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Birth control drugs that were heavily promoted as having fewer side effects are now under scrutiny from the FDA in the wake of new research suggesting that they are more likely to cause blood clots than older drugs.

Consumer complaints of a foul, moldy odor has prompted McNeil Consumer Healthcare to recall almost 61,000 bottles of Tylenol Extra Strength Caplets in 225-count bottles, the company said. The musty smell has been linked to trace amounts of 2,4,6-tribromoanisole -- also known as TBA -- which is a...

Everybody knows how to make money in a bull market, and it isn't hard to see ways to profit from a bear market, but what do you do when the market isn't moving at all? Here are some strategies for making money in the doldrums.

Johnson and Johnson's McNeil Consumer Healthcare recalled almost 800,000 bottles of Tylenol, Benadryl, Sudafed PE, and Sinutab products in two recalls linked to previous problems for the beleaguered over-the-counter drug manufacturer. McNeil spokeswoman Bonnie Jacobs told Consumer Ally about...

Mergers and acquisitions are becoming ever more popular, with activity up 24% in the first two months of this year -- after already growing 23% in 2010. Here's how your portfolio can benefit from this trend.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Justice Department took action against McNeil-PPC today, filing a proposed consent decree for failing to follow good manufacturing practices in the two-year wake of massive recalls of popular over-the-counter drugs including Tylenol, Rolaids, Benadryl...

The pharmaceutical industry is ready to fall off a cliff -- a "patent cliff." Over the next few years, some of the world's most popular and lucrative medicines will go off patent, and generic competition will siphon an estimated quarter of a trillion dollars from drugmakers' bottom lines.

"Do not not divide, crush, chew, or dissolve the tablet," reads the label on packages of Johnson & Johnson's Sudafed allergy and cold medicine. The company is recalling 667,632 packages for the typographical error.

Consumers searching for Children's Zyrtec Chewable Tablets to to treat their kids' allergies will have a long wait until the over-the-counter medication is back on store shelves. Johnson & Johnson's McNeil Consumer Healthcare is moving production of Children's Zyrtec chewables from an outside...

Keeping track of the latest product and food recalls can be a challenge, so Consumer Ally has collected them in one place for you to check each week. Here is this week's roundup of recalls: Certain Poulan Pro Generators made by Husqvarna Professional Products Inc. are recalled because the...