CONTACT: INVESTORS:  JAKE ELGUICZE   610-948-2836 MEDIA:    JULIE MCDOWELL    610-948-2829 TELEFLEX MEDICAL ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT THE U.S. FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION (FDA) HAS CLASSIFIED THE VOLUNTARY MEDICAL DEVICE RECALL INITIATED ON FEBRUARY 2, 2009 BY ARROW INTERNATIONAL’S CARDIAC CARE … [Read more...]

GENENTECH, THE MANUFACTURER OF THE PSORIASIS DRUG RAPTIVA (EFALIZUMAB), ANNOUNCED THAT IT HAS BEGUN A VOLUNTARY, PHASED WITHDRAWAL OF RAPTIVA FROM THE U.S. MARKET. THE COMPANY IS TAKING THIS ACTION BECAUSE OF A POTENTIAL RISK TO PATIENTS OF DEVELOPING PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY (PML), A RARE, SERIOUS, PROGRESSIVE NEUROLOGIC DISEASE … [Read more...]

SETTON PISTACHIO OF TERRA BELLA, INC. ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT IT IS VOLUNTARILY RECALLING FROM NATIONWIDE DISTRIBUTION SPECIFIC LOTS OF BULK ROASTED SHELLED PISTACHIOS AND 2,000 LBS., 1,700 LBS., 1,800 LBS. AND 1,000 LBS. TOTE BAGS OF ROASTED INSHELL PISTACHIOS SOLD TO WHOLESALE CUSTOMERS DUE TO POTENTIAL CONTAMINATION WITH THE SALMONELLA ORGANISM. … [Read more...]

CARACO PHARMACEUTICAL LABORATORIES, LTD. (NYSE AMEX: CPD), A GENERIC PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY, ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT ALL TABLETS OF CARACO BRAND DIGOXIN, USP, 0.125 MG, AND DIGOXIN, USP, 0.25 MG, DISTRIBUTED PRIOR TO MARCH 31, 2009, WHICH ARE NOT EXPIRED AND ARE WITHIN THE EXPIRATION DATE OF SEPTEMBER, 2011, ARE BEING VOLUNTARILY RECALLED TO THE … [Read more...]

CONTACT: JEFF WARREN INVESTOR RELATIONS 763-505-2696 CHUCK GROTHAUS PUBLIC RELATIONS 763-505-2614 MEDTRONIC, INC. (NYSE: MDT) ANNOUNCED THAT THE U.S. FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION (FDA) CLASSIFIED AS CLASS I ITS VOLUNTARY RECALL ACTION INITIATED ON FEBRUARY 11, 2009 OF ITS BIOGLIDE VENTRICULAR SNAP SHUNT CATHETER (CAT. #S 27782, 27708 AND 27802) … [Read more...]