Topic: Food and Drug Administration

AP Features | 2010-03-17 21:16:33

The $75 million heist at a pharmaceutical warehouse in Connecticut this week was just the most audacious example of a growing phenomenon: Thieves are stealing large quantities of prescription drugs for resale on the black market. Pharmaceutical heists in the U.S. have quadrupled since 2006, a coalition of industry and law enforcement estimates. And experts say the reasons include ...

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Reuters US Online Report Business News | 2010-03-17 18:33:42

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Boston Scientific Corp. <BSX.N> could be selling implantable heart rhythm devices again within 30 days if no new issues arise beyond the paperwork problems revealed this week. "Our number one conclusion is ... that Boston likely overreacted in pulling its products from the market and has a good chance of getting this resolved in the next ...

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Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2010-03-17 17:51:52

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Researchers launched a unique collaboration on Wednesday aimed at getting cancer drugs to the market more quickly in which three companies will cooperate with the U.S. government and non-profit groups to test five experimental breast cancer drugs. The five-year, $26 million study called Investigation of Serial Studies to Predict your Therapeutic Response with Imaging and Molecular Analysis ...

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AP News | 2010-03-17 01:30:57
$75M in prescription drugs stolen in brazen Conn. heist; thieves rappelled into warehouse

In a Hollywood-style heist, thieves cut a hole in the roof of a warehouse, rappelled inside and scored one of the biggest hauls of its kind — not diamonds, gold bullion or Old World art, but about $75 million in antidepressants and other prescription drugs. The pills — stolen ...

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Can't beat 'em, regulate 'em

Bakersfield Californian | 2007-02-28 22:21:41

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