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Qualitest: Michigan to get nearly $700K over false vitamin claims
A national drug company will pay almost $700,000 to the state of Michigan as part of a multi-million dollar settlement stemming from a lawsuit alleging the company falsely labeled a dental health multivitamin sold nationwide. Qualitest Pharmaceuticals Inc. marketed multivitamin tablets that contained less than 50 percent of the fluoride claimed on the labels, Michigan […]
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Qualitest: New Jersey to receive $2.7 million in multistate settlement
New Jersey will receive $2.7 million as part of a global settlement with an Alabama pharmaceutical company for allegedly mislabeling its multivitamin tablets to indicate the products had more fluoride than they actually did, state officials said Tuesday. Qualitest Pharmaceuticals will pay 47 participating states, including New Jersey, and the federal government a total of […]
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Qualitest: Idaho getting $87K from pharmaceutical agreement
Attorney General Lawrence Wasden announced Thursday that Idaho has joined 47 states and the federal government in a settlement agreement with Qualitest Pharmaceuticals. Qualitest is a manufacturer of generic pharmaceutical products, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Endo Pharmaceuticals. The settlement resolves allegations of unlawful labeling practices involving Qualitest-branded multivitamin tablets with fluoride, according to a news […]
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FDA Warning Letter to Kirkman Laboratories over fluoride tablets
Public Health Service Food and Drug Administration Seattle District Pacific Region 22215 26th Avenue SE, Suite 210 Bothell, WA 98021 Telephone: 425-302-0340 FAX: 425-302-0402 January 13, 2016 OVERNIGHT DELIVERY SIGNATURE REQUIRED In reply refer to Warning Letter SEA 16-07 David K. Humphrey Chief Executive Officer and President Kirkman Laboratories, Inc. 10639 Professional Circle Reno, Nevada […]
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Is Fluoroquinolone Toxicity Quinolone Toxicity or Fluorine Toxicity?
As should be obvious from their name, FLUOROquinolones are fluorinated drugs. A little history for you: Nalidixic Acid is the backbone of all fluoroquinolones. It was discovered by George Lesher in 1962, and it started to be used as an antibiotic in 1967. Nalidixic acid, and the first-generation quinolones that were derived from it, were […]
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Qualitest Pharmaceuticals settles with N.Y., other states in fluoride labeling case
New York recently joined up to 47 states and the federal government in an agreement with Qualitest Pharmaceuticals Inc. over allegations of unlawful labeling practices, Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced. Owned by Endo Health Solutions, Qualitest manufactures generic pharmaceutical products. A whistleblower lawsuit was filed against the company, alleging Qualitest unlawfully labeled and marketed multivitamin […]
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Qualitest: Vitamin maker agrees to $39 million settlement on fluoride content
A West Palm Beach attorney obtained a $39 million settlement with a pharmaceutical company whose chewable vitamins allegedly contained less than half the promised amount of fluoride. Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. and seven subsidiaries agreed Thursday to pay the federal government and 26 state Medicaid programs, including Florida’s, to settle a whistleblower suit filed by dentist […]
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Qualitest: Endo Health to pay $39 million over fluoride labeling claims
A generic drug maker owned by Endo International Plc has reached a $39 million settlement with the U.S. government and 47 states stemming from the unlawful labeling of multivitamins that contained fluoride. New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced the settlement on Wednesday. The case stemmed from a 2013 whistleblower lawsuit filed under the False […]
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney announces $39 million civil fraud settlement against Qualitest Pharmaceuticals for selling half-strength fluoride supplements
Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Scott J. Lampert, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Regional Office for the Office of Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS-OIG”), and Diego Rodriguez, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal […]
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Relaunching the power of fluorine
DuPont 2015 Chemistry Student Award winner Sébastien Alazet talks fluorine and how to reinvigorate a whole branch of chemistry… The fluorine atom is one of the most powerful atoms in the periodic table. Because of its specific properties – electronegativity, hydrophobicity and polarity – fluorine brings a crucial physico-chemical modification to molecules. Since isolation of […]
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