WYETH - FORT DODGE ANIMAL HEALTH

Wyeth: - Founded in 1912 and a division of Wyeth since 1945, Fort
Dodge Animal Health is a leading manufacturer and  Wyeth Divisions of
Fort Dodge Animal Health.

ProHeart recalled but hundreds of peoples beloved pets killed first.

This is the same company that makes premarin the drug responsible
for killing and maiming, hundreds of women and thousands of horses.
This drug was the result of strokes, heart attacks, loss of limbs and
death to hundreds of women.

  Horses were subjected to years of suffering before killed in cruel
ways. This company is the producer of Phen Phen the drug responsible
for hundreds of deaths. Pondimin and Redux were also recalled in
1997, amid claims that they cause heart-valve damage and an often
fatal lung condition known as primary pulmonary hypertension.

  This company is responsible for thousand of deaths. This company is
the largest importer of primates and has killed millions of animals,
some of these animals are wild caught right out of the jungles of
Africa. These animals arrive dead by the hundreds after suffering
arduous trips to America. This company botches and dry labels medical
results and even fired a scientist that warned the company of
pulmonary heart damage. This company commits fraud.


Dawn Taylor Bechtold

 

Popular heartworm medicine recalled because of link to dog injury,
deaths

DIEDTRA HENDERSON, AP Science Writer
  Friday, September 3, 2004
 



(09-03) 15:36 PDT WASHINGTON (AP) --

ProHeart 6, a twice-a-year time-released heartworm medication used to
prevent the parasite in millions of dogs, was recalled Friday at the
request of the Food and Drug Administration after thousands of
animals suffered adverse reactions.

ProHeart 6 was the first, and only, product approved by the FDA to be
administered once every six months to treat heartworm disease in
dogs. Its active ingredient, moxidectin, has been administered
without problem to horses and cattle.

The time-released version caused few problems when given to dogs at
higher doses in clinical trials. Health and safety problems quickly
cropped up, however, when ProHeart 6 was used to treat dogs after
receiving FDA approval.

As of Aug. 4, the drug agency received 5,552 reports of adverse
reactions after dogs received heartworm shots. About 500 dogs died,
though the agency said many deaths were not directly attributable to
the product, manufactured by Fort Dodge Animal Health, based in
Overland Park, Kan., a subsidiary of the pharmaceutical company
Wyeth.

Some dog deaths were linked convincingly to the heartworm medication,
which prompted the recall, said Stephen F. Sundlof, director of the
FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine.

Dog owners were urged to consult veterinarians about other
medications to prevent heartworm.

The agency had already asked Fort Dodge to revise the drug's label
and to issue notices to veterinarians and dog owners pointing out
safety questions associated with the product.

"Despite all of the things that have been done, we continue to see
these adverse events at approximately the same rate," Sundlof told
reporters late Friday.

The problems suffered by dogs include sudden lethargy, uncontrolled
bleeding, vomiting, diarrhea, heart and liver problems and such
nervous system abnormalities as seizures.

"We don't really understand why this product is causing these
problems," Sundlof said. "It affects dogs of all sizes and,
apparently, dogs of all ages."

Fort Dodge Animal Health is cooperating with FDA's request for a
recall but has "concerns about how the agency interpreted these
complex data," the animal health product manufacturer said in a
prepared statement. "Based on a thorough evaluation of FDA's data and
consultation with independent experts in veterinary medicine and
epidemiology, Fort Dodge Animal Health stands behind ProHeart 6."

The FDA will convene an independent scientific advisory committee to
review the matter.

Heartworm disease is caused by a parasite transmitted to dogs via
mosquito bite. Roughly 250,000 dogs develop the potentially fatal
ailment per year. Fort Dodge Animal Health said it has sold 18
million doses of ProHeart 6 to veterinarians since FDA approval in
June 2001.