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Johnson & Johnson has issued another recall, and this time, it’s not over a typo. The company’s Animas unit recalled five lots of leaking insulin cartridges whose use could lead to serious health problems. The 2-milliliter cart…
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The pharmaceutical industry is ready to fall off a cliff — a “patent cliff.” Over the next few years, some of the world’s most popular and lucrative medicines will go off patent, and generic competition will siphon an estimate…
“Do not not divide, crush, chew, or dissolve the tablet,” reads the label on packages of Johnson & Johnson’s Sudafed allergy and cold medicine. The company is recalling 667,632 packages for the typographical error.
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