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Chantix
Review of VA Chantix Study Shows Agency Failed Vets
Sep 24, 2008 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
A review of a Chantix study conducted in cooperation with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has found that the VA was responsible for numerous...
Chantix TV Ads To Start Airing Again
Sep 12, 2008 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
Chantix maker Pfizer is planning to start running TV spots for the drug again this weekend, obviously hoping that furor over its possible link to...
Chantix Ad Campaign Doesn't Name Names, Leaves Out Side Effect Info
Aug 29, 2008 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
Chantix maker Pfizer Inc. has hit upon an unusual marketing strategy for the smoking cessation drug - running ads that never even name the...
Chantix Out at One U.S. Military Base
Aug 11, 2008 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
A U.S. military pharmacy has decided that it will not carry Chantix, the Pfizer anti-smoking drug that has been linked to suicidal behavior. ...
First Chantix Lawsuit Filed
Jul 11, 2008 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
One of the first lawsuits over Pfizer’s smoking cessation drug, Chantix, is becoming official this week. The lawsuit alleges that the use...
Chantix Scandal Prompts Changes at VA
Jul 10, 2008 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
Following revelations that it enrolled combat veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in a Chantix trial without warning participants of...
FDA Finally Taking Drug Suicide Risks Seriously
Jul 9, 2008 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
On Thursday, federal regulators are expected to recommended tough new safety warnings about suicide risks for 11 epilepsy drugs. Counting the...
Chantix Worries Prompted Pfizer Lobbyist to Contact VA
Jul 9, 2008 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
A lobbyist for Pfizer - once the head of the Department of Veteran's Affairs (VA) - contacted his old agency about keeping Chantix on its drug...
VA Warned of Chantix Danger in 2007
Jul 8, 2008 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) was warned by its own doctors in 2007 that some veterans using the smoking cessation drug Chantix had...
Drug Makers Decry FDA Safety Push
Jul 1, 2008 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
Drug makers are complaining that the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) is too focused on, of all things, safety. The pharmaceutical industry...
Chantix Side Effects
