One of the largest manufacturers of injectable medications, American Regent, is suspending production of Phenylephrine HI injection of 10mL, 5mL and 1mL vials, according to an American Society of Anesthesiologists release.
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Drug maker Hospira has confirmed that the company is once again producing the anesthetic Propofol, following a voluntarily recall of the anesthetic in summer 2010, according to a Chicago Tribune report.
Carestream Health plans to raise the price for medical and other X-ray film stock by up to 50 percent worldwide, due to price increases for the commodities it uses to make the film, according to a release by Carestream Health.
A discovery by researchers at the Indiana University School of Medicine could make morphine a safer and more effective drug, according to a report in the March 25 issue of Brain, Behavior and Immunity.
Issaquah, Wash.-based Spacelabs Healthcare has announced the release of its Ultraview DM3 dual-mode vital signs monitor, which recently received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, according to a Spacelabs news release.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved an application that permits B. Braun Medical to deliver FDA-approved 1-g and 2-g cefepime for Injection USP and Dextrose Injection USP in B. Braun's DUPLEX Drug Delivery System, according to a B.…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration sent a letter to Baxter Healthcare Corp. on April 30 ordering the company to recall and destroy all of its Colleague Volumetric Infusion Pumps currently in use in the United States, resulting from a…
Olympus will conduct a benefit auction of one of its EVIS EXERA II 180 HD platforms to bidders at hospitals and clinics across the U.S., beginning May 17, with proceeds going to the Entertainment Industry Foundation's National Colorectal Cancer Research…
While CMS' new Medicare rate proposal would reduce hospital payments by 0.1 percent overall, it contains modest increases for procedures involving top cardiology and orthopedic devices, such as drug-coated heart stents and replacement hips, according to a report by Dow…
Covidien, a global provider of healthcare products, has announced a definitive agreement to sell its radiopharmacies in the United States to Triad Isotopes, based in Orlando, Fla., according to a Covidien news release.