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May-9-07 Kenner, LA It has been a hell of a year for Lisa Johnston. In May of 2006, she went into the hospital for what she believed would be routine surgery, requiring 5 weeks of recovery. One year and two major surgeries later, she is in chronic pain and just beginning to pick up the pieces of her life. "I feel lucky to be alive," Lisa Johnston (not her real n... - Boston Scientific: Oops, They Did It Again
May-8-07 Los Angeles, CA: "Oops I did it again" is the name of a song by pop star Britney Spears. It could also be the motto of medical device manufacturers Guidant (now part of Boston Scientific) who recently issued yet another recall for defective defibrillators/pacemakers. The latest recall was announced April 5, 2007, and concerns some 73,000 Implantable... - Lawmakers Go After Thugs at FDA Over Avandia
Jun-11-07 Washington, DC: In one of the latest developments in the Avandia diabetes drug saga, on June 7, 2007, a bipartisan group of powerful lawmakers sent a letter to FDA asking Commissioner Andrew von Eschenbach for an explanation of the agency's policy on conflicts of interest regarding hiring employees directly from drug companies regulated by the FDA. At... - Guidant News: More Recalled Defibrillators
May-3-07 Indianapolis, IN Boston Scientific and the FDA have announced a new Guidant recall for specific Implantable Cardiac Defibrillators (ICDs) and Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Defibrillators (CRT-Ds). The new recall includes about 73,000 implantable cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators and cardiac defibrillators. All of the recalled defibr... - Asbestos: It may be Lurking inside of You
May-2-07 Washington, DC Watch what happens whenever asbestos is discovered inside a building: people scatter, the building is closed down, and workers swarm over the site in full masks and heavy clothing to deal with the evil stuff. It's a death sentence in powdered form. We know that now. How society managed NOT to know about the deadly effects of asbestos e... - High Anxiety over Avandia Report
May-30-07 Washington, DC Even the United States Senate is getting involved in the worried reaction to the report published last Monday claiming the popular diabetes drug Avandia raises the risk and severity of heart attacks. On May 21 the New England Journal of Medicine reported that an analysis of 42 separate studies on the drug concluded that Avandia rais... - Lawmakers Want to End Big Pharma Recruitment Schemes - Part 1
May-29-07 Washington, DC: Federal lawmakers are stepping up the pace to put a stop to the pharmaceutical industry's customer recruitment schemes used to boost the sale of psychiatric drugs by tugging at heartstrings in promoting mental health screening programs as suicide prevention tools. On May 18, 2007, US House of Representative Ron Paul (R-Texas), a physicia... - Panacryl Sutures Used In Gynecologic Surgeries
Apr-19-07 Someville, NJ: Panacryl sutures are sutures that were used to help a patient's body heal after surgery but were absorbed by the body so that there was no need for removal later. The sutures were designed to be strong in order to provide support for the patient for up to six months. Some women may not realize that Panacryl sutures were used in gynecolo... - Feds Investigate Profits From Off-Label Stent Procedures - Part II
May-25-07 Washington, DC: In addition to the federal investigations into the off-label marketing of drug eluting stents by Boston Scientific and Johnson & Johnson, on May 10, 2007, Rep Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), who serves on the House Appropriations Subcommittee, announced the introduction of the FDA reform bill which addresses the issue of doctors using product... - Fen-Phen Lawsuits: Shortness of Breath Could Signal PPH
May-25-07 Philadelphia, PA Lawsuits are still being filed against the maker of fen-phen, a popular diet drug combination that resulted in serious complications for many of the people who took it, including PPH. Primary pulmonary hypertension (PPH) and heart valve damage are two such complications. Many people who take medications do not think that they will... - Avandia Concerns Known Since 2000
May-24-07 Chapel Hill, NC The diabetes drug Avandia , which has been in the news this week following a report in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) over concerns of a link to heart problems, continues to percolate throughout the prescription drug world - and telling information, lurking beneath the surface almost since the drug fist came onto the market, is... - Avandia: Heart Attack risk Revealed
May-22-07 Avandia, (known generically as rosiglitazone) a widely used diabetes drug, raises the risk of heart attacks and possibly death, as published in [ The New England Journal of Medicine ] on May 21, 2007. The analysis was based on a review of about 28,000 patients involved in 42 previously conducted clinical studies. The Journal concluded that: Rosiglitazo... - HDTVs Not What They Seem
May-8-07 Los Angeles, CA: High Definition Televisions (HDTVs) have become a popular new purchase; however, some people do not realize that some of the 1080p HDTVs have a defect because they are not compatible with all 1080p devices. Furthermore, many of the televisions tested for a report in Home Theater Magazine (May 2006) do not properly deinterlace signals,... - World Health Organization wants Benzene Out
May-6-07 Boston, MA As part of the World Day for Safety and Health at Work, the World Health Organization called for the removal of dangerous carcinogens, including benzene , from the workplace. The agency reported that at least 200,000 people die every year from work-related cancers, including lung cancer, mesothelioma, and bladder cancers- the most common types... - Lilly Receives Zyprexa Greetings From Capitol Hill
Apr-27-07 Washington, DC: The Chairman and CEO of Eli Lilly, Sidney Taurel, has become a regular pen pal with lawmakers on Capitol Hill since the company's ten-year campaign to increase profits by promoting the off-label use of Zyprexa for patients covered by public health care programs became the focus of investigations in both houses of Congress. According... - No Preemption for J&J against Charite Spine Surgery Victims
Apr-25-07 Washington, DC: According to Johnson and Johnson's SEC filings, as of December 31, 2006, there were 100 lawsuits pending against the company involving the Charite artificial spinal disc , seeking "substantial compensatory and, where available, punitive damages." The J&J subsidiary, DePuy Spine, has marketed the Charite since the disc was FDA approved f... - California Overtime Lawsuit News
Apr-25-07 San Diego, CA: The number of lawsuits involving overtime pay and missed breaks continues to grow, as do the number of settlements. Below are some recent developments in California overtime lawsuits. In April, a Canadian company paid over $152,000 in settlements and fines after allegations that the company did not pay its employees for overtime and den... - Makers of Zyprexa Risperdal and Seroquel Under Fire
Mar-9-07 Washington, DC: Eli Lilly, Johnson & Johnson, and AstraZeneca, are all named defendants in a new lawsuit filed by the state of Pennsylvania on February 26, 2007, to recover money paid through public health care programs to purchase Zyprexa , Risperdal, and Seroquel, and the costs of medical care for the people injured by these drugs. Pennsylvania... - FDA - The Rest of the Story
Mar-7-07 Washington, DC: The 12,000-employee FDA regulates products that account for more than $1.5 trillion in yearly sales, or about a 10th of the US economy. Besides food and drug safety, the agency also enforces regulations covering medical devices and cosmetics. The FDA is part of the executive branch of government and therefore, any filing of reports by co... - Gynecare Intergel Linked To Pain, Tissue Adherence, and Internal Scarring
Apr-12-07 Chaska, MN Lawyers are investigating the possibility of filing lawsuits against Ethicon Inc., after a number of women were harmed by the use of Gynecare Intergel Adhesion Prevention Solution. The solution was used during gynecological surgery to protect tissue as it healed but in some cases it caused serious injury to patients. The United States Food...