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May-23-07 Northridge, CA Faculty and staff at California State University were shocked when an article in the university newspaper revealed that asbestos has been detected in 21 of the campus's buildings. Risks associated with asbestos exposure include asthma, asbestosis, elevated risks of lung cancer, colon cancer and mesothelioma -- an incurable cancer of the... - Feds Investigate Profits From Off-Label Heart Stent Procedures - Part I
May-21-07 Washington DC The stenting for profit industry may soon be history. On March 1, 2007, the chairman of the US House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Henry Waxman (D-CA), ordered Johnson & Johnson and Boston Scientific to turn over documents as part of an investigation into the off-label marketing of drug-eluting stents. Boston's Taxus, and... - More Studies Examine SSRI and Birth Defects
May-20-07 Seattle, WA: More studies are now underway to determine the link between certain types of antidepressants, known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), and birth defects . Currently, The Yale Pink and Blue Study is being conducted to determine the association between depression, anti-depressant use during pregnancy, and the risk of del... - More Trouble in Medtronic Heartland
May-16-07 Mineapolis, MN Minnesota based Medtronic is one of the world's largest suppliers of defibrillators through its Cardiac Rhythm Disease Management division and its top selling products are pacemakers and defibrillators. CRDM net sales for the 3 and 9 months ended January 26, 2007 were $1.291 billion and $3.904 billion, according to the firm's latest SEC fili... - Discrimination: You Don't Have to Take It
May-15-07 Savannah, MO He stood at the dais and said those magic words: "I Have a Dream..." The late Martin Luther King Jr, felled in a hail of gunfire almost forty years ago, was setting the stage for his vision of equality amongst all races and all peoples: whites, African-American, Hispanic. Age. Gender. An end to discrimination. King was robbed of his visi... - Elidel User went through "Living Hell"
May-11-07 Houston, TX The Rev. Johnny Henderson, interviewed in late April for a story by award-winning investigative reporter Jeremy Rogalski, of CBS Houston affiliate station KHOU-TV, describes what followed his Elidel treatment as "a living hell". The television report, which aired April 26, 2007, includes a number of photographs showing in stark detail the... - Ketek Linked to Liver Damage, Approval Process Flawed
May-9-07 Bridgewater, NJ An antibiotic linked to severe liver damage was twice turned down by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) before it was finally approved, and has since undergone several label updates as reports of side effects roll in, and concern mounts. As recently as February 12th of this year, the FDA reduced by two the approved uses for Ketek... - When It Isn't the Best Buy at Best Buy
May-8-07 Richfield, MN: Best Buy may be a long-standing member with the Better Business Bureau, but their association with the consumer watchdog has not been without a few good snaps of the leash. Several, in fact. Best Buy has been in the news lately over their alleged practise of running two identical web sites - a public site which advertises one price f... - Computer Programmer Overtime: All in a Day's Pay
May-4-07 Farifax, VA "A normal work week for us programmers was around 60 to 70 hours," says Dan Graves. "This company gave us all supervisor titles so they wouldn't have to pay overtime - but the only supervising we did was on ourselves." "I worked many overtime hours and never got paid - I was a worker, not a supervisor," says Graves. "These companies try to... - Gynecare Intergel: More Lawsuits Pending?
May-3-07 New Brunswick, NJ Gynecare Intergel Adhesion Prevention Solution was used to prevent post-operative internal scarring in women but voluntarily pulled from the market in 2003, continues to be an issue for the manufacturers, given reports of adverse side affects and pending litigation. It also provides perspective into how products are approved - and how s... - Zyprexa Hole Gets Deeper
May-1-07 Washington, DC: On March 7, 2007, Montana's attorney general, Mike McGrath, filed the latest Medicaid fraud lawsuit against Eli Lilly, under the False Claims Act, for illegally promoting the sale of the atypical antipsychotic drug Zyprexa for off-label uses and concealing its link to serious health problems. Considered to be one of the most effecti... - FDA Knew of Contamination Problems at Peanut Butter Plant for Years
Apr-26-07 Sylvester, GA: The Washington Post has reported that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) knew for years about contamination at the Georgia ConAgra plant which produced peanut butter that has sickened more than 400 people across the US. In 2005, FDA inspectors were at the Sylvester-based plant to investigate complaints of an alleged episode of salmo... - Zelnorm: The Benefits no longer Outweigh the Risks
Apr-20-07 East Hanover, NJ: The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that, at its request, Novartis Pharmaceuticals has stopped sales of Zelnorm . The action was taken after a study showed increased risk of serious side effects in people taking Zelnorm. The study, conducted by Novartis and submitted to the FDA, found that patients treat... - Goodyear Tires should not be on RVs
Apr-20-07 Akron, OH: Goodyear RV tires , Model number G159 275/70 22.5 were not designed for use on Class A RVs but they were used on such RVs from the mid-1990s to 2004. The tires have a history of de-treading and failures leading to accidents. Some of the accidents caused by tire failure have led to serious injury and death. The tires were initially designed f... - Government Agencies Warn Against Zoloft During Pregnancy
Apr-13-07 Washington, DC: If you want a healthy baby, government agencies in both Canada and the United States warn that you might want to quit taking Zoloft during pregnancy. Last year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and its Canadian counterpart, Health Canada, both issued warnings about combining Zoloft and pregnancy. "A recently published case-contro... - Seroquel Lawsuits Filed Over Diabetes Risk
Apr-13-07 Wilmington,DE A class action lawsuit has been filed in Florida on behalf of patients who took Seroquel , claiming that the manufacturer AstraZeneca knew about the risk of diabetes but failed to properly warn doctors or patients. The lawsuit further claims that AstraZeneca promoted Seroquel for off-label uses. According to data released at a medical con... - PPH linked to Fen Phen before Drug was Approved
Apr-7-07 Madison, NJ: Since American Home Products announced that its diet drug combination fen phen was being pulled from the market, thousands of lawsuits have been filed against the drug maker. Eleven thousand lawsuits that were settled by American Home Products cost the company $4.83 billion. Lawsuits that were filed claimed that fen phen caused the diet drug u... - FDA Finally Yanks Permax Off the US Market
Apr-6-07 Washington, DC: On March 29, 2007, the FDA withdrew Permax (pergolide) from the market because it increases the risk of valvular heart disease. Permax belongs to a class of drugs known as dopamine agonists that help regulate balance and movement in Parkinson's patients who suffer from a lack of dopamine. When Permax was FDA approved in 1988, Eli Lilly... - Medical Devices - April 2007 Litigation Update (Part I)
Apr-5-07 Washington, DC: There is certainly no shortage of lawsuits against medical device makers in the US these days and the future's not looking too bright as far as that situation changing anytime soon. The majority of lawsuits allege that the pharmaceutical companies promoted the devices off-label meaning they implanted the products in patients for uses no... - State Farm Insurance California: Customers Paying Too Much
Apr-1-07 San Diego, CA: California State Farm Auto Insurance policyholders may have paid an illegal accident surcharge if they bought their car insurance with the company any time from 1997 to 2002. The fee was charged to people who were either previously uninsured or who could not prove that they had insurance prior to buying insurance from State Farm. The ac...