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Sort by relevance 1,864 pages found matching %3Cscript%3Ealert%28%27What_Security?%27%29%3C/script%3E- No Excuse for marketing Ace Inhibitors to Pregnant Women
Oct-20-06 Waltham, MA In the wake of a study published in June 2006, in The New England Journal of Medicine found a higher rate of birth defects in infants born to mothers who filled prescriptions for Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors (ACE inhibitors), during the first trimester of pregnancy. The FDA advised women to reconsider the use of those drugs b... - Glaxo gets Hit with another Paxil Birth Defects Lawsuit
Oct-17-06 Denver, CO Two years ago, little Eric Jackson was born with persistent pulmonary hypertension, a life-threatening lung disorder in which an infant's arteries to the lungs remain constricted after birth, limiting the amount of blood flow to the lungs and oxygen in the bloodstream. Persistent pulmonary hypertension (PPHN) is associated with substantial in... - Ortho Evra Birth Control Patch - Statistics do not Lie
Oct-13-06 Dallas, TX During one 17-month period between April 2002 and September 2003, the FDA received 9,116 adverse reaction reports on the Ortho Evra birth control patch . In stark contrast, during a 6 year period between 1997 and September 2003, the Ortho birth control pill only generated 1,237 adverse event reports and 6 time more women were using the pill... - Bristol-Myers Slaps Black Box Warning On Coumadin
Oct-11-06 Los Angeles, CA After a request by the FDA, Bristol-Myers Squibb slapped a black box warning on the label of the blood thinning drug Coumadin (generic warfarin), to alert the public about a potentially fatal risk of bleeding . The drug's previous prescribing information noted the risk, but the warning was not highlighted by a black box. Without... - Guidant Settles Three Lawsuits - 549 To Go
Oct-2-06 Corpus Christi, TX Attorneys for the plaintiffs in lawsuits against Guidant and its new owner, Boston Scientific, view the settlement of a Texas case days before a jury trial as a sign that the company is dodging the courtroom. Guidant settled the case for an undisclosed amount with two plaintiffs avoiding a public trial set to begin on September 18, 20... - Zyprexa Sales Show No Amount of Lawsuits Will Deter Lilly
Sep-28-06 Indianapolis, IN Scores of new lawsuits are being filed by patients who say they took Zyprexa without knowing the risks after Eli Lilly promoted the drug to doctors as a treatment for conditions other than schizophrenia and bipolar disorder that the drug is approved to treat. In June 2005, Lilly announced plans to settle roughly 8,000 claims by pati... - FDA Still Dodging Bullets Over Ketek
Sep-27-06 Washington, DC: In recent months Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA) has been like a dog with a bone when it came to investigating why FDA officials approved the antibiotic Ketek , despite its knowledge that the main pre-approval study on the drug was riddled with fraud. Ketek first sought approval in 2000, but approval was denied due to indications of s... - Bagged Spinach: E coli Carrier
Sep-26-06 Monterey, CA " Spinach is susceptible of receiving all imprints: It is the virgin wax of the kitchen." This quote from Grimod de la Reyniere begs the questions: What is this spinach outbreak saying about the safety of food? How safe is our farming nowadays and should we be worried? To date, 175 cases of E. coli bacteria in tainted spinach have been r... - Nursing Home Fraud, Neglect & Abuse Much Too Common
Sep-24-06 Highland Heights KY Residents in nursing homes are some of the most vulnerable and helpless citizens in the US, with nearly 1.7 million elderly and disabled persons residing in about 17,000 facilities. And as difficult as it is to believe in this day and age, there is indisputable evidence to show that many nursing home residents are being neglected... - Plavix Sales to Soar due to Faulty Heart Stents
Sep-22-06 Natick, MA Recent studies have shown the new generation of drug-eluting heart stents to be associated with an increased risk of late stent thrombosis, cardiac mortality, myocardial infarction, and all cause mortality. And at the same time, they have proven to be little more effective, if any, than the older bare-metal stents that sell for a fraction... - 500 Ortho Evra Birth Control Patch Victims Sue Johnson & Johnson
