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May-27-07 Dorval, PQ In concert with the Food and Drug Administration in the United States (FDA), Health Canada took steps with Novartis Pharmaceuticals to ensure that sales and marketing of Zelnorm have been halted, and pharmacists are going so far as to contact patients in a bid to have the medication returned. In a memorandum to health care professionals d... - Feds Investigate Profits From Off-Label Stent Procedures - Part II
May-25-07 Washington, DC: In addition to the federal investigations into the off-label marketing of drug eluting stents by Boston Scientific and Johnson & Johnson, on May 10, 2007, Rep Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), who serves on the House Appropriations Subcommittee, announced the introduction of the FDA reform bill which addresses the issue of doctors using product... - Protopic and Elidel Prescribed to Kids Despite Cancer Risk
May-24-07 Rockville, MD When a significant side effect is linked to a drug, the Food and Drug Administration warns that the benefits of taking a drug should be weighed against the risks; however, in the cases of Elidel and Protopic , which have been linked to cancer, there is almost no way that the possible benefits could ever be greater than the risks. Now, law... - Unpaid Overtime Claims of San Diego Police Pass Court Hurdle
May-24-07 San Diego, CA The City of San Diego tried to get the courts to throw out their police officers' million dollar overtime pay claim before trial, but last week the Court gave the city the thumbs down. The police officers' case, Abbe, et al v. the City of San Diego began in September, 2005, and has been wending its way through the U.S. District Court... - Avandia Concerns Known Since 2000
May-24-07 Chapel Hill, NC The diabetes drug Avandia , which has been in the news this week following a report in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) over concerns of a link to heart problems, continues to percolate throughout the prescription drug world - and telling information, lurking beneath the surface almost since the drug fist came onto the market, is... - Asbestos Found in 21 University Buildings at Cal State
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... - Google: Out-of-court settlement in $17.5 million copyright infringement lawsuit.
New York, NY: (May-21-07) Internet search engine Google is understood to have reached deals with several large UK news groups over carrying their content on Google News. Google is maintaining a high degree of confidentiality regarding its settlements for fear that it will end up having to pay for similar licenses with all of the 4500 news services it car... - Increased Risks for Motorcyclists: Are Auto Drivers to Blame?
May-22-07 Simi Valley, CA Since 1997, motorcycle rider fatalities have increased by 89 percent. And although motorcyclists are often stereotyped as reckless and fast drivers, it is most often negligent automobile drivers that are the cause of motorcycle accidents. Deadly Accidents on the Rise Recent data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administrati... - Avandia: Heart Attack risk Revealed
May-22-07 Avandia, (known generically as rosiglitazone) a widely used diabetes drug, raises the risk of heart attacks and possibly death, as published in [ The New England Journal of Medicine ] on May 21, 2007. The analysis was based on a review of about 28,000 patients involved in 42 previously conducted clinical studies. The Journal concluded that: Rosiglitazo... - 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... - $235,000 settlement in housing breach of contract and negligent construction lawsuit.
Williamsburg, NY: (May-15-07) A group of owners in a Williamsburg condominium complex filed a suit against Shlomo Karpen, developer of The Williamsburg Mews, alleging breach of contract, breach of warranty, negligent misrepresentation and negligent construction. The condominium owners stated that they faced roofing leaks and resulting water damage. Also... - 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... - Construction project breach of contract suit settled with a $58,000 payout.
Fountain Valley, CA: (May-14-07) A.F. Brown Electrical Contractors, Inc. filed a lawsuit against the Fountain Valley School District, over the schools construction project. The company had been contracted for construction projects at Tamura Elementary, Fulton Middle and Plavan Elementary schools. The construction project was part of the first phase of th... - Deceptive trade practice suit ends with soft drink replacements and a payout to plaintiffs.
Deceptive trade practice suit ends with soft drink replacements and a payout to plaintiffs. Atlanta, GA: (May-14-07) In a series of lawsuits filed against the Coca-Cola Co., the world's largest beverage maker was accused of using ingredients in two soft drinks, Fanta Pineapple and Vault Zero, that can form cancer-causing benzene. The lawsuits alleged t... - 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... - Lilly's Worst Zyprexa Nightmare comes True
May-7-07 Washington, DC: Eli Lilly is not all that worried about personal injury lawsuits related to Zyprexa because the company has enough money to pay the relatively small pay-outs that arise from such actions, according to Attorney Barry Turner, a professor of law and ethics in the UK and a leading authority on consumer fraud litigation involving the pharmac...