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...elsewhere that it maintains could be harmful to consumers. The most recent disclosure came last week, when the FDA revealed a blitz inspection of medicine being imported from Canada that turned up five packages of an asthma medication, Serevent, that had been recalled in Canada because of a manufacturing defect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Drugs Cost So Much / The Issues '04: Why We Pay So Much for Drugs | 2/2/2004 | See Source »

...some of the fish seemed to not respond appropriately and didn’t return to this end of the tank. Dowling says he wondered whether the fish just didn’t remember the cocaine correctly. He theorized that the defect might be a result of mutations in genes affecting signaling between the retina and the brain...

Author: By Rebecca M. Milzoff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Zebrafish May Provide Clues to Visual Thinking | 12/15/2003 | See Source »

...miles on her Jetta, it already felt sluggish, says Jones, 28. And what especially disturbed her were the grim faces of fellow VW owners whom she encountered at her dealership. "The majority of them weren't there for basic service" of their cars, she says, "but because of some defect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Pitch to the Rich | 11/24/2003 | See Source »

...talks, which are meant to hash out ground rules for the final stretch of negotiations before the target completion date of Jan. 1, 2005. Things got fierce before the meeting began. The U.S. used its carrots and sticks to successfully pressure nations like Peru and Colombia to defect from Brazil's alliance. Lula, meanwhile, accused Washington of creating a "commercial apartheid." He sent diplomats throughout Latin America to shore up support for what he and Argentine President Néstor Kirchner call the Buenos Aires Consensus, a left-leaning design for trade that emphasizes job creation and access to markets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lula's Next Big Fight | 11/16/2003 | See Source »

...Jetta started to feel sluggish, says Jones, 28. But what especially disturbed her were the grim faces of other VW owners that she encountered at her dealership: "The majority of them weren't there for basic service," she says, "but because of some defect." Ordinarily Volkswagen might say that Jones simply got a lemon - or a "Monday car" assembled by hungover workers. But that's a tough case to make these days. In the latest survey of three-year dependability by J.D. Power and Associates, an automotive consulting firm, American consumers ranked VW-brand cars fifth from last...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Revving Up Volkswagen | 11/2/2003 | See Source »

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