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Aug-21-06 In the wake of overhauling the FDA, lawmakers are also cracking down on conflicts of interest within the Centers for Disease Control. Last month, Representatives, Dr Dave Weldon (R-FL), and Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), held a press conference to announce the introduction of a bill that would give responsibility for vaccine safety to an independent agency withi... - Ortho Evra: Too much Estrogen can be a Bad Thing
Aug-9-06 The makers of Ortho Evra are learning that there is such a thing as too much estrogen, as more and more lawsuits are being filed against them. The latest lawsuit is a class action suit in Canada, filed July 28, 2006 in London, Ontario. At issue is the amount of the hormone estrogen that women who use Ortho Evra are exposed to. According to a news release... - Risk of Harm from Motrin, Aleve, Advil - Better Odds in a Crap Shoot
Jun-30-06 Complications from non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or NSAID, have been linked to 103,000 hospitalizations and more than 16,000 deaths per year in the US, according to a study published in the American Journal of Therapeutics. A lack of information, experts say, is the root cause of the lack of concern over the health risks associated with NSAIDs. A... - Natrecor: A History of Shady Practices
Aug-6-06 It's incredulous that a drug approved for very limited use could actually be given to a wide range of people. Yet this is what happened in the case of Natrecor (nesiritide), a drug approved by the FDA for emergency use only in hospitals. Somehow, Natrecor managed to evolve from emergency-only to preventative-maintenance use, despite not receiving FDA appr... - Records Show Dell Aware of Laptop Fires Years Before Recall
Aug-2-06 CRN recently reported that sources supposedly from within Dell Computer Corporation confirmed that the company kept quiet for at least two years before finally recalling 22,000 notebooks last year. According to CRN's sources, Dell knew of literally dozens of cases where laptops had burst into flames before they identified the issue as a broad ranging thre... - Eli Lilly and Co. under fire for Zyprexa
Aug-1-06 On July 24, 2006, Mississippi became the fifth state to file a lawsuit against Eli Lilly and Co. for its sales and marketing of Zyprexa (olanzapine). The lawsuit was filed in Lafayette County Circuit Court. According to a special attorney general who is handling the case, the lawsuit was filed to recover money the state of Mississippi spent purchasin... - FDA Used to Shield Big Pharma From Lawsuits
May-12-06 In January 2006, the FDA announced the Bush administration's latest gift to Big Pharma in a statement that said people who believe they have been injured by drugs approved by the FDA should not be allowed to sue drug companies in state courts. "We think that if your company complies with the FDA processes, if you bring forward the benefits and risks of yo... - Drip Drip Drip - Paxil Info Leaks Out
Apr-25-06 Secrecy agreements in litigation hide information about defective products or a company's negligence, and sometimes go so far as to prohibit the parties from discussing that there ever was a lawsuit. Such is the case with Paxil and as a result, unwitting patients continued to take the drug long after its dangers were known to GlaxoSmithKline. Many lawsuit... - Beverly Enterprises - Poster Child Of Fraud And Neglect In Nursing Home Industry
Jun-1-06 Nowhere in the nursing home industry is the corruption, patient neglect and abuse and Medicare and Medicaid fraud more blatant than within the giant nursing home chain of Beverly Enterprises. Based in Fort Smith, it reportedly operates more than 400 nursing facilities, assisted living centers and hospices in 23 states and the District of Columbia. The cha... - ReNu contact lens solution spells Agony
Apr-21-06 I soaked my contact lenses overnight in Bausch & Lomb's ReNu with MoistureLoc Multi-Purpose Solution. The next morning when I put my contacts back in, my eyes started to burn and they got a whole lot worse. The pain was like someone was stabbing me repeatedly in my eyes with needles. That was June, 2005 and I'm still suffering. Susan Parks (not her real... - Is Shelf Life Of Zicam Nasal Spray In Jeopardy?
Apr-17-06 On January 20, 2006, Matrixx Initiatives, Inc, the maker of Zicam cold remedy products , agreed to settle a class action lawsuit by paying out $12 million to 340 plaintiffs, who claim Zicam nasal spray permanently damaged their sense of smell, a condition known as anosmia. In the summer of 2005, Matrixx also settled the only lawsuit that has gone to trial,... - Home Depot on Bottom Rung of the Human Relations Ladder
Apr-6-06 Jane Govenor gave Home Depot 15 years of her life: long, honest and loyal hours. As assistant manager, she averaged 70 hours per week. "I think it's sad because Home Depot used to be a great company. Someone thanked me at one time, but I would have preferred a bonus," she says. (Last year, Home Depot CEO Bob Nardelli received $27 million-plus, including seve... - California Overtime benefits Employers
Mar-20-06 Terri Reese from Vista, California was classified as an exempt manager. Her contract stated that she wouldn't perform the duties of hourly employees except in an emergency. As it turned out, every day was an emergency. She was hired to manage the mess hall for the Marine Corps base at Camp Pendleton. Because Reese wasn't paid hourly, she wasn't paid overt... - Pfizer Makes List of Worst Corporate Evildoers
Mar-13-06 On January 3, 2006 the Global Exchange Report named the top fourteen "Worst Corporate Evildoers" in the world for 2005. Pfizer, one of the most profitable drug companies on earth, with sales over $52 billion in 2004, made the list of Evildoers. Pfizer's participation in the cover-up of the deadly side effects of Bextra surely contributed to its membership... - ADHD Drugs - Cash Cow For Pharma
Feb-13-06 "Our society viewed with loathing those who 'pushed' stimulant drugs on children," says child psychiatrist Dr Peter Breggin. "Yet today, there are more children taking Ritalin and amphetamines from doctors than ever received them from illegal pushers," he says. "Parents and teachers and even doctors have been badly misled by drug company marketing practic... - Life After Depo-Medrol - Sheer Hopeless Hell
Mar-10-06 Complaining of a sudden localized hip pain, in January 2002, Dennis Capolongo, was diagnosed with a disc herniation and given 2 epidural injections of the steroid Depo-Medrol that resulted in two trips to the ER, a stint in the hospital, and horrific back pain that continued nonstop for months. A short time later, when reviewing his original MRIs, new doc... - Tysabri Clinical Trial - Woman Misdiagnosed With MS Dies
Mar-1-06 It's always about money. Despite an annual cost of $23,500, initial sales of Tysabri were booming. As a once-a-month drug administered by a doctor, it received fast-track approval in late 2004. When it was withdrawn from the market 3 months later, 5,000 patients were on it and 15,000 more were awaiting insurance verification for the first dose. Biogen Ide... - FDA Grants Guinea Pig Status To US Citizens
Feb-28-06 "It is outrageous that, for all intents and purposes, the FDA allowed a clinical trial to proceed, which makes every citizen in the United States a potential "guinea pig," without providing a practical, informative warning to the public." The statement of outrage above was included in a letter to acting FDA Commissioner, Dr von Eschenbach, from Senator Ch... - FDA Shields Drug Companies From Lawsuits
Feb-27-06 Last month, the FDA revealed its latest protective policy for drug companies in a statement that said people who believe they have been injured by drugs approved by the FDA should not be allowed to sue drug companies in state courts. "We think that if your company complies with the FDA processes, if you bring forward the benefits and risks of your drug, a... - Ortho Evra: Two Women's Accounts
Feb-3-06 Despite the late warning by the FDA, the patch has not been taken off the market! Will more women suffer the agony of blood clots like Maria Urenda and Hillary Burris? Why has it taken so long, so many serious injuries and even fatal deaths for the makers of Ortho Evra to warn consumers? Ortho McNeil, a Johnson and Johnson subsidiary, in conjunction...