FDA Adds New Side Effects to Finasteride Label

In CategoryDrugs and Drug Companies
ByRuss Bianchi

The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday expanded the warning label on the drug finasteride, which is used to treat enlarged prostate and male pattern baldness, saying some men who took the drug continued to have sexual side effects after they stopped taking it.

FDA Adds New Side Effects to Finasteride Label

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Meat Distributor Recalls Ton Of Beef

In CategoryFood and More, Toxins, Pollution, Contaminants, Chemicals, Etc
ByRuss Bianchi

A Maine meat distributor has announced that it is recalling more than a ton of beef products that may be contaminated with the E. coli bacteria.

Meat Distributor Recalls Ton Of Beef

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J&J Is Fined $1 Billion Over Risperdal Marketing

In CategoryDrugs and Drug Companies
ByRuss Bianchi

In a huge blow to Johnson & Johnson, an Arkansas judge has fined the healthcare giant and its Janssen subisdiary more than $1.1 billion one day after a jury found the companies downplayed and hid risks – notably, diabetes and weight gain – associated with its Risperdal antipsychotic drug.

J&J Is Fined $1 Billion Over Risperdal Marketing

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