Tuesday, May 13, 2008

FDA Backs Off Warnings On Ultrasound Imaging Drugs

The FDA has eased restrictions on drugs used to enhance ultrasound images of the heart.
Citing “serious cardiopulmonary reactions” and deaths, the agency slapped a black-box warning last fall on Definity, formerly sold by Bristol-Myers Squibb, and Optison, sold by GE. The warning said the drugs, known as contrast agents, shouldn’t be given to acutely ill [...]

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