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Mar-12-07 Washington, DC: On March 1, 2007, US House of Representatives, Henry Waxman (D-CA), the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, asked two medical device makers to turn over documents as part of an investigation into the safety and off-label marketing of drug-eluting stents. Stents are small wire-mesh tubes inserted in arteries... - Canadian Pediatrician Expresses Concern about “Energy Drinks”
Mar-31-16 Halifax, NS: Dr. Noni MacDonald, a Canadian pediatrician and member of an expert panel convened by Health Canada to study the sale and consumption of caffeinated energy drinks in 2010, is clear about what she believes should be done. “Caffeine is a drug and these beverages contain a drug,” says Dr. MacDonald. “In my view, these d... - 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... - Suicide Risk of Neurontin Kept Hidden for Years
Feb-27-07 Washington, DC: Neurontin , the all-time poster child for an illegally promoted off-label drug, was marketed by Warner-Lambert and its Parke-Davis division until Pfizer acquired the company in 2000. The term "off-label" means prescribing a drug for indications not listed on the label, upping the recommended dose, prescribing a drug in combination with... - GlaxoSmithKline Defamed With Truth About Paxil
Jan-31-07 London, UK: GlaxoSmithKline has labeled the allegations made in a Panorama television program that said the company had suppressed the results of clinical trials that showed Paxil was ineffective and caused children to become suicidal "defamatory." According to the January 30, 2007, Guardian, an official at the company said Glaxo had looked into takin... - Drug Eluting Stent Patients Beware
Jan-24-07 Washington, DC: Drug eluting stents were promoted as working so much better than the old bare metal stents that 6 million people worldwide have received them in the few years since the arrived on the market. "It was a modern record for any medical device," the Boston Globe reported on December 4, 2006. Some 2 to 3 million people in the US now carry on... - More Zofran Lawsuits Filed and GSK’s Unlawful Marketing
Mar-9-16 New Orleans, LA: Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline is facing more Zofran lawsuits this month. All plaintiffs/parents claim that the anti-nausea drug has caused numerous birth defects and they are seeking a jury trial. Trish and Bryce Belanger on March 3 filed a Zofran lawsuit on behalf of their two minor children who were born in 2009 and 2010, r... - Public has Right to know Secrets revealed in Zyprexa Documents
Jan-15-07 Washington, DC In deciding whether to allow Eli Lilly to continue to use court orders to hide documents that show the company illegally marketed Zyprexa for unapproved uses and failed to warn the public about the serious health risks associated with the drug for a decade, the court needs to consider the harm done to the public by Lilly's conduct. Th... - Laparoscopic Power Morcellation Lawsuits Expected to Keep Growing
Mar-3-16 Topeka, KS: While the number of Laparoscopic Power Morcellation lawsuits are not as yet substantial, attorneys close to the file estimate that before too long there could be upwards of 300 or more filings going forward. Given that some 650,000 women undergo hysterectomies in the United States each year due to uterine fibroids, 300 lawsuits appear to be... - NBC Investigation: IVC Filter “Never Safe to Be Implanted”
Feb-29-16 Newark, NJ: Following two reports concerning inferior vena cava filters , NBC News has released a follow-up, examining why C.R. Bard continued to sell IVC filters despite reportedly knowing about problems with the filters soon after they were approved by the Food and Drug Administration. The NBC report , based on confidential records that included a... - Drug Makers Trolling for Infants and Toddlers
Dec-21-06 The motive behind Big Pharma's promotion of the off-label prescribing of psychotropic drugs is market expansion and unfortunately, it just so happens that children provide the richest harvest because most kids are covered by health insurance plans or Medicaid. The various recruitment schemes include trolling for customers among infants and toddlers betwee... - Transvaginal Mesh—The Past Five Years
Feb-21-16 Washington, DC: From 2011, the FDA has warned health professionals and the public that transvaginal mesh was associated with serious complications that were not rare, and recommended the mesh be bumped up from moderate to high risk. Almost five years later, the agency has reclassified mesh products designed and marketed for transvaginal treatment o... - Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed against Southern California Gas Company
Feb-20-16 Porter Ranch, CA: The family of a 79-year-old woman who died after the Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) leak in October has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the gas company. Although the victim suffered breathing problems prior to the gas leak, the wrongful death claim alleges the gas leak made the woman’s health problems worse an... - Englander Calls for Investigation of Bill Spiking for SoCal Gas Customers Countrywide
Feb-2-16 LOS ANGELES (Press Release): Today Councilmember Mitchell Englander will submit a resolution to the Los Angeles City Council calling for the California Public Utilities Commission to investigate the unusual rate increases experienced by SoCal Gas customers this month across Los Angeles County. Recently, there has been a large volume of calls to elected... - Bausch & Lomb Fails to Warn About Dangers of ReNu Contact Lens Solution
Nov-8-06 Greenville, SC: ReNu with MoistureLoc solution has been widely used for the storing, wetting and cleaning of soft contact lenses. But here once again, a drug company has left a product on the market, with no warning to consumers, long after it was aware that serious side effects were developing in people using the product. According to the FDA, cluste... - Many Kaiser Kidney Transplant Patients Still In Limbo
Nov-2-06 San Francisco, CA: In May 2006, following reports by the LA Times and CBS News, Kaiser Permanente closed its 2-year-old San Francisco kidney transplant program amidst allegations that it failed to properly transfer patients on waiting lists, leading to missed opportunities for transplants and patients having to undergo years of unnecessary and grueling... - Illinois Couple Taking on a Host of Defendants in Asbestosis Lawsuit
Jan-24-16 Belleville, IL: Since Lee Sturdivant was diagnosed with asbestosis lung cancer in early 2013, he and his wife Betty have proven not to be shy about pursuing an asbestosis lawsuit in the courts of law. To that end, the Sturdivants are taking to task no fewer than 70 firms, together with insurance juggernaut Metropolitan Life, in their asbestosis disease... - Porter Ranch Gas Leak: Are You Safe?
Jan-19-16 Los Angeles, CA: Attorney Patricia Oliver, who specializes in cases involving water contamination from oil production and waste injection wells, says people in and around Porter Ranch should be concerned about this gas leak, from benzene levels in the escaping gas to the SoCal Gas plan not to include a safety valve replacement on the well. Even if y... - Fifth Circuit Affirms Medical Expenses for Asbestosis Victim
Jan-15-16 The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a former cargo worker, diagnosed with asbestosis in 2011, will receive payment for medical expenses attributed to asbestos exposure. Ramsay Scarlett employed Ferdinand Fabre for 22 years. He worked in two storage facilities called Sharp Station and Port of Baton Rouge. Fabre claimed he was exposed to asbest... - 500 Ortho Evra Birth Control Patch Victims Sue Johnson & Johnson
Sep-17-06 New Brunswick, NJ According to Johnson & Johnson's latest SEC filing for the Second Quarter of 2006, the company is currently facing 500 claimants in lawsuits related to deaths and injuries caused by the Ortho Evra birth control patch . "These claimants," the filing notes, "seek substantial compensatory and, where available, punitive damages. ...