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  • FDA Rules Nicotine Water Illegal

    WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration ruled Tuesday that water laced with nicotine is illegal, ending a California company's bid to begin selling bottles later this month, The Associated Press reports.

  • Acrylamide Gets Urgent WHO Meeting

    GENEVA - Scientists from Europe, North America and Japan began an urgent meeting Tuesday to consider information on the newly suspected substance acrylamide, The Associated Press reports.

  • Walgreen Co. Reports Record Earnings, Says Expansion Program is on Track

    DEERFIELD, Ill. - Walgreen Co. on Monday posted record earnings in the third quarter, reporting a 21 percent jump in profits and plans for more expansion.

  • ACNielsen Launches Pharmaceutical Service

    SCHAUMBURG, Ill. - ACNielsen U.S. has announced the launch of the Homescan RX/OTC Consumer Panel, a new research service that measures consumer purchases and use of prescription and over-the-counter medicines.

  • U.S. House Passes Bioterrorism, Drug Review Bill

    WASHINGTON - The U.S. House Wednesday approved a bill to increase funding for bioterrorism preparedness by $4.6 billion and to renew the law under which prescription drugmakers pay "user fees" to the FDA to speed the drug review process, Reuters reports.

  • Immune-Compromised Should Cook Ready-To-Eat Shrimp

    SALT LAKE CITY - Ready-to-eat shrimp may contain antibiotic-resistant bacteria, so people with weak immune systems should stay away from such prepared food, a researcher said Wednesday at the American Society for Microbiology's annual meeting, Reuters reports.

  • Walgreens Offering Multilingual Prescription Directions

    DEERFIELD, Ill. - Walgreen Co. announced today its pharmacy patients can now go to any of its stores and request their medicine label instructions to be printed in Spanish, Chinese, French, Polish, Portuguese, Russian or Vietnamese.

  • FDA Reports a Recall of Mexican Cantaloupes

    ALEXANDRIA, Va. - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has reported that Susie brand cantaloupe melons from Mexico, brought into the U.S. and Canada during April, have been linked to a recent outbreak of foodborne illness caused by Salmonella Poona.
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