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Summary Basis of Decision (SBD) for SAPHRIS

  Health Canada Summary Basis of Decision February 14, 2012, Saphris, asenapine, 5 mg and 10 mg, tablet, Merck Canada Inc. Submission Control Number 127427 View original content here: Summary Basis of Decision (SBD) for SAPHRIS

February 21, 2012 12:19 pm / no comments

 

Consumers Warned of High Levels of Lead in Pizza Playset and Fishing Game

  Health Canada is advising consumers to immediately discard the Pizza Playset and Fishing Game, two toys manufactured by Ningbo Ftz Zhengbao International Trading Co., Ltd in China. Health Canada’s sampling and evaluation program has revealed...

February 20, 2012 12:46 pm / no comments

 

Consumers Encouraged to Use Digital Food Thermometers When Cooking

  Health Canada is reminding Canadians to make sure that their meat, poultry, fish and seafood dishes reach safe internal cooking temperatures before serving. The only reliable way to ensure that your food has reached a safe internal cooking...

February 20, 2012 9:56 am / no comments

 

Proton pump inhibitors (antacids): possible risk of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea

  Health Canada is informing Canadians of a possible association between the use of prescription stomach antacids known as proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) and an increased risk of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea (CDAD) View original...

February 16, 2012 10:10 am / no comments