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168[UK]Easingwold peanut death: Indian Garden owner 'put lives at risk', court hears(2016-5-9)A restaurant owner accused of killing a customer who died from an allergic reaction to a curry "put profit before safety", a court has heard. Paul Wilson, 38, suffered a severe anaphylactic shock in January 2014 after eating a takeaway from the Indian Garden in Easingwold, North Yor...2016-05-11
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167[USA] Quarter of passengers on British cruise ship fall sick with norovirus [May 11, 2016]A stomach bug causing vomiting and diarrhea has spread to more than a quarter of the 919 passengers aboard a British cruise ship, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said, as the ship docked in Maine over the weekend. It also said eight of the 520 crew on the Balmoral, operated by Fred...2016-05-11
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166[Australia] CSIRO to examine environmental impact of poor eating [May 11, 2016]CSIRO will use data from the country’s largest diet survey, the Healthy Diet Score, to look at the role food consumption contributes to our environmental footprint, as well as providing people with a score indicating the nutritional quality of their eating habits. Improving the national...2016-05-11
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165[US] FDA approves first drug to treat hallucinations and delusions associated with Parkinson’s disease('16.4.29.)The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Nuplazid (pimavanserin) tablets, the first drug approved to treat hallucinations and delusions associated with psychosis experienced by some people with Parkinson’s disease. Hallucinations or delusions can occur in as many as 50 perce...2016-05-10
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164[US]Pharmakon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall of All Sterile Compounded Products Due to FDA Concern of Lack of Sterility Assurance('16.4.19.)Pharmakon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is voluntarily recalling all lots of sterile products aseptically compounded and packaged by Pharmakon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. that remain within expiry due to the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) concern over a lack of sterility assurance and other quality...2016-05-10
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163[US] FDA approves new drug for chronic lymphocytic leukemia in patients with a specific chromosomal abnormality('16.4.11.)The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Venclexta (venetoclax) for the treatment of patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) who have a chromosomal abnormality called 17p deletion and who have been treated with at least one prior therapy. Venclexta is the first FDA-approved t...2016-05-10
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162[US] FDA approves Inflectra, a biosimilar to Remicade('16.4.5.)The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Inflectra (infliximab-dyyb) for multiple indications. Inflectra is administered by intravenous infusion. This is the second biosimilar approved by the FDA. Inflectra is biosimilar to Janssen Biotech, Inc.’s Remicade (infliximab), whic...2016-05-10
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161[US] FDA Alert: FDA alerts health care professionals and patients not to use sterile drug products from Medaus Pharmacy, Birmingham, Alabama('16.4.1.)The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is alerting health care professionals and patients not to use unexpired drug products that are intended to be sterile that were produced by Medaus Pharmacy in Birmingham, Alabama, due to lack of sterility assurance. Medaus’ products were distributed nat...2016-05-10
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160[US] FDA approves first treatment for rare disease in patients who receive stem cell transplant from blood or bone marrow('16.3.30.)The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Defitelio (defibrotide sodium) to treat adults and children who develop hepatic veno-occlusive disease (VOD) with additional kidney or lung abnormalities after they receive a stem cell transplant from blood or bone marrow called hematopoieti...2016-05-10
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159[US] Public Notification: Propell Platinum contains hidden drug ingredients('16.3.29.)The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is advising consumers not to purchase or use Propell Platinum, a product promoted and sold for weight loss on the website, www.zxtbeepollenpills.com, and possibly in some retail stores.Image of Propell Platinum FDA laboratory analysis confirmed that Prop...2016-05-10