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Sort by date 1,864 pages found matching %3Cscript%3Ealert%28%27What_Security?%27%29%3C/script%3E- What Led to the Black Box Warning on Asthma Drugs?
May-30-08 Washington, DC: Two years ago the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) stated that the asthma drugs Advair Diskus, Advair HFA, Foradil Aerolizer, Serevent Diskus must carry black box warnings—the most severe warning the FDA can issue. Most recently Symbicourt, Performist, (formoterol fumarate), and Brovana inhalation solution were added to list of... - Zyprexa Judge decides which Journalists have First Amendment Rights
Jan-16-07 Washington, DC The judge issuing injunctions in the Eli Lilly- Zyprexa -Documents case has decided that reporters at the New York Times enjoy the full protection of the First Amendment but that other reporters and media outlets do not. The secret documents at the center of this hailstorm were provided to the New York Times, and several other journalis... - AMO Complete MoisturePlus Recall: Many Missed the Memo…
May-29-08 Santa Ana, CA: The problem with a product recall is that it's only as effective as the communication between the manufacturer, and the end user. In the case of James Millard Wilson, he didn't get the message. The young art student from Baltimore had been having trouble with his eyes, and had no idea that his AMO Complete MoisturePlus Contact Lens solutio... - Auction Rate Securities: From Boom to Bust…to Broke?
May-29-08 Washington, DC: While it may have occurred well before the market for auction rate securities turned to dust, alleged misdeeds by a major brokerage firm has resulted in a settlement with the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC). First Southwest has agreed to compensate the SEC $150,000 to settle charges that the firm had allegedly engaged in various a... - SuperShuttle International Inc: Allegations that Drivers are Made to Pay the Freight
May-24-08 Sacramento, CA In a case that gets right down to where the rubber hits the road, employees of a California shuttle company are hoping that a class-action lawsuit will shift their case into overdrive, and force their employer to ante up millions of dollars in unpaid overtime . Employees of SuperShuttle International Inc. allege that their employer has... - Drug-Eluting Stents not so Safe
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... - Chantix News Means Trouble for Pfizer
May-23-08 Chicago, IL There is now a litany of adverse symptoms associated with Chantix (varenicline). Heart problems, seizures and diabetes join the already well-documented psychiatric problems, including suicide, suicidal thoughts and depression. On May 21, The Institute for Safe Medication Practices, a nonprofit drug-safety group, reported on a pilot progr... - 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... - Chantix Grounded by Federal Aviation Administration
May-22-08 Washington, DC It still might be okay for YOU to use the anti-smoking drug Chantix in spite of all the warnings over suicidal thoughts and potential psychosis, but as of Wednesday pilots and air traffic controllers are no longer allowed to use the drug. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has just banned the use of Chantix for pilots and ai... - 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... - Attorney Leonard Aragon: Going after LifeLock
Apr-7-08 Phoenix, AZ: On March 27, the law firm of Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro filed a proposed consumer class action against LifeLock of Tempe, AZ. LifeLock uses aggressive advertising to convince consumers to subscribe to its $10-a-month "proactive identity theft protection" service, claiming to "offer a proven solution that prevents your identity from being st... - Family of Plane Crash Victim Sues Pilot
Apr-6-08 Michigan City, IN: A wrongful death suit has been filed in Iowa by two Michigan City attorneys on behalf of a man killed in a 2006 plane crash near Mill Creek. Attorney Donald Pagos filed the lawsuit on behalf of the family of 23-year-old Joshua Trainor for damages that have not yet been specified. Both Pagos and attorney Scott Pejic are being assisted b... - "My Daughter Tried To Kill Herself"
Apr-6-08 Leeds, MI Eunice has a beautiful, intelligent 19-year old daughter, Emily, who on the surface, appears to have it all together. She has a good job, and is currently going to college. But Emily has developed depression and suicidal thoughts , and she recently tried to kill herself. She is a chronic asthmatic who has been taking Singulair for approximatel... - 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... - Which is the Killer: The Cigarette or the Drug?
May-9-08 Chicago, IL It was just as recent as 2006 when drug makers were confident that drugs could do things such as cure depression, make people stop smoking, and even lose weight. But recently their hopes have been shattered because these drugs that are meant to block pleasure centers in the brain seem to have blocked pleasure in other ways as well. Margaret... - Investors "Screwed" by Auction-rate Securities
May-6-08 New York, NY It was as recent as the fall of 2007 when investors were encouraged to place their life savings into auction-rate securities. They were told that such an investment was as safe as cash. However, these investors have now learned that the large institutional investors were selling off their auction-rate securities at the same time the smaller in... - Grieving Daughter talks about Celebrex
Mar-24-08 Montreal, QC: "Whatever comes of me telling this story, my main motivation is that I want to save other people from taking drugs like Celebrex ," says Andrea Whittaker. "My mother was misled when it came to Celebrex. If my mom had known the warning signs, if she had been given the option, she would never have taken it." Whittaker's mother died in Octobe... - State Regulators and Attorney General Probe Banks and Brokers in Auction-Rate Securities Debacle.
May-5-08 New York, NY New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has launched a probe into the failure of the auction rate securities market . The industry-wide investigation has slapped subpoenas on 18 banks and securities firms that underwrote and brokered the investments. Under the gun is the marketing of the securities and how the decision was made to stop t... - Kids Play Shouldn't Be This Dangerous
Mar-23-08 Washington, DC The number of children injured or killed by dangerous and defective children's products has more than doubled in the past five years. Toys head up the list of culprits, followed by furniture and arts and crafts supplies. Already for the month of March, 10 out of 23 products recalled jointly by the Consumer Product Safety Commission an...