What’s New on the FDA Drugs Site

Drug Shortages: Current Drug Shortages: Cerezyme (imiglucerase) Injection (updated)
Drug Shortages: Current Drug Shortages: Fabrazyme (agalsidase beta) (updated)
Drug Shortages: Current Drug Shortages: Indocin I. V. (indomethacin for injection)
Drug Shortages: Current Drug Shortages: Methotrexate injection (updated)
Drug Shortages: Current Drug Shortages: Mitomycin for injection (updated)
Drug Shortages: Current Drug Shortages: Thiotepa 15mg injection
Drug Shortages: Current Drug Shortages: Vecuronium Injection
Information for Healthcare Professionals – Update to the labeling of Clopidogrel Bisulfate (marketed as Plavix) to alert healthcare professionals about a drug interaction with omeprazole (marketed as Prilosec and Prilosec OTC)
Follow-Up to the January 26, 2009, Early Communication about an Ongoing Safety Review of Clopidogrel Bisulfate (marketed as Plavix) and Omeprazole (marketed as Prilosec and Prilosec OTC)
Propofol Injection Shortage (updated)
Public Health Advisory: Updated Safety Information about a drug interaction between Clopidogrel Bisulfate (marketed as Plavix) and Omeprazole (marketed as Prilosec and Prilosec OTC)

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Study details structure of potential target for HIV and cancer drugs In a technical tour de force, structural biologists funded by the National Institutes of Health have determined the three-dimensional structure of a molecule involved in HIV infection and in many forms of cancer. The high-resolution structure sheds light on how the molecule functions and could point to ways to control its activity, potentially locking out ... Read more...