Advocacy Group Attacks AstraZeneca
A Group Attacks AstraZeneca. Public Citizen, which lobbied against the approval of Crestor, claims it has new evidence about the risks of taking the drug. The claims, to be published in a letter in Friday's edition of The Lancet, the medical journal, come two weeks after European regulators tightened the rules on prescribing … [Read more...]
Arthritis Drug Liver Damage Side Effects
Arthritis Drug Linked To Serious Liver Damage. A prescription drug for rheumatoid arthritis has been linked to dozens of serious liver injuries and 12 deaths and should be banned, a consumer advocacy group told the government Thursday. Arava began selling in 1998 as a competitor to the gold-standard treatment for rheumatoid … [Read more...]