Posts in March, 2019

Mar 26 More Than 41,000 Injuries Reported From Surgical Staplers

In March 2019, the FDA announced that it received over 41,000 adverse event reports associated with surgical staplers and internal ...

Mar 13 Recall Timeline for “Sartan” Drugs

Since July 2018, the FDA has issued several recalls for valsartan, irbesartan, and losartan. This timeline outlines the recalls as ...

Mar 04 NDMA & NDEA: What’s the Difference?

In July 2018, the FDA recalled certain batches of valsartan after investigators found N-Nitrosimethylamine (NDMA) had contaminated ...

Mar 01 New Carcinogen Found in Losartan

On February 28, 2019, the FDA recalled 87 lots of losartan after finding trace amounts of N-Nitroso N-Methyl 4-amino butyric acid ...