Pharmaceutical Companies Contacted

(Revised June 23, 2020)

Due to disturbing testimonies from the 12K+ members of our corn allergy support groups confirming that medical professionals continue to administer dextrose IV fluids to corn-allergic patients in direct violation of the contraindication warning on the package insert, I am concerned that medical and academic professionals are not adequately educated about the dangers of NMIs (non-medicinal ingredients) in drugs.  In addition, I have read too many personal testimonies confirming that physicians continue to prescribe medications to corn-allergic patients that contain corn-derived ingredients even though their allergy to corn is clearly documented in their medical records.

March 28, 2020

After a representative from the FDA recently told me in our telephone conversation that "Corn sugar is classified as a drug product," which is also erroneously reflected on the Drugs.com website, I once again contacted the following pharmaceutical companies to clarify that dextrose is corn sugar derived from cornstarch which can prove fatal to anaphylactic corn-allergic patients (see references).

3M Pharmaceuticals, @3M

Abbott Laboratories, @AbbottGlobal

AbbVie, @abbvie + online contact form

Acadia Pharmaceuticals, Email: info@acadia-pharm.com

Acorda Therapeutics, online contact form

Actavis (see Teva Pharmaceutical Industries)

Actelion, online contact form

Adcock Ingram, Email: info@adcock.com

Advanced Chemical Industries, online contact form

Advaxis, @Advaxis

ACG World, @ACGWorld

Ajanta Pharma, @AjantaPharmaLtd

Alcon (see Novartis)

Alembic Pharmaceuticals Ltd, online contact form

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, online contact form

Alkaloid, online contact form

Alkermes, Email: USMedInfo@alkermes.com

Allergan Biologics, @AllerganBio

Alliance Boots (see Walgreens Boots Alliance)

Alphapharm (see Mylan Pharmaceuticals)

Altana Pharma AG, @ALTANAag

Amgen, @Amgen

Apotex Inc, @Apotex + online contact form

Aptalis Pharma Inc. (see Allergan)

Aspen Pharmacare, online contact form

Astellas Pharma US, Northbrook, IL, @AstellasUS

AstraZeneca, @AstraZeneca

Aurobindo Pharma, Email: info@aurobindo.com [BLOCKED MY EMAIL]

Avax Technologies, Email: info@avax-tech.com (not a viable email address)

Avella Specialty Pharmacy, @AvellaRx
Avid Bioservices (formerly Peregrine Pharmaceuticals), online contact form

Axcan Pharma (see Aptalis Pharma Inc.)

Bard Pharmaceuticals, E-mail: MedicalInformationUK@napp.co.uk

Bargn Farmaceutici Phils Co., Email: info@cosmo-skin.com

Barr (see Teva Pharmaceutical Industries)

Basi [chose not to contact; personal info required]

Bausch & Lomb (see Valeant Pharmaceuticals)

Baxalta (see Shire plc)

Baxter International, @baxter_intl
Bayer AG, @Bayer
Bayer Crop Science, Germany, @Bayer4Crops
Bayer Crop Science, US, @Bayer4CropsUS
Bayer Pharmaceuticals, @BayerPharma

Bayer Schering Pharma AG (see Bayer Pharmaceuticals)
Bayer US, @BayerUS

Beximco Pharmaceuticals Ltd., @BeximcoPharma

Bial, online contact form

Biocon, @Bioconlimited

Biogen, @biogen

BioMarin Pharmaceutical, E-mail: support@biomarin-rareconnections.com

Biotecnol, online contact form

Biovail, (see Valeant Pharmaceuticals)

Boehringer-Ingelheim, @Boehringer + online contact form
Boston Scientific, Boston, MA, @bostonsci

Bristol-Myers Squibb, @bmsnews

BTG plc, @BTG (see Boston Scientific)

Cadila Healthcare (see Zydus Cadila)

Canadian Plasma Resources, Email: info@giveplasma.ca

The Cathay Drug Co., Inc., @CathayDrug + online contact form

Celgene (see Bristol-Myers Squibb)

Celgene in Myeloma, Summit, NJ, @Celgene_Myeloma

Cephalon (see Teva Pharmaceutical Industries)

Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A., online contact form

Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., @chugai_cc

Cipla, @Cipla_Global

Clovis Oncology, Email: medinfo@clovisoncology.com

Concordia International Corp., Email: info@concordiarx.com

Covance, @Covance

Crucell (see Janssen Pharmaceutica/Johnson & Johnson)

