Month: October 2012

In meningitis scare, charges firm misled U.S. regulators

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NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) – The deadly meningitis outbreak that has claimed a dozen lives is prompting calls for increased oversight of the nation’s custom-made pharmaceutical industry, amid charges that the company at the center of the scare may have misled U.S. regulators. On Wednesday, Idaho became the 11th state to report a case of the rare illness, which has been linked to tainted steroids produced by a specialty pharmacy in Massachusetts. The U.S. …

Pharmacies under scrutiny over meningitis outbreak

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A security guard looks out from the front doors of pharmaceutical compounding company NECC, a producer of the steroid methylprednisolone acetate, in Framingham, MassachusettsBOSTON (Reuters) – A Massachusetts specialist pharmacy linked to a company at the center of a major health scare closed temporarily on Wednesday and a state regulator clamped down on such operations in the wake of a meningitis outbreak that has claimed a dozen lives. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health said Ameridose LLC, a compounding pharmacy which shares ownership with the New England Compounding Center (NECC) tied to the tainted steroid treatments, had temporarily closed. …

GlaxoSmithKline to reveal more drug secrets

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LONDON (Reuters) – GlaxoSmithKline, criticized in the past for keeping important information about its medicines to itself, is to lift the lid on more of its drug secrets. Three months after GSK was fined $3 billion for fraud in the United States, where prosecutors accused it of concealing safety issues, chief executive Andrew Witty said on Thursday detailed data from its clinical trials would be made available to other researchers. That would include anonymised patient-level results that sit behind clinical trials of approved and failed drugs. …

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Biden seeks to reclaim campaign momentum in debate with Ryan

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Members of the media work on the Centre College campus before the vice-presidential debate in DanvilleDANVILLE, Kentucky (Reuters) – With the Republicans grabbing the momentum in a shifting White House race, Vice President Joe Biden will look to recover some ground and ease Democratic worries on Thursday in a high-stakes debate against Republican challenger Paul Ryan. Mitt Romney's steady climb in polls since President Barack Obama's poor performance in last week's first debate has raised the importance of the vice presidential showdown, which is rarely a critical event in White House campaigns. …

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Cardiac arrest survivor Muamba weighs up FIFA options

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Bolton Wanderers' Fabrice Muamba gestures ahead of the FA Cup final soccer match between Chelsea and Liverpool at Wembley Stadium in LondonLONDON (Reuters) – Cardiac arrest survivor Fabrice Muamba has been invited by FIFA president Sepp Blatter to Zurich next month to discuss a possible role with world soccer's governing body. The former Bolton Wanderers midfielder collapsed on the pitch during an FA Cup quarter-final against Tottenham Hotspur in March and his heart stopped beating for 78 minutes. He recovered but was forced to retire as a player in August. …

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