclared Sulfites in Radix Polygonati Officialis
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Rikki USA, Inc.Re-Issues Allergy Alert on Undeclared Shrimp in Toi Sauce Thai Red Curry (Panang) produced for the Siamrica Co. to Correct Lot Number
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Diamond Pet Foods Announces Recall of Premium Edge Adult Cat and Premium Edge Hairball Cat Food
Tue Dec 1, 10:11 am EST
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