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IDS Sports Recalls 5 Products – Supplements Found to Contain St…

Secure Pharma Chain Blog | November 17th 2009 by Rosie Adams

Friday, IDS Sports voluntary recalled five of their dietary supplement products that contained the following undeclared substances, which FDA considers to be steroids: “Madol,” “Turinabol,” “Superdrol,” and/or “Androstenedione.”The na read more

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Bodybuilding.com Recalls 65 Dietary Supplements

Secure Pharma Chain Blog | November 11th 2009 by Rosie Adams

Bodybuilding.com and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have recalled 65 dietary supplement products that were sold through the Company's website, www.bodybuilding.com.FDA believes that the recalled products contain the following ingredients tha read more

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Report Notes Rise in Adverse Drug Events, Patient Deaths

Secure Pharma Chain Blog | October 13th 2009 by Rosie Adams

As reported by Shawn Rhea in Modern Healthcare, the Food and Drug Administration has announced that adverse drug events increased by 25% in 2008 compared with 2007. This data came from a new QuarterWatch report from the Institute for Safe Medication read more

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Caraco: FDA to Eventually Allow Manufacturing Operations

Secure Pharma Chain Blog | October 1st 2009 by Rosie Adams

The Associated Press and several major news outlets reported that Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories announced on Tuesday that it has agreed to a series of measures with the FDA that will allow the company to resume manufacturing operations.As report read more

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Canadian Drug Maker Apotex Recalls Medications

Secure Pharma Chain Blog | September 22nd 2009 by Rosie Adams

CanWest News Service Reported September 17th that Canadian generic drug giant Apotex voluntarily recalled some of its drugs late Thursday following a Health Canada investigation launched last July into the company's manufacturing practices.The invest read more

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Recall on Heart Worm Prevention Meds Due to Lack of Quality Contr…

Secure Pharma Chain Blog | September 19th 2009 by Rosie Adams

In yet another recall of a medication due to quality assurance, dosage control and sub potency, the manufacturer that produces the heartworm prevention medicine, Worm Shield, has been taken off of store shelves because there's not enough medicine in read more

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FDA MedWatch: Barr Laboratories Recall On Potentially Super-Pote…

Secure Pharma Chain Blog | August 24th 2009 by Rosie Adams

Barr Laboratories, Inc. issued a voluntary recall of Dextroamphetamine Saccharate, Amphetamine Aspartate, Dextroamphetamine Sulfate and Amphetamine Sulfate (Mixed Salts of a Single Entity Amphetamine Product) 20mg Tablets, 100 count bottles, lot numb read more

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Caraco to Eliminate Nearly 350 Employees Due to FDA Seizures

Secure Pharma Chain Blog | July 10th 2009 by Rosie Adams

Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories has announced that it will eliminate approximately half of its employees and curb overhead by suspending all manufacturing following the seizure by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of up to 33 of the compan read more

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Netherlands Health Care Inspectorate Warns of Counterfeit Insulin…

Secure Pharma Chain Blog | July 9th 2009 by Rosie Adams

Counterfeit insulin pens have been discovered in the Netherlands. Of which 30,000 needles are still in circulation in the Netherlands with an estimated 2 Million that have made their way into the regular European distribution channels. The public read more