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Sort by date 572 pages found matching <script>alert('What_Security?')</script>- Injured Charite Spinal Disc Victims and DOJ go after Johnson & Johnson
Oct-18-06 Washington, DC In less than two years, the FDA has received over 130 reports of serious adverse events related to the Charite disc . Lumbar spinal fusion is a procedure in which the vertebrae of the spine are fused together so that motion can no longer occur. As an alternative, the Charite disc replacement surgery is supposed to restore spinal flexib... - 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... - Baby Spinach Recalled
Washington, DC: Ready Pac Foods, Inc. Irwindale, CA, is recalling 702 cases of the Baby Spinach variety of Spinach Temptations 6 oz. bagged salads with Useby Dates of July 4 with Product Code 11707B, IR127121 and July 8 with Product Code 12007B, IR130373 because they could be contaminated by E. coli O157:H7. The recall extends only to products... - Lawsuits - Only Weapon Available Against Giant Big Pharma Pushers
Jul-11-06 Over the past several years, new studies have shown the new generation of psychiatric drugs to be not only extremely dangerous but also ineffective, and the majority of these medications in fact now carry black box warnings about a number of life-threatening side effects associated with their use. The drugs include selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitor... - Health Alert Issued for Various Ready-To-Eat Deli Meat Products
Washington, DC: The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert for various ready-to-eat deli meat products because they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. Products exported to the United States include, but are not limited to, the following: "Casa Italia Gastronom... - Chicago Considers $16.5 Million Settlement in Class Action Against Police Force
Chicago, IL: Chicago City Council has approved a potential $16.5 million settlement in a class action lawsuit brought against the city's police department by some 514,000 plaintiffs. Three different allegations are involved in the suit, affecting three separate groups of plaintiffs. One group involves 12,000 people arrested on suspicion of a felony wi... - Neurontin Deal - Slap On The Hand To Pfizer
May-25-06 The off-label prescribing of drugs has become a serious problem over the past decade. Doctors are adjusting dosage levels and prescribing drugs for medical indications and treatment durations for which the drugs were never approved or intended. When the FDA approves a drug, it also approves the labeling for the drug, which explains the manner in which the... - Tissue Transplants may be contaminated with HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis or syphilis. Contact a tissue transplant lawyer.
Tissue and bone transplants from improperly screened donors are being investigated by authorities. The FDA issued an alert to physicians, hospitals and tissue processing plants that tissue received from Biomedical Tissue Services, Ltd. (BTS) in Ft. Lee, New Jersey may not have met FDA donor requirements and may contain infectious diseases such as HIV, H... - Innohep (Tinzaparin) Linked to Increased Death
FDA Requests Labeling Change The FDA has issued a notification regarding the safety of the anticoagulant Innohep (tinzaparin sodium injection). The alert is based on information from the European IRIS study, which was stopped in February 2008, due to a finding of increased all-cause mortality in patients given the low molecular weight heparin. In... - Asthma Medication Deaths: Serevent, Advair, & Foradil - Asthma Lawyer & Case Evaluation
In February, 2010, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning about the risk of certain Asthma inhaler side effects . There is now a Serevent and an Advair black box warning , alerting patients to the risk of using those medications. Furthermore, patients are warned to be on the alert for Foradil side effects, which can include worsened bre... - Botox Linked To Paralysis & Death
On August 3, 2009 the FDA updated its safety alert to a Black Box Warning on the popular anti-wrinkle drugs Botox and Myobloc . All Botox product labels now warn that the effects of the botulinum toxin may spread from the area of injection to other areas of the body, causing symptoms similar to those of botulism. Those symptoms, which have mostly been see... - Heinz Mixed Cereal for Babies May Contain Ochratoxin A
Ottawa, Canada : The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Heinz Canada are warning the public not to consume the Heinz Mixed Cereal for babies described below as it may contain elevated levels of Ochratoxin A (OTA). The following product is affected by this alert: Heinz Mixed Cereal, a Baby Cereal, Stage 2, From 6 Months 227 g UPC 0 570... - Enbrel - Lawsuit Settlements - LawyersAndSettlements.com
Patients who take Enbrel to treat certain types of arthritis may not be aware of the severity of Enbrel side effects they could be exposed to. These side effects include the risk of serious fungal infection and a risk of tuberculosis. Furthermore, the FDA is investigating a possible link between Enbrel and other drugs in its class, including Humira and R... - Halcyon Manufacturing Recalls Diving Equipment
Halcyon Manufacturing has recalled Halcyon Diving Equipment due to a drowning hazard. The over pressure valves in the diving equipment can fail, which can cause the buoyancy compensator devices and the diver lift inflatable device to leak. This could pose a drowning hazard to divers. Included in the recall are the Halcyon Explorer, Eclipse, CCR35, Evolv... - Re-announcement of Simplicity Bassinets Recall
Two Additional Infant Deaths Prompt Re-announcement The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is urging all parents and caregivers to immediately stop using convertible "close-sleeper/bedside sleeper" bassinets manufactured by Simplicity Inc., of Reading, PA. CPSC has learned of 2 additional infant deaths since the August 2008 safety aler... - FDA Warns of Potentially Fatal Errors with GDH-PQQ Glucose Monitoring Technology
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has notified healthcare professionals of the possibility of falsely elevated blood glucose results when using GDH-PQQ glucose test strips on patients who are receiving therapeutic products containing certain non-glucose sugars. These sugars can falsely elevate glucose results, which may mask significant hypoglycemia or... - Health Canada Issues Warning for Specific-Formula Arthro-Ace
Product Contains Undeclared Dexamethasone Health Canada is warning consumers not to use the unauthorized health product labelled as Specific-Formula Arthro-Ace as it was found to contain undeclared dexamethasone and may cause serious health effects. Dexamethasone is a steroidal prescription drug used to treat inflammatory conditions such as arthri... - Settlement Proposed in Class Action Involving Cold MD Dietary Supplement
A notice program authorized by the Los Angeles County Superior Court began over the weekend to alert those who purchased Cold MD dietary supplement from March 26, 2004 through May 29, 2009 about a proposed settlement against Iomedix Cold International SRL ("Defendant"). The notice is a result of the Court certifying, on May 29, 2009, a plaintiff class in a l... - FDA Warns Consumers Not to Eat Certain California Pistachios
Products linked to the previous recall by Setton Pistachio of Terra Bella Inc. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers not to eat California Prime Produce and Orange County Orchards brands of pistachios repacked by Orca Distribution West Inc., Anaheim, CA, Orca received and repacked pistachios recalled by Setton Pistachio of Terra Bella...