News tagged with 'Abbott Labs'

The FDA is warning patients with diabetes that they may get an inaccurate reading of their blood sugar levels from certain glucose test strips when used with dialysis and immunoglobulins. 13 deaths have been reported to the FDA over the years.

Bayer filed a federal lawsuit against Abbott Laboratories for its best-selling drug, Humira, alleging it infringes a patent granted to Bayer in 1997. Bayer has asked the court to find that Abbott has infringed the patent, which expires on August 2014 and to award damages.