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Jan-10-07 A new study, published in the January issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology , shows that drug-eluting stents may actually hamper the body's ability to reroute blood past arteries that are blocked, in some cases leading to heart attacks. Scientists studying patients with both drug-eluting stents (DES) and bare-metal stents (BMS) fou... - Xbox 360 Extended Warranty Too Late?
Jan-9-07 Seattle, WA Recently, Microsoft announced it was extending the warranty on the Xbox 360 from 90 days to a full year from the date of purchase. However, some critics argue that the one-year warranty should have been standard on the Xbox 360 from the start and others say that it should never have taken a public outcry and the filing of a lawsuit for Mic... - Lilly's Legal Battle over Zyprexa Documents Continues
Jan-8-07 On January 3, 2007, a hearing was held before Judge Jack Weinstein, in a US District Court in New York, on a motion by Eli Lilly to extend an injunction to conceal company documents that show Lilly hid the lethal side effects of Zyprexa for a decade and engaged in an illegal off-label marketing scheme to promote the drug for unapproved uses. Zyprexa... - Bayer excuse for hiding Trasylol Study Not Good Enough
Jan-7-07 Washington, DC: In October 2006, the German-based drug maker, Bayer AG, said it was a "mistake" to withhold a study from the FDA that showed the drug, Trasylol , can cause lethal side effects and that the company had suspended two employees involved in the fiasco. Critics say that's not good enough. An October 4, 2006 editorial, titled, "Bayer's Dup... - Criminal Prosecution of Lilly Sought Over Zyprexa
Jan-4-07 California Attorney, Ted Chabasinski, is calling for the criminal prosecution of Eli Lilly executives for hiding the adverse effects of Zyprexa , based in part on articles last month in the New York Times which quote internal company documents that revealed that Lilly knew about the adverse effects for a decade but kept the information hidden. Mr Chab... - DSM Billing Bible - Big Pharma Best Seller
Dec-27-06 Washington, DC One-hundred percent of the experts involved in writing diagnostic criteria for mood disorders and schizophrenia for the, "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders (DSM)," have undisclosed financial ties to the pharmaceutical companies whose drugs are used to treat those conditions. The April 2006 study in the journal, Psycho... - Doctor's Perks and Free Drug Samples Cost Patients Plenty
Dec-20-06 Washington, DC: In the debate over whether Big Pharma's perks lead doctors to prescribe high priced brand-name drugs over equally effective generics, the question to ask is whether an industry would direct 90% of a $20 billion marketing budget at doctors if it did not work. As lawmakers enact measures to limit the drug company's influence over the medic... - Panacryl Sutures: Recent lawsuits just Tip of the Iceberg
Dec-19-06 Princeton, NJ In September 2002, a lawyer had a visit from a woman who told him a medical story that he initially thought was a medical malpractice situation. She had undergone several surgeries including colon-rectal surgery and a colostomy reversal and every time she was sewn up and sent home, her condition deteriorated. He got her medical records and... - Flu Vaccines - Open Season
Dec-15-06 For all the frantic, unvaccinated citizens fearing the "upcoming" peak of flu season—rest assured, coming down with a flu infection is the least of your worries. Despite the governments statements urging individuals to vaccinate their children, the threat of an infantile influenza fatality is just about as serious as the dreaded hangnail. Noneth... - Xbox 360: More unhappy customers and a lawsuit
Dec-10-06 Mount Clemens, MI: Bryan Thompson purchased his Xbox 360 in April, 2006. By November he was already sending it in for repairs because "the red ring of death" had appeared on the front of his console, meaning his console was unusable. Bryan had heard that the October update was causing problems for some people, but says that his problems did not start... - Weighing Benefits of SSRIs Against Suicide Risk
Dec-8-06 Washington, DC: Before the FDA's Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee begins the discussion at the December 13, 2006, public hearing on the suicide risks associated with selective serotonin inhibitor antidepressants , it should get honest with the audience and openly admit that the SSRIs do not even work. Medical professionals maintain that in... - Mental Illness Epidemic Hits US
Dec-7-06 Washington, DC: In the run-up to the December 13, 2006, meeting of the FDA's Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee, to review the suicidality data from adult SSRI studies, a host of newly identified disorders have been popping up in the media, all treatable with SSRIs. The committee is expected to vote on whether the association between the sel... - Ketek Fraud Investigation Derails Confirmation of New FDA Commissioner
Dec-6-06 Washington, DC: When the Democrats won control of Congress, Senator Charles Grassley may have lost the chairmanship of the Senate Finance Committee, but the current acting FDA commissioner had better not get too settled in because the Senator is apparently not ready to throw in the towel in the on-going battle with him. In a recent press release accompa... - Five Children Born with Severe Heart Defects after Moms take Paxil
Dec-6-06 The law firm of Baum Hedlund has filed five more Paxil heart birth defect cases today against Philadelphia-based GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) in Pennsylvania State Court. The firm filed the first Paxil PPHN case and two other Paxil heart defect cases, including the Adrian Vasquez case, recently featured on CNN. The families allege that the mothers' ingestion o... - FDA Advisory Committee Schedules Hearing on SSRIs and Suicide
Dec-5-06 Washington DC: The FDA's Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee will hold a public hearing on December 13, 2006, to review the adult selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) studies on the increased risk of suicide associated with the antidepressants. The panel is expected to vote on whether the risk of suicidality in adults should be inclu... - Defective Products causing Personal Injury: Get Your Medical Records Now
Dec-4-06 San Diego, CA Paula Carr was 29 years old when she had breast implants. Paula asked a lot of questions except one: how long would they last? "I thought I would give myself a gift - instead I got a curse," she said. "My doctor told me this new product was a combination of saline and silicone and I was excited about the prospect of having a renewed sense... - Cerebral Palsy: Two Mothers' Battles
Dec-3-06 St. Paul, MN: The mother of a young boy who was born with cerebral palsy has been awarded $15 million dollars after a jury found that the medical staff was negligent in their care for the woman during her labor, causing the boy's cerebral palsy. The jury found that both the doctor and the staff at the hospital failed to respond to signals indicating t... - Glaxo Writing Checks Left and Right to Settle Paxil Legal Battles
Dec-3-06 Madison County, IL: GlaxoSmithKline is no doubt looking forward to the New Year because the end of this one is becoming costlier by the month. On November 1, 2006, the Associated Press reported that Glaxo had agreed to pay $63.8 million to settle a class action lawsuit with allegations that Glaxo promoted Paxil for use with children and adolescents wh... - Zoloft likely Caused Baby's Death
Nov-30-06 Atlanta, GA "In 2003 I was pregnant with Sarah and was concerned about taking Zoloft," says Mindy Schildroth, "but my doctor said that recent studies indicated I was better off taking the drug than going through withdrawal. Three years later, I am still grieving her death." Sarah Elizabeth Schildroth 9/24/03 - 11/28/03 Mindy's daughter passed away w... - Biggest Off-Label Drug Marketing Scheme in US History - Part I
Nov-30-06 Washington, DC: The promotion and sale of two classes of psychiatric drugs, the atypical antipsychotics and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors antidepressants (SSRIs), will go down in history as the most successful off-label marketing scheme of all time. But unfortunately, before the illegal scheme takes its rightful place in the law books, a lot m...