ICN Loses Bid to Halt ‘Hazard Alert’:...

ICN Loses Bid to Halt ‘Hazard Alert’: Costa Mesa-based ICN Pharmaceuticals lost a bid in Sacramento court to prevent the state from issuing “hazard alerts” to California hospitals about the potential health threat its controversial drug ribavirin may pose to pregnant women. Officials from the Department of Health Services said they intend to issue the three-page letter today to more than 500 acute-care hospitals, where pregnant workers and visitors can be accidentally exposed to the fine white powder used to treat a seasonal childhood respiratory ailment.