Sep-17-06 New Brunswick, NJ According to Johnson & Johnson's latest SEC filing for the Second Quarter of 2006, the company is currently facing 500 claimants in lawsuits related to deaths and injuries caused by the Ortho Evra birth control patch . "These claimants," the filing notes, "seek substantial compensatory and, where available, punitive damages. ... - Merck Insurance Carriers Jump Ship Over Vioxx Disaster
Sep-15-06 Whitehouse, NJ According to Merck's August 7, 2006, SEC filing, "At this time, the Company believes that its insurance coverage with respect to the Vioxx Lawsuits will not be adequate to cover its defense costs and any losses." In addition, Merck says it has not established any reserves for potential liability relating to the Vioxx lawsuits or inves... - Abuse and Neglect of Elderly Rampant in Nursing Home Industry
Sep-12-06 Little Rock, AR In 1987, Congress passed landmark legislation aimed at improving nursing home care for the nation's vulnerable elderly population. However, a recent investigation by Consumer Reports found poor care in nursing homes is still extremely common, especially in the for-profit chains that have become the dominant force in the industry. The... - Latest Pfizer Celebrex Court Ruling 50-50
Sep-11-06 San Francisco, CA According to Pfizer, Celebrex is still selling like hot cakes with worldwide sales totalling $471 million ($355 million in the US) in the second quarter of 2006, representing growth of 17% over the same period last year. "We continue to expect full-year Celebrex revenues of at least $2 billion, an ambitious target given the ongoing... - More ReNu Sufferers After Recall
Sep-11-06 New Paltz, NY: In the fall of 2005, Kristen Pondi, aged 27, was diagnosed with a fungal infection in her eyes. She had no idea what caused it and it didn't occur to her that it could have been ReNu , her contact lens solution. Unfortunately, Bausch & Lomb didn't recall ReNu until the following May, 2006. "First of all my doctor gave me a prescript... - SUV Rollovers: Fatal More Often Than Not
Sep-9-06 Sport Utility Vehicles (SUVs) are a popular consumer vehicle. However, many people don't know that SUVs are prone to deadly rollover accidents. According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHF), rollover accidents are not common. In fact, they only make up three percent of vehicles in police-reported crashes. However, because they are s... - Boston Scientific and Guidant Off to Texas Slaughterhouse
Sep-6-06 Corpus Christi, TX The first, but by no means the last, Guidant trial is scheduled to begin on September 18, 2006, in Neuces County District Court in Corpus Christi, Texas before Judge Jack Hunter. The two plaintiffs, Louis Motal, 63, and Bernice Hinojosa, 65, are surviving patients implanted with Guidant's Ventak Prizm 2 defibrillators in 2001. The law... - Pfizer Celebrex Lawsuits - 1500 and Counting
Sep-4-06 The first Celebrex trial, originally set for June 6, 2006, has been delayed indefinitely, reportedly to give attorneys more time to gather information. Although no new trial date has been set, legal analysts now predict that Celebrex trials will begin in early 2007. The delay was requested by a federal judge in San Francisco, where Pfizer is facing around... - Big Pharma Bankrupting US Health Care System
Aug-29-06 ig Pharma is bankrupting the nation's health care system by convincing prescribing doctors to over-medicate patients with expensive psychiatric drugs and then send the bills to government programs like Medicaid and Medicare. The peddling of the new generation of psychiatric drugs that include the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors antidepressants (S... - Spotlight Focused On Pfizer's Lipitor Follies
Aug-27-06 According to the book, "Health Myths Exposed," by former pharmaceutical chemist turned whistleblower, Shane Ellison, "When used as prescribed, pharmaceutical drugs kill more people than terrorism, car crashes, AIDS, and street drugs combined." Although many health care professionals have come forward in recent years with warnings that prescription drugs a...