Raptiva will no longer be available in the United States By June 8, 2009. Genentech, makers of the psoriasis drug Raptiva (efalizumab) have announced a voluntary withdrawal of the drug from the US market after learning of a rare but serious risk to patients taking the drug. The risk factor behind this recall is progressive multifocal … [Read more...]

Over 14-Thousand external AED 10 and MRL JumpStart defibrillators have been recalled after 39 reports of incidents, including two deaths. These recalled defibrillator models may produce low-energy shock, electromagnetic noise interference, or shutdown unexpectedly - which could prevent patients and first responders from helping a patient in … [Read more...]

UPDATE: The makers of Raptiva have taken this drug off the market due to the risk of PML (Click Here for more recent info on the Raptiva Recall) FDA has announced a new black box warning (the strongest FDA warning there is) on the psoriasis drug Raptiva after at least three confirmed reports of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy … [Read more...]

The recent peanut butter recall resulting from an outbreak of salmonella originated with the King Nut brand, but has resulted in several other companies recalling various food products with peanut butter as an ingredient. All of these brands have one thing in common: They included ingredients from the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) … [Read more...]

The Consumer Product Safety Commission is recalling about 200,000 Rainforest Portable Play Yards made by Simplicity, Inc. and SFCA, Inc. because of consumer complaints about one or more rails unexpectedly collapsing. This defect has caused injuries to several children through entrapment or fall hazards. Despite the CPSC's request that Simplicity … [Read more...]