Weldon: J&amp;J Warns Doctors On Possible Remicade Risks
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Chief Executive William Weldon&#39;s Johnson &amp; Johnson (nyse: JNJ - news - people ) on Friday said it&#39;s warning doctors that patients taking its rheumatoid arthritis drug Remicade may have a higher risk of the blood cancer lymphoma.
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Doctors who led three studies  showing prescription painkillers called COX-2 inhibitors raise  the risk of heart attacks and stroke said on Tuesday the whole  class of drugs was in danger of being pulled from the market.
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Thousands of people are to be told they may have been exposed to vCJD through contaminated blood products.
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Thousands of people have received letters warning they may be at increased risk of developing the incurable brain disease variant CJD as a result of medical treatment, it was announced yesterday.
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Concerns that Celebrex may increase the risk of heart attack could keep what is still a relatively safe medication away from patients who suffer from arthritis and other painful ailments, some doctors say.
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Johnson & Johnson is warning doctors  that patients taking its rheumatoid arthritis drug Remicade may  have a higher risk of lymphoma, a blood cancer, the company  said on Friday.
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Antibiotic prescriptions to be monitored Couillard outlines measures designed to prevent another outbreak of C. difficile. Quebec&#39;s Health Department is ready to pump more money into hospitals to help fight the spread of the deadly C. difficile bacterium.
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Johnson & Johnson's Ortho Evra   contraceptive patch will come with a new warning about a study   suggesting users could face twice the risks of blood clots   compared with birth control pills, the company and U.S.   regulators said on Wednesday.
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One of Australia&#39;s biggest hospitals was on high alert today over fears that a form of CJD suffered by one of its patients may have been transmitted to others via surgical instruments.
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DECEMBER 24, 2004 -- The FDA&#39;s recent warnings about drugs such as Vioxx, Celebrex and Aleve have left some people on edge, but one area doctor says one of those drugs is still safe.
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Johnson & Johnson  is warning doctors that patients taking its rheumatoid arthritis drug Remicade may have a higher risk of lymphoma, a blood cancer, the company said on Friday.
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Pfizer Inc. will warn doctors that its Bextra painkiller, in the same group of drugs as Merck &amp; Co.&#39;s withdrawn Vioxx, is linked to an elevated risk of blood clots, heart attacks and strokes in cardiac-surgery patients.
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The recent Vioxx withdrawal and testimony from an FDA insider accusing the agency of failing to protect public health are fueling such heightened concern over drug safety that valuable medicines could be kept from patients, doctors said on Friday.
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Washington - World Health Organisation (WHO) and United States medical experts have warned that the increasing ability of bacteria to resist antibiotics threatens the existing arsenal of drugs against dangerous infectious diseases.
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By Alice Dembner and Stephen Smith, Globe Staff | December 22, 2004. Doctors urged consumers yesterday not to overreact to the potential heart risks of naproxen, saying they are skeptical about research findings
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The US Food and Drug Administration will require a new, tougher warning for the abortion pill Mifeprex -- also known as RU-486 -- stating that the drug may lead to serious bacterial infections.
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A Johnson & Johnson JNJ.N  promotion for rheumatoid arthritis drug Remicade is misleading  because it makes unsupported claims about the drug's  effectiveness and omits important information about risks, U.S.  regulators said in a letter released on Monday.