The costs of an intracranial meningioma diagnosis can be substantial. Not only can this diagnosis lead to a lifetime of medical bills and other costs, but it can drastically reduce patients’ quality ...

Women injected with the Depo-Provera birth control shot are more than five-times more likely to be diagnosed with a type of brain tumors known as meningioma, according to a recent study. Several ...

The decision comes as Pfizer faces lawsuits from more than 1000 women who say the company knew about the risks and didn’t warn them. The agency signed off last week on a label update for 2 versions of ...

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The Food and Drug Administration approved on Friday a label change for Pfizer's birth control shot Depo-Provera that warns patients of the risk of meningioma, a tumor in the lining of the brain.

Pfizer is facing a landmark lawsuit in the US brought on behalf of more than 1,000 women who say they developed brain tumors after taking the popular contraceptive injection Depo-Provera. On Monday, ...

-- Global pharmaceutical company Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE), manufacturer of contraceptive injection Depo-Provera (DMPA), is facing a Multidistrict Litigation (MDL No. 3140) in the USA being brought on ...

Depo Provera: The Food and Drug Administration approved a label change on Friday for Pfizer’s birth control injection, Depo-Provera, alerting patients to the risk of meningioma, a tumor that develops ...

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. The number of lawsuits filed has tripled to over 1300 since May New US peer-reviewed study adds to body of research ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new safety warning for Depo-Provera, a widely used birth control shot made by Pfizer, alerting patients to a possible risk for a type of brain ...

Pfizer site manufacturing heparin active pharmaceutical ingredient. Pfizer is a pharmaceutical biotechnology corporation. U.S. government regulators have approved a new brain tumor warning for ...