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10/12/10 Georgia Meridia Recall Lawyer -Background on the product

Posted on October 12, 2010
Meridia is also known as Sibutramine. Until recently it was marketed and prescribed as an adjunct in the treatment of exogenous obesity along with diet and exercise.My office is investigating claims of injury because of this recalled product. Sibutramine is a centrally-acting serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor...

Meridia Withdrawal News

Posted on October 11, 2010
From the FDA: AUDIENCE: Primary Care, ConsumersISSUE: Abbott Laboratories and FDA notified healthcare professionals and patients about the voluntary withdrawal of Meridia (sibutramine), an obesity drug, from the U.S. market because of clinical trial data indicating an increased risk of heart attack and stroke...

Image via WikipediaGaspari Nutrition

Posted on October 11, 2010
Image via WikipediaGaspari Nutrition Incorproated, 575 Prospect Street - Suite 230, Lakewood, NJ, announced that it is conducting a voluntary nationwide recall of all Lot Codes of the company's dietary supplement product sold under the name Novedex XT, which was marketed "for increasing natural testosterone production" and contains 3,17-keto-etiocholetriene, also known as ATD, an anti-aromatase...

Trucker Texting Ban

Posted on October 08, 2010
Image by mrJasonWeaver via FlickrRules prohibiting texting by Commercial Motor Vehicle (CMV) drivers were published in the Federal Register. Here are some important points: Texting increases the risk of a wreck 23.2 times vs. a non-texting driverA texting violation counts as a serious traffic violation and can disqualify a CDL driverFederal Employees were forbidden to text and drive on October 6, 2009 (74 FR 51225 and Executive Order 13513)Texting includes dispatch devices, cell phones, or ANY other texting device such as a laptopThe FMCSA states the Duty to ensure there is no texting by the driver is imposed on the carrier directly...

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Lipitor bottles recalled because of odor

Posted on October 08, 2010
Image by Getty Images via @daylife Pfizer Inc said it recalled 191,000 bottles of its top-selling Lipitor cholesterol fighter following reports of a musty odor coming from some bottles of the medicine made by a third-party supplier.The world's largest drugmaker said the recall, which took place in mid-August, involved seven lots of 40 milligram Lipitor, as well as three other lots of the medicine supplied to a Canadian generic drugmaker...

Big Win for Novartis in NJ Trial of Zometa/Aredia

Posted on October 07, 2010
A New Jersey jury ruled that Novartis , provided adequate warnings about the risk of its bone-strengthening medicines, rejecting a lawsuit by a woman who claimed the drugs destroyed her jaw.Jane Bessemer, 73, sued Novartis after developing jawbone damage while taking Aredia and Zometa to slow bone loss as she battled breast cancer...

Foreclosure Furor Rises; Many Call for a Freeze

Posted on October 06, 2010
Image by respres via FlickrFrom the NYT:he uproar over bad conduct by mortgage lenders intensified Tuesday, as lawmakers in Washington requested a federal investigation and the attorney general in Texas joined a chorus of state law enforcement figures calling for freezes on all foreclosures...

Bad Weather Truck Wrecks in Georgia

Posted on October 06, 2010
Image by Fadzly @ Shutterhack via Flickr A trucker going too fast for roadway conditions in bad weather has always been a serious cause of wrecks. The question is how do you define ?bad weather? and what is the standard for trucker drivers who drive in adverse weather? There is a specific federal regulation ? federal motor carrier safety regulation ? that addresses this topic...

Tech: My Office Arsenal

Posted on October 05, 2010
Image via WikipediaWe have tried - as a smaller law firm (less than 30 employees) to stay ahead of the curve in tech and law office matters. I get asked often what we use, so here is a laundry list of items:Hardware:Redundant ServersScansnap for desktop scanning (one on my desk too)Copiers with high speed scanning, direct emailand FTPStamps...

Fosamax: Verdict Set Aside, Plaintiff's Counsel Sanctioned

Posted on October 05, 2010
Image via WikipediaIn Federal Court, the Judge has released opinions in all the Fosamax� ONJ post-trial matters pending n the federal District Court located in Manhattan. The Judge hammered Plaintiff?s counsel with an on-the-record dressing down in a published opinion...