CSL Limited, @CSL

Dabur India Ltd., @DaburIndia

Daiichi Sankyo, Email: dsus@druginfo.com

Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma [chose not to contact; personal info required]

Debiopharm, @DebiopharmNews

Diabetology Ltd, @DiabetologyLtd

Diffusion Pharmaceuticals, @DiffusionPharma

Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, @drreddys

Ego Pharmaceuticals, @egoeveryday

Eisai, @EisaiUS

Eli Lilly & Company, @LillyPad

Elorac, Inc., Email: info@eloracpharma.com [BLOCKED MY EMAIL]

Emcure Pharmaceuticals, Email: Corporate@emcure.co.in

Emergent BioSolutions, Email: CustomerService@ebsi.com

Endo Pharmaceuticals, online contact form

Eskayef Pharmaceuticals, Ltd., Bangladesh Limited (unable to contact)

F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd (see Roche AG)

Fabre-Kramer Pharmaceuticals, Email: info@fabrekramer.com

Ferring Pharmaceuticals, @ferring

Fresenius Kabi, Email: customerservice.USA@fresenius-kabi.com

Fresenius Medical Care, online contact form

Galderma Laboratories, online contact form

Gedeon Richter Ltd., online contact form [unable to contact 2018]

Genentech (see Roche AG)

General Pharmaceuticals Ltd., online contact form

Getz Pharma, @GetzPharmaIntl

Gilead Sciences, @GileadSciences

GlaxoSmithKline, @GSK, @GSKUS

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, Email: GlobalPV@glenmarkpharma.com

Grifols, online contact form

Grindeks, Email: grindeks@grindeks.lv

Gulf Pharmaceutical Industries (see Julphar)

GVK Biosciences, @gvkbio + online contact form

G.F. Harvey Company (see Bard Pharmaceuticals)

Help Remedies Pharmaceuticals, online contact form (see Remedy Pharmaceuticals)

Hetero Drugs, Email: contact@heterodrugs.com

Hexal Australia (see Sandoz Australia)

Hikma Pharmaceuticals, @hikmapharma

Hoffman-La Roche (see Roche AG)

Horizon Pharma, Email: customerservice@horizonpharma.com

Hovione, @HovioneGroup

ICN Pharmaceuticals (see Valeant Pharmaceuticals International)

Incepta Pharmaceuticals, online contact form (online contact form no longer viable)

Institute for OneWorld Health (see PATH)

Intas Biopharmaceuticals [Avoid web address; virus alert.]

Interphil Laboratories, online contact form

Ionis Pharmaceuticals, online contact form

Ipca Laboratories, online contact form

Ipsen, @IpsenGroup

Janssen Pharmaceutica/Johnson & Johnson, Email: JanssenIDVNL@its.jnj.com

Jenapharm (see Bayer Schering Pharma AG )

JN-International Medical Corporation, Email: peter@jn-vaccines.org

Johnson & Johnson, @JNJCares

Julphar, @JulpharUAE + Email: info@julphar.net

Juno Therapeutics, a Celgene Company, @JunoThera

Kyowa Hakko Kirin, online contact form

Lundbeck, @Lundbeck + @LundbeckUS

Lupin Limited, Email: customerservice@lupinusa.com
Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals, online contact form

MannKind Corporation, @MannKindCorp

McGuff Compounding Pharmacy Services, Inc., Email:  pharmacyanswers@mcguff.com

Medinfar, Email: medinfar@medinfar.pt

Melior Discovery, Email: bizdev@meliordiscovery.com

Menarini, online contact form

Merck & Co., @Merck

Merck KGaA, @merckgroup

Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma, online contact form

Mylan, @MylanNews

NovaBay Pharmaceuticals, FB message

Novartis, @Novartis

Novo Nordisk, @novonordisk, @novonordiskus

Octapharma, online contact form

Opsonin Pharmaceutical Ltd, @OpsoninPharma

Orexo, @OrexoABpubl

OrgaNext, Email: info@organext.com

Orion Pharma, @OrionPharma + @OrionCorpIR

Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical (see Johnson & Johnson)

Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Email: Contact@otsuka-us.com

Panacea Biotec Ltd., E-mail: corporate@panaceabiotec.com [BLOCKED MY EMAIL]

Par Pharmaceutical (see Endo Pharmaceuticals)

Patheon, @Patheon

PATH, @PATHtweets

Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, online contact form (name changed to Avid Bioservices)

