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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... - Guidant faces Pacemaker Lawsuits: Thousands of Pacemakers could be Defective
Nov-23-06 Indianapolis, IN: According to third quarter reports filed November 9, 2006 by Boston Scientific the company faces around 840 lawsuits related to Guidant pacemakers and defibrillators. Of those cases, 74 are class-action and around 760 are individual suits. The number of suits is up significantly from the 550 lawsuits reported after the company's sec... - Ending FDA's Love Affair With Big Pharma
Nov-22-06 Washington, DC: With the Democrats back in power, critics say officials at the FDA and representatives of Big Pharma had better plan on spending much of their time testifying on Capital Hill in Congressional hearings in 2007. Democrats have spelled out their plans to change how the administration chooses experts to sit on FDA advisory panels and put a... - Kugel Mesh Patches Considered a Serious Recall
Nov-19-06 Murray Hill, NJ: The recall of Kugel Mesh patches that was announced by the FDA earlier this year was serious enough to merit a Class 1 recall. A Class 1 recall means that the recalled device could potentially cause serious injuries, pain, and possibly even death. The recall was announced after Davol Inc, a subsidiary of CR Bard, learned of 31 rin... - Lexapro Legal Problems Mount Against Forest Laboratories
Nov-15-06 Fair Haven, NJ: According to Forest Laboratories' Annual Report, for the year ending March 31, 2006, Celexa and Lexapro , accounted for 68% of the company's sales. The drugs belong to the class of antidepressants known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). Sales of Lexapro, the filing notes, increased 16% in the 4th quarter to $464,100... - Unscientific Depression Screenings and Front Groups Boost SSRI Sales
Nov-10-06 USA: Prior to the arrival of the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor antidepressants (SSRIs) on the market, depression was estimated to affect only 100 people per million. And those 100 people per million sought help from a medical professional trained in psychiatry and the treatment of depression. Since the introduction of SSRIs, rates for dep... - ERISA lawsuit filed against Dell over 401(k)
Nov-10-06 Seattle, WA: A class action lawsuit has been filed against Dell Inc. , on behalf of participants and beneficiaries of the company's 401(k) plan for violating the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). The suit, filed September 29 in Seattle, claims that Dell and various defendants breached their fiduciary duties to 401(k) participants. Acc... - Bausch & Lomb Fails to Warn About Dangers of ReNu Contact Lens Solution
Nov-8-06 Greenville, SC: ReNu with MoistureLoc solution has been widely used for the storing, wetting and cleaning of soft contact lenses. But here once again, a drug company has left a product on the market, with no warning to consumers, long after it was aware that serious side effects were developing in people using the product. According to the FDA, cluste... - FDA and Big Pharma Gang Up On Joe Citizen
Nov-6-06 Washington, DC: The botched safety processes at the FDA have had an extremely negative impact on the nation's public health and tens of thousands of people have died as a result of its negligent handling of the Vioxx debacle alone. Americans today can no more trust what's in their medicine cabinets than could the pioneers in the 1800s who filled their m... - Kugel Mesh Patch: Recalled due to Serious Injuries
Nov-3-06 Murray Hill, NJ The US Food and Drug Administration in cooperation with Davol, Inc. have recalled Bard Composix Kugel Mesh Patches following reports of serious injuries related to the patches. The Kugel Mesh Patch is used to repair ventral hernias that are caused by thinning or stretching of scar tissue that forms after surgery. The patch is inserted th... - Green Card Disconnect
Nov-2-06 Spokane, WA " Immigration says my application for citizenship is being held up by the FBI pending a name search but I had an interview 18 months ago and was issued a conditional green card," says Fahd Mohiuebin. "I think the FBI is holding my file because my first name is Arabic." Fahd's wife is a U.S. citizen and a Caucasian, and Fahd is Indian... - Many Kaiser Kidney Transplant Patients Still In Limbo
Nov-2-06 San Francisco, CA: In May 2006, following reports by the LA Times and CBS News, Kaiser Permanente closed its 2-year-old San Francisco kidney transplant program amidst allegations that it failed to properly transfer patients on waiting lists, leading to missed opportunities for transplants and patients having to undergo years of unnecessary and grueling... - Injuries and Death Reported in Patients Implanted with Bard Kugel Mesh Patch
Oct-29-06 Murray Hill, NJ: On January 13, 2006, CR Bard, Inc announced a Class I recall of the Bard Composix Kugel Mesh X-Large Patch after receiving 24 reports that the device's plastic coil ring may not withstand the increased stress associated with certain surgical placement techniques. Davol, Inc, a subsidiary of CR Bard, notified US customers of the recall... - Attorney Predicts Five Thousand Lawsuits Against Guidant
Oct-27-06 Boston, MA: On October 18, 2006, Boston Scientific announced financial earnings for the third quarter 2006, in a press release and reported net sales of $2.026 billion as compared to $1.511 billion for the third quarter of 2005, an increase of 34%. The increase, Boston said, was primarily attributable to the inclusion of $491 million of net sales from... - Oops - Bayer forgot to tell FDA about Lethal Side Effects of Trasylol
Oct-26-06 Washington, DC: On September 29, 2006, the New York Times reported that Bayer "failed to reveal to federal drug officials the results of a large study suggesting that a widely used heart-surgery medicine might increase the risks of death and stroke," citing an FDA announcement. That drug is aprotinin, marketed as Trasylol. Bayer's memory lapse... - Birth Control Patch Lawsuits against J&J Piling Up
Oct-23-06 Princeton, NJ: On October 17, 2006, News Inferno announced that another lawsuit had been filed against Ortho-McNeil, a division of Johnson & Johnson, on behalf of a young Idaho women who was 17 when she was prescribed the Ortho Evra birth control patch , and in less than a month, she developed deep vein thrombosis, a potentially fatal blood clot condition...