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FDA warns home wart removal products may be flammable

Freezing off warts at home may cause a fire, the Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers. Over-the-counter, cryogenic wart removers have led to 14 reports of fires, affecting household items ...
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Quest Products Announces New ProVent® Hemp Patch and ProVent® Wart Remover Products

PLEASANT PRAIRIE, Wis., Nov. 20, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Quest Products announced today that it is introducing two new products under its ProVent ® brand: a Hemp Patch designed for pain relief and a Wart ...
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FDA warns some wart removal products can catch fire during use

Some cryogenic wart removers – which remove warts from the skin by freezing them off – have caught fire during use at home, harming consumers or setting fire to items around the house. Since 2009, the ...
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FDA: Wart removers blamed for 14 fires

Some wart removers have caught on fire, burning patients’ skin and even setting fire to their homes, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned Thursday. The FDA said 14 cases of wart removers ...
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OraSure Expands Sales Into the Over-the-Counter Market; Cryosurgical Wart Treatment to Be Available Under Compound W Trademark

BETHLEHEM, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 25, 2003--OraSure Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq NM:OSUR) announced today the execution of an exclusive distribution agreement with Medtech Holdings, Inc. pursuant ...
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OraSure, distributor to part ways at year’s end ** Arbitration settles dispute company had with wart removal wholesaler.

OraSure Technologies of Bethlehem will have to find a new retail distributor for its wart removal product. Under arbitration results announced Tuesday, the current U.S. distributor, Prestige Brands, ...
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OraSure and SSL International to Launch Over-the-Counter Cryosurgical Wart Treatment Product in Europe, Australia and New Zealand; OraSure Increases Financial Guidance; SSL ...

BETHLEHEM, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 2, 2005--OraSure Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:OSUR) announced today the execution of an exclusive agreement with SSL International plc (LSE:SSL), under which ...
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Your foot wart can last up to two years if you don't use simple methods like duct tape to remove it

Foot warts can be common warts, plantar warts, or periungal warts. They develop when a certain strand of HPV infects a cut or open wound. You can get rid of them with salicylic acid products or by ...
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OraSure gets court date to fight for its wart remover ** It is in patent dispute with giant competitor Schering-Plough.

OraSure Technologies’ patent infringement case against a rival maker of wart-removal products will go to trial in February. The Bethlehem company, however, won’t see an immediate halt to the sale of ...