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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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Graphene coating improves chemotherapy delivery
Using graphene to line drug-delivery catheters could improve the efficacy of chemotherapy, according to the findings of an international study. The research showed that the common drug 5-Fluorouracil (5-Fu) can interact with silver, a widely used catheter coating material. As a result, the 5-Fu may not deliver the desired therapeutic effect. Furthermore, the reaction may […]
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Fluorourocil: Catheter studies raise acid alert
Chemotherapy treatments routinely deliver drugs via catheters, yet in 25% of these catheters there are complications that are generally not well understood. For the first time researchers have studied the behaviour of a common chemotherapy drug on silver, which is often used to coat catheters and other apparatus used in chemotherapy drug delivery. The studies […]
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Pre-validated fluorinated fragment library
The Maybridge Fluorine Labeled Fragment Library is a fragment library of 480 fluorinated compounds developed in collaboration with Argenta, a Charles River Company, the University of Kent and the United Kingdom’s Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council. Approximately 20% of known drug compounds contain a fluorine atom. Read full article Print PDF
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How Fluoridated Antibiotics Can Damage Your Body
In August 2014, the FDA released a statement stating the dangers of fluoridated antibiotics and the effects of nerve damage on the body. All of the drug labels on these medications have been updated to better describe the serious side effect of peripheral neuropathy. According to this announcement, “The risk of peripheral neuropathy occurs only with […]
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Fluoroquinolones: The Deadliest Antibiotics on the Market?
Fluoroquinolones are among the most commonly prescribed class of antibiotics in the United States. Among the most well known is Cipro (made by Bayer), which became a household name during the anthrax scare that occurred shortly after 9/11. Levaquin is a close second. All antibiotics carry a risk of side effects, but the fluoroquinolones are […]
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Fluoride drops: Coral Springs drug maker settles antitrust concerns with FTC
Boca Pharmacal and Endo Health Solutions agreed to a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission concerning Endo’s acquisition of the generic drug maker. The FTC had said the acquisition would be anti-competitive in the generics product market. Both companies agreed to no longer market and distribute four generic multivitamin fluoride drops for children, and to […]
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