J&J offers more data on anti-clotting drug

Sat., Sept. 8, 2012

From Wire Reports

TRENTON, N.J. – Johnson & Johnson said Friday that it has given the Food and Drug Administration additional data on its new anti-clotting drug, in a second attempt to get approval for more uses.

Xarelto already is approved for three uses: for reducing risk of blood clots in people who’ve had knee replacement surgery or hip replacement surgery and for reducing stroke risk in people with a common irregular heart rhythm, atrial fibrillation, not caused by a heart valve problem.

J&J has been seeking approval to market Xarelto for preventing a second heart attack or stroke in patients at high risk because of a narrowed heart artery, and for preventing blood clots from forming around stents, tiny metal-mesh scaffolds that prop open heart arteries after they have been unblocked.

Scotts faces penalties

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Federal authorities say Ohio lawn and garden company Scotts Miracle-Gro will pay $12.5 million in criminal and civil penalties for violating pesticide laws. The company was sentenced Friday in federal court in Columbus to a $4 million fine and community service for criminal violations. Scotts pleaded guilty to applying toxic insecticide to its wild bird food products and falsifying pesticide registrations. It also pleaded guilty to distributing pesticides with misleading and unapproved labels and distributing unregistered pesticides. Scotts has agreed to pay more than $6 million in civil penalties and spend $2 million on environmental projects.

FDIC shuts down bank

WASHINGTON – Regulators on Friday closed a small bank in Minnesota, bringing to 41 the number of U.S. bank failures this year. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. seized First Commercial Bank, based in Bloomington, Minn. The bank had about $215.9 million in assets and $206.8 million in deposits as of June 30.

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J&J offers more data on anti-clotting drug

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