Perrigo, @PerrigoCompany + online contact form
Pfizer, @pfizer, @PfizerCongress

Pharmaceutical Product Development, @PPDCRO

Pharma Medica, Email: solutions@pharmamedica.com

Pharma Nord, online contact form

Pharmacosmos, online contact form

Pharmascience, @_Pharmascience_  [BLOCKED MY TWITTER ACCOUNT]

Pierre Fabre Group, @PierreFabre

Piramal Enterprise Ltd., @PiramalGroup

Pliva (see Teva Pharmaceuticals)

Proctor & Gamble, @ProcterGamble

Purdue Pharma, @purduepharma

Ranbaxy Laboratories (see Sun Pharmaceutical)

Reckitt Benckiser, @discoverRB

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, @regeneron

Remedy Pharmaceuticals, Email: info@remedypharmaceuticals.com
Repligen, @mAntibody_News

Roche, @Roche

Rubicon Research, Email: rubicon@rubicon.co.in

Salix Pharmaceuticals, Email: Karen.Paff@salix.com

Sandoz Australia [chose not to contact; personal info required]

Sanofi, @sanofi, @SanofiUS
Sanofi Pasteur, France, @sanofipasteur

Serum Institute of India, Email: contact@seruminstitute.com (not a viable email address)

Servier Laboratories, @servier + online contact form

Shire plc (see Takeda Pharmaceutical Co.)

Sigma Pharmaceuticals, online contact form

Sinopharm Group, Email: webmaster@sinopharmholding.com

Solvay Group, @SolvayGroup

Square Pharmaceuticals, online contact form

STADA Arzneimittel, @stada

Strides Arcolab, Email: info@stridesshasun.com

Sun Pharmaceutical, @SunPharma_Live

Sunovion, @Sunovion

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., @TakedaPharma

Teva Pharmaceuticals, Email: TevaCS@tevapharm.com

Torrent Pharmaceuticals, Email: trc@torrentpharma.com

Turing Pharmaceuticals, Email: info@turingpharma.com

UCB, @ucb_news

Unichem Laboratories [chose not to contact; personal info required]

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, online contact form

VAV Life Sciences, @ArunKedia + online contact form

Veloxis Pharmaceuticals, Email: info@veloxis.com

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, @VertexPharma

Walgreens, @Walgreens

Wallace Pharmaceuticals, Email: info@wallacepharma.us (not a viable email address)

Wockardt, Email: uscustomerservice@wockhardt.com

Yuhan Corporation, Email: shinmc@yuhan.co.kr

Zandu Pharmaceuticals, Email: customercare@emamigroup.com

Zentiva (see Sanofi)

Zydus Cadila, @ZydusUniverse

Following is the message I shared with the pharmaceutical companies:

"Urgent Appeal on Behalf of the Corn Allergy Population / Emerging Corn Allergy Crisis

THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR A COMPOUNDING PHARMACIST TO TELL A CORN-ALLERGIC PATIENT THAT CORNSTARCH IS NOT REALLY CORN!

As a corn allergy advocate, I read thousands of corn allergy testimonies on a daily basis.  I just read a personal testimony stating that a pharmacist from a compounding pharmacy told a corn-allergic patient that cornstarch is not really corn!  The critical lack of knowledge by this pharmacist could endanger this patient's life.  It is for this reason that I am submitting this urgent appeal to all pharmaceutical companies for your assistance in educating medical professionals about the dangers of NMIs (non-medicinal ingredients) in drugs.

I continue to read personal testimonies of physicians insisting upon administering dextrose IV fluid to corn-allergic patients in direct violation of the contraindication warning on the package insert.  It is clear that too many medical professionals do not understand that dextrose is the chemical name for corn sugar manufactured from cornstarch/D-glucose, 21CFR184.1857.  Anything derived from corn can prove fatal to the anaphylactic corn-allergic patient.  The most heartbreaking testimonies are from parents of corn-allergic infants, many of whom have been diagnosed with "failure to thrive" due to the lack of corn-free infant formulas.  Hospitals have NO alternative safe sources of corn-free nutrition to feed to these struggling babies, and their pediatricians/dietitians cannot offer any assistance to the parents of corn-allergic infants.

In summary, the corn allergy population can consume very few processed foods; and no commercially-processed meat, poultry, seafood, produce, or fruit due to government-authorized corn-derived antimicrobial chemical washes.  Many corn-allergic patients must have their medications compounded to exclude corn; and since tap water may contain corn due to corn-derived purification chemicals, many are forced to purchase other sources of corn-free water. 

