The FDA has approved premarket applications for a carotid stent (Exponent Self-Expanding Carotid Stent System), a replacement heart valve (Mitroflow), and a gastric band (Realizet). Medscape Medical News
Military veterans will receive priority treatment on the National Health Service, the government said on Friday, as it battled to offset criticism of its treatment of the armed forces. Reuters Health Information
Merit Medical Systems Inc, which makes disposable medical devices, said it received regulatory clearance to sell its All Star hemostasis valve and the Prelude marker tip introducer sheath. Reuters Health Information
U.S health advisers recommended on Tuesday stronger warnings on the labels of flu drugs made by Roche Holding AG and GlaxoSmithKline Plc, amid reports of abnormal and, in the case of the Roche drug, sometimes fatal psychiatric behavior. Reuters Health Information
A U.S. Food and Drug Administration official called for higher safety standards in approving diabetes drugs in the aftermath of fears about links between a top diabetes drug and heart attack risk. Reuters Health Information
GlaxoSmithKline PLC sent misleading letters to health professionals touting its breast cancer drug Tykerb, U.S. health officials said in a letter released on Monday. Reuters Health Information
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. said on Friday it has begun cutting jobs as part of a previously announced restructuring by the U.S. drugmaker meant to help bolster earnings growth. Reuters Health Information
Drug wholesaler Cardinal Health Inc said yesterday the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will suspend its license to distribute controlled substances from its Auburn, Washington, facility due to a failure to properly oversee hydrocodone sales. Reuters Health Information
British drug maker AstraZeneca Plc said U.S. health regulators extended market exclusivity for its breast cancer drug, Arimidex, by six months. Reuters Health Information
