With the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) still under fire for failing to monitor the safety of a popular diabetes drug after it hit the market, researchers have released a new study revealing ...

A consumer group is again urging a ban of the prescription diet drug Meridia, saying at least 49 users have died of heart problems, including some in their 20s and 30s. Also, the Food and Drug ...

The once highly-touted diet drug Meridia... is now under fire. The consumer group Public Citizen calls Meridia "unacceptably dangerous" and wants the government to ban it. The Food and Drug ...

When the diet drug Meridia was approved by the Food and Drug Administration more than a decade ago, the American Heart Association was quick to urge caution, stressing that the medication—which works ...

CHICAGO - Abbott Laboratories said Friday it would withdraw the diet drug Meridia, less than a month after it failed to win over a safety advisory panel of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The U ...

The government won’t ban the prescription diet drug Meridia but, faced with reports of deaths, says it will closely monitor a European study designed to better assess the pill’s heart risks. The ...

The FDA has denied consumer group Public Citizen’s petition to take Abbott Laboratories’ weight-loss drug Meridia off the market. The agency said yesterday it has determined the drug’s benefits ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will ask an expert panel later this week whether or not the diet drug Meridia should be banned due to suspected heart risks. In documents released Monday ahead of ...

A consumer group Tuesday urged U.S. officials to bring criminal charges against Abbott Laboratories, saying the company withheld information from regulators regarding eight deaths in patients who took ...

CHICAGO - Abbott Laboratories said Friday it would withdraw the diet drug Meridia, less than a month after it failed to win over a safety advisory panel of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The ...