I'm providing your company with several educational links regarding this devastating allergy.  Thank you for your attention to this critical concern, and please share this important message."

Published Corn Allergy Studies/Statistics  (“. . . Maize major allergen . . .”)

https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2017/05/published-corn-allergy-studies.html

Baxter Labs specifically warns about administering dextrose IV fluids to corn-allergic patients.

 "Solutions containing dextrose should be used with caution, if at all, in patients with known allergy to corn or corn products." - Page 3

https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2011/016679s104,016682s105,016692s095,019367s026lbl.pdf

"Probable anaphylactic reaction to corn-derived dextrose solution."

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1808842

BCPharmacists, "Warning: corn-related allergens . . ."

http://library.bcpharmacists.org/6_Resources/6-7_ReadLinks/ReadLinks-MayJun2007.pdf

DEXTROSE (CORN SUGAR), CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATION 21CFR184.1857

https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2019/12/dextrose-corn-sugar-fda-federal.html

Corn Allergy Statistics (Monthly)

https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2017/04/corn-allergy-statistics-monthly.html

Corn: It's Everything, Iowa Corn

https://www.iowacorn.org/education/corn-its-everything/

(Update March 12, 2018)

I have also provided these pharmaceutical companies with the following posts:

My February 25, 2018, Letter to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Re: mandate that hospitals stock corn-free foods, fluids, & drugs for the safety of corn-allergic patients.

https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2018/02/my-february-25-2018-letter-to-us.html

My Submission to The Joint Commission

https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2018/01/my-submission-to-joint-commission.html

(Update March 28, 2020)

I have also provided these pharmaceutical companies with the following documentation regarding dextrose vs. glucose.

Dextrose (corn sugar derived from cornstarch) is NOT a drug product, but is an ingredient added to drug products.

My March 5, 2020, Email to the FDA Re: Dextrose (Corn Sugar), per FDA Federal Regulation 184.1857, vs. Glucose (Blood Sugar)

https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2020/03/email-to-fda-re-dextrose-corn-sugar-per.html

Too many medical professionals are missing this critical contraindication warning.

LACTATED RINGER’S IN 5% DEXTROSE CONTRAINDICATED FOR CORN-ALLERGIC PATIENTS

https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2019/12/lactated-ringers-in-5-dextrose.html

Dextrose can prove fatal to the anaphylactic corn-allergic patient/consumer.

DEXTROSE (CORN SUGAR), CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATION 21CFR184.1857

https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2019/12/dextrose-corn-sugar-fda-federal.html

(Update April 7, 2020)

I forwarded the following petition to the majority of these pharmaceutical companies.

PETITION:  MEDICAL/BIOLOGIC PRODUCTS WITH DEXTROSE MUST BE CONTRAINDICATED FOR CORN-ALLERGIC PATIENTS

https://www.change.org/p/u-s-department-of-health-and-human-services-medical-biologic-products-with-dextrose-must-be-contraindicated-for-corn-allergic-patients

(Update June 8, 2020)

I forwarded the following notification to the majority of these pharmaceutical companies.

My June 5, 2020, Email to the FDA Re: Emergency Mandate Requiring Contraindication Warnings be Listed for Drug/Biologic Products Based on the "Source of Excipients"

https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2020/06/my-june-5-2020-email-to-fda-re.html

(Update June 23, 2020)

I forwarded the following notifications to the majority of these pharmaceutical companies.

My June 16, 2020, Email to the FDA Re: Corn Labeling in Drug/Biologic Products

https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2020/06/my-june-16-2020-email-to-fda-re-corn.html

Corn is ubiquitous and is EXEMPT from FDA labeling requirements; therefore, allergic reactions are currently categorized as idiopathic, resulting in underreporting and suppression of corn allergy statistics.

https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2017/04/corn-allergy-statistics-monthly.html

Physicians may be liable if they prescribe drugs/biologics containing excipients derived from a pt.'s allergens, even if no contraindication warning is present in the package insert. They are required to confirm the source of all excipients.

https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2020/06/my-june-2-2020-email-to-world-allergy.html

Diane H., Corn Allergy Advocate

Corn Allergy Advocacy/Resources

https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/

Email:  cornallergyinitiative@gmail.com

Twitter:  @CornAllergy911

Source:
"List of pharmaceutical companies," Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pharmaceutical_companies