Wednesday, September 05, 2012

Bristol-Myers recalling vials of chemotherapy drug due to overdose risk.


WWW.MED-ART.COM

The AP (8/31) reports, "Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. is recalling more than 31,000 units of a chemotherapy drug after discovering one vial was overfilled, putting patients at risk of an overdose." According to the AP, Bristol-Myers has said that taking too much of the drug could cause lung or kidney toxicity. The story adds that the drug "was manufactured by Ben Venue Laboratories, a former manufacturing contractor for the New York drugmaker." 

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