Meningioma brain tumors are often described as slow-growing and benign. But for many patients, the effects are anything but minor. These tumors can press on critical areas of the brain, leading to ...

Depo Provera Brain Tumor: Medroxyprogesterone acetate, a contraceptive injection containing the hormone progestin, is widely known by its brand name, Depo-Provera. Administered every three months, it ...

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.

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 ...

Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) faces mounting legal challenges over claims that its contraceptive injection Depo-Provera (DMPA) is linked to brain tumors, with a key court hearing set for late September that ...

-- 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 is an injectable form of birth control. Bleeding and changes to menstrual flow are common during the first year of use. However, bleeding after using Depo-Provera typically resolves ...

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 ...