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Sep-3-07 New York, NY Investors who have been wronged by their stockbrokers have the option of taking their claim to Securities Stockbroker Arbitration to regain some of the money they lost due to the unethical practices of their stockbroker. In fact, many investors might be legally bound to go through an arbitration process rather than through the courts. Une... - Psychotropic Drug Makers Bankroll Prescribing Shrinks Part II
Sep-2-07 Washington, DC: Influence peddling in the field of psychiatry is out of control. An analysis of Minnesota disclosure records by the Pioneer Press and the consumer watchdog group Public Citizen shows that, between 2002 and 2006, 187 Minnesota doctors received payments from drug companies worth a grand total of $7.38 million. No other field of medicine ev... - Fonix Corporation Payment Breach Settlement
Salt Lake City, UT: (Aug-29-07) The Breckenridge Fund, LLC brought a lawsuit against Fonix Corporation, alleging that the company failed to pay Breckenridge certain sums owing under an agreement executed by the parties in September 2005. The suit was filed in 2006, when Breckenridge docketed the judgment in Utah and filed a separate lawsuit in the United S... - Psychotropic Drug Makers Bankroll Prescribing Shrinks Part I
Aug-30-07 Washington, DC: On August 21, 2007, the Associated Press reported that drug companies spend a lot of money on the members of Minnesota advisory panels who help select the drugs which are to be used by patients covered by Medicaid. The news agency's review of financial disclosure records in Minnesota found that a doctor and a pharmacist on the 8-member p... - Ketek sparks Criticisms of FDA Approval Process
Aug-29-07 Rockville, MD: Critics of the Food and Drug Administration approval process frequently point to Ketek as evidence that the FDA is not properly protecting the safety of American consumers. The process by which Ketek was approved was filled with false data, illegal activity, and omitted information yet still the drug was approved. Some patients died after... - Pitney Road Partners Construction Expansion Contract Settlement
Lancaster County, PA: (Aug-24-07) Warfel Construction brought a breach of contract lawsuit against Harrisburg Area Community College developer Pitney Road Partners, over the final payments on the $22 million expansion. In a long awaited settlement, which was reached out of court, Pitney Road Partners and others paid Warfel nearly $5 million. Warfel then pa... - Ketek Scandal Shows Need for "Complete Overhaul" at FDA
Aug-25-07 Washington, DC Physicians and senate investigators are calling for a major overhaul in the drug regulation process at the US Food and Drug Administration, based on the recent scandal involving approvals for the antibiotic Ketek. Ketek has been linked to liver damage in dozens of cases, some of which resulted in liver failure and death. Earlier this ye... - American Kids Being Drugged To Death
Aug-22-07 Washington, DC: As result of the marketing power the pharmaceutical industry obtained by spending tens of billions of dollars to gain influence over politicians in power, the FDA and the medical profession, American kids are being pumped full of the most powerful and dangerous psychiatric medications on the market, in drug cocktails that are literally kill... - Racine, WI City Employees Retirement Benefits Settlement
Racine, WI: (Aug-17-07) Nearly 129 retired employees brought charges against the city over changes to their health benefits. The complaint, filed with the court in March 2006, alleges the city promised the retirees and their families insurance coverage for life, including payment of all premiums and reimbursement for Medicare "B" contributions. The change... - Avandia To Get Black Box Warning
Aug-19-07 Rockville, MD The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that Avandia , a controversial diabetes drug, will now carry a strong black box warning on its label. The new label will advise patients of the increased risk of heart failure associated with taking the drug. The warning label follows the release of studies that found using Avandia may incre... - SSRI-Induced Akathisia's Link To Suicide and Violence
Aug-18-07 Washington, DC: Medical experts have long known that the side effect associated with the class of antidepressants known as the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors most likely to drive people to suicide or violence against others is "akathisia". Akathisia is but one in a long list of side effects that SSRI makers were able to keep hidden, as they set... - CBS Radio Don Imus Breach of Contract Settlement
New York, NY: (Aug-14-07) Don Imus and CBS Radio have been embroiled in a legal battle against each other regarding the Imus radio program on CBS. The two have finally decided to put an end to the legal wrangle and opt for a settlement. The settlement pre-empts the dismissed radio personality's threatened $120 million breach of contract lawsuit. Foll... - Pollution Watchdog: Public Beach Pollution Worse in 2007
Aug-16-07 Buffalo, NY The Natural Resource Defense Council has published its annual list of the best--and worst--public beaches in the US, with findings that shoreline pollution has gotten worse. This pollution can make swimmers sick and lead to long-term problems for local residents and ecosystems. According to the NRDC report, this year storm water has washed... - More Scrutiny of Stenting for Profit Industry
Aug-13-07 Washington, DC: The stenting for profit industry hit a major snag on March 1, 2007, when the US House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, ordered Johnson & Johnson and Boston Scientific to turn over documents related to their sales and marketing activities for drug-eluting stents. Drug-eluting stents (DES) are mesh tubes used in patients with h... - Benzene a Known Carcinogenic
Aug-13-07 Fayettville, NC It might be in the contaminated soft drink you're gulping down on a hot day, in the water you're using to make coffee. It might be in the very air you breathe. Benzene is a known cancer-causing agent - and you'd be surprised to know just how prevalent the stuff really is. In fact, benzene ranks among the top 20 chemicals produced, and... - Avandia FDA Mole Hawks Lethal Medication Patches
Aug-12-07 Washington, DC: Douglas Arbesfeld, the pharmaceutical industry's mole inside the FDA, recently revealed his existence quite by accident when he attempted to destroy the reputation of cardiologist Dr. Steve Nissen by sending a malicious email to reporters after Dr. Nissen published a study that found the diabetes drug Avandia possibly increases the risk o... - Avandia FDA Mole - Defends Off-Label Marketing of Natrecor
Aug-12-07 Washington, DC: It looks like that Mafia guy, Dr. Steven Nissen, leader of the Cleveland Clinic gang, who blew the whistle on the diabetes drug Avandia and before that Vioxx, was on to something when he voted against the FDA's approval of the heart failure drug Natrecor in 2001. Giving once- or twice-weekly outpatient injections of Natrecor does not... - Natrecor Kidney Failure and Death
FDA demands label changes to warn patients of side effects and risk of death from taking Natrecor (Nesiritide) In May 2005, the FDA ordered Johnson & Johnson's subsidiary Scios, the manufacturer of Natrecor, to include additional warning details for their popular heart failure treatment. Since its approval in 2001, reports have indicated se... - Ojani Noa Jennifer Lopez Defamation Settlement
Los Angeles, CA: (Aug-08-07) Jennifer Lopez brought a lawsuit against her first husband Ojani Noa, alleging that he breached a previously agreed on contract and requested arbitration. Arbitration is a legally binding settlement overseen by a retired judge or another person chosen to hear both sides. The suit stemmed from Ojani Noa's book, written by a ghos... - Avandia Drug Maker Accused of Bullying Critics
Aug-9-07 Washington, DC An FDA Committee recently heard testimony from several scientists that suggests that early critics of the diabetes drug Avandia were intimidated by drug maker GlaxoSmithKline. Congressional investigators are examining what they call "very serious" claims that Glaxo "silenced one or more medical professionals who attempted to speak out...