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 Safety Information - November 23, 2008
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Hector Duarte Jr. - All Headline News Staff Reporter The company says some patients have been harmed because doctors used its Enteryx injection kit incorrectly | | Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner, Dr. Lester Crawford, has resigned, after repeated claims that he allowed his agency to "play politics" with drug approvals, and oversaw some very high profile drug safety recalls. The White House quickly named Andrew von Eschenbach, the director of the National Cancer Institute, as acting FDA commissioner | | Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner, Dr. Lester Crawford, has resigned, after repeated claims that he allowed his agency to "play politics" with drug approvals, and oversaw some very high profile drug safety recalls. The White House quickly named Andrew von Eschenbach, the director of the National Cancer Institute, as acting FDA commissioner | | Investigators with the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services recently became aware of four cases of HIV infection related to work in the adult film industry. These infections occurred despite a widely adopted voluntary program of HIV and STD testing within the adult film industry | | A California Superior Court judge, citing health risks of lead and arsenic in tattoo inks, has ordered two major tattoo-ink manufacturers to carry warning labels, according to a CNN medical report. The preliminary injunction granted by Judge Irving Feffer also requires Huck Spaulding Enterprises of New York and Superior Tattoo Equipment of Phoenix to carry the labels in their catalogs and on their Internet sites aimed at California customers | |
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