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The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) today issued a drug alert to the healthcare community advising them of the recall of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination batch quarantined yesterday following the death of a 14-year-old girl. The recall is being voluntarily carried out by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), the manufacturer of the HPV vaccine Cervarix, as a precautionary measure while further investigations into the girl's death are conducted by the MHRA.

The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America is expanding its Retirement Solutions national sales force to offer its suite of specialized retirement products to small and mid-sized businesses across the nation. So far, 13 new Regional Vice ...

Smokers need not apply for jobs at the Palm Beach County Tax Collector's Office. Tax Collector Ann Gannon today announced that she will no longer hire anyone who has regularly used tobacco products...

ShowerBuddy, the newest addition to the Durable Medical Equipment industry, has been making waves and creating headlines internationally. ShowerBuddy products, now available throughout North America, are designed with the disabled and elderly in ...

The Obama administration last night unveiled the broad outlines of a proposal to overhaul the regulation of thousands of chemicals used in consumer products and the workplace, calling for more testing and greater authority to restrict toxic products.

In a global economy, it only makes sense to expand such a popular product worldwide. COLLEYVILLE, Texas, Sept. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- One of the top electronic cigarette companies in the U.S. has mad...

The Center for Tobacco Products is posting a draft guidance document entitled 'The Scope of the Prohibition Against Marketing a Tobacco Product in Combination with Another Article or Product Regulated under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.' The availability of this draft guidance will be announced in a notice published in the Federal Register in the near future. . . . This guidance document is being distributed for comment purposes only. . . . This draft guidance, when finalized, will represent the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) current thinking on this topic. It does not create or confer any rights for or on any person and does not operate to bind FDA or the public. You can use an alternative approach if the approach satisfies the requirements of the applicable statutes and regulations. If you want to discuss an alternative approach, contact the FDA staff responsible for implementing this guidance. If you cannot identify the appropriate FDA staff, call the approp

The Lung Association today released the following statement with regards to Bill C-32 which is currently before the Senate Standing Committee on Social Affairs: 'The massive increase in sales of flavoured tobacco in the past number of years is due to tobacco companies targeting children and young people. For years there were very few flavoured tobacco products. Because tobacco kills about half of its long term users, tobacco companies have to spend huge amounts of money to entice new users to this addictive, killer substance. Flavoured tobaccos target young Canadians. The best thing we can do for health care in Canada is reduce the attractiveness and availability of tobacco for young people. We ask Senators to oppose the amendment supported by the tobacco industry that would allow flavours in cigarettes. Supporting this amendment would serve only to weaken the bill and put Canada's children as risk'.

A proposed ban on flavoured tobacco products cleared a Senate committee Wednesday without any amendments, allaying fears that Conservative senators planned to water it down at the request of the tobacco industry.

The government's proposed ban on flavours and additives in cigars and cigarettes, a key promise delivered personally by Stephen Harper in the past election to protect 'susceptible' children, is at risk of unravelling in the Senate. The bill passed the House of Commons unanimously in June with the backing of all three opposition parties, but cracks in the Conservative and Liberal caucuses could mean the legislation is diluted in the upper chamber as early as today -- against the objections of Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq. In addition to banning 'kiddie packs' of little flavoured cigars called cigarillos, the Cracking Down on Tobacco Marketing Aimed at Youth Act proposes to prohibit flavour and additives in tobacco products, with the exception of menthol. The bill would also put an end to all tobacco advertising in outlets that may be viewed or read by youth. After a summer campaign involving Philip Morris International and its Canadian unit, Rothmans, Benson & Hedges, a group of pa