A Los Angeles Times investigation found that, for more than a decade, Purdue collected extensive evidence suggesting illegal trafficking of OxyContin and, in many cases, did not share it with law enforcement or cut off the flow of pills. A former Purdue executive, who monitored pharmacies for criminal activity, acknowledged that even when the company had evidence pharmacies were colluding with drug dealers, it did not stop supplying distributors selling to those stores.
Three patients have died in a closely watched study of using genetically engineered white blood cells to treat adult leukemia patients, forcing the trial to be put on hold.
The current US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Rob Califf was included in a database of pharmaceutical company payments to physicians updated by the US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
Silicon Valley startup Theranos Inc. is fighting for its life after regulators decided to revoke its license to operate a lab in California because of unsafe practices and to ban founder Elizabeth Holmes from the blood-testing business for at least two years.
At least 12,000 to 15,000 Americans die every year from exposure to asbestos,a lethal toxin around for decades that has never been banned in the United States. Indeed, asbestos is not a danger existing in the past – it continues to lurk and manifest as a life-threatening health hazard for younger generations while they attend school,play with toysor go about their daily lives
In rushing to give drivers the ability to switch on autopilot, Tesla ignored or dismissed the research, with a predictable result. As computer and car companies push the envelope of automative automation, driver complacency and skill loss promise to become ever greater challenges — ones that (as Google appears to have concluded) may not be solvable given the fallibility of software, the psychology of human beings, and the realities of driving.
FDA cited device-design issues as one reason medical device recalls are on the rise. Here’s how manufacturers can stop these problems from reoccurring.
Driverless cars pose a quandary when it comes to safety. These autonomous vehicles are programmed with a set of safety rules, and it is not hard to construct a scenario in which those rules come into conflict with each other.