Medicare Case, 9/29/10: Bradley v. Sebelius

Posted on October 05, 2010
Just came out at the end of last week, 11th Circuit. Excerpts include: The facts of this claim against a Florida nursing home for neglect and abuse are simple and not in dispute. However, the question of law as to the interplay between the Florida Wrongful Death Act (FWDA) and the federal Medicare Secondary Payer statute (MSP) is an issue of first impression in this court...

Johnson & Johnson Children's Meds to Return

Posted on September 30, 2010
After an almost five-month absence from stores, Johnson & Johnson will start shipping some of its recalled over-the-counter children's drugs to retailers next week, CEO William Weldon said in prepared remarks submitted to lawmakers Wednesday.Weldon said that there would only be a limited amount of the medicine available and Johnson & Johnson declined to specify exactly which of the recalled products would arrive in stores next week...

Avalide Recall

Posted on September 30, 2010
Image via WikipediaBristol-Myers Squibb Co is recalling 60 million tablets of the blood pressure medication Avalide in the United States and Puerto Rico.The company said it took the action on behalf of the Bristol-Myers Squibb/Sanofi-Synthelabo partnership because of a potential variability in levels of the less-soluble form of the active ingredient in Avalide, irbesartan, which could result in slower dissolution...

From Today: Did Drugmarker Hide Birth Control Patch Risks?

Posted on September 29, 2010
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FTC: Health Claims in Pom Juice Ads Deceptive

Posted on September 29, 2010
Image by bitchcakesny via Flickr The F.T.C. charged Pom Wonderful, which markets the juice, and the company?s owners, the billionaire philanthropists Lynda and Stewart Resnick of Los Angeles, with making false and unsubstantiated claims about the power of their pomegranate elixir...

FDA warns three companies to stop making unproven claims on mouth rinses

Posted on September 29, 2010
Image via WikipediaThe FDA today issued warning letters to three companies that manufacture and market mouth rinse products with claims that they remove plaque above the gum line or promote healthy gums. These claims suggest the products are effective in preventing gum disease when no such benefit has been demonstrated...

Guest Post: How Going to Uganda Changed My Perspective

Posted on September 28, 2010
Not law related, from a friend who had a life changing experience:My Paradigm Shift by Michael G: For nearly a decade I had heard many stories about the people of Uganda and their amazing spirit and loving attitudes. My parents relayed their many experiences to me and to the rest of our family...

Image via WikipediaHalf of the

Posted on September 28, 2010
Image via WikipediaHalf of the 21 drugs pulled from the market in the U.S. for safety reasons since 1995 involved heart complications.The drugs recalled since 1995 because of heart risks include Roche Holding AG?s blood-pressure treatment Posicor in 1998, Johnson & Johnson?s antihistamine Hismanal in 1999, and Merck & Co...

Why the EU banned Avandia but the FDA Didn't

Posted on September 28, 2010
From Fortune and CNN/Money:Avandia has taken some beatings over the years, but it pretty much took a fatal blow yesterday. That's when the Food and Drug Administration ruled to keep the drug on the market in the United States with some serious restrictions...

Abbott Voluntarily Recalls Certain Similac� Brand Powder Infant Formulas

Posted on September 28, 2010
Image by The Consumerist via FlickrAbbott is initiating a proactive, voluntary recall of certain Similac-brand, powder infant formulas in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Guam and some countries in the Caribbean.Abbott is recalling these products following an internal quality review, which detected the remote possibility of the presence of a small common beetle in the product produced in one production area in a single manufacturing facility...

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Posted on September 28, 2010

Panel asks if FDA knew about Secret J&J recall

Posted on September 22, 2010
Image via WikipediaFrom Reuters:The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on Tuesday said it had obtained an email in which an executive of J&J's McNeil consumer medicines unit described an agreement with the FDA authorizing J&J to conduct an unpublicized recall of adult Motrin...

IPhone: Florida Law App

Posted on September 22, 2010
Image by TerryJohnston via FlickrI just ran across the Florida laws application for the iPhone from www.legalmesh.com.It's worth a look From the site:Search the statutes the way you want - keyword, statutory language, or browse the chapters to reach what you need...

Symbiq One- and Two-Channel Infusers Recalled

Posted on September 14, 2010
Symbiq One- and Two-Channel Infusers manufactured by Hospira are subject to a class 1 US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recall because of a potential for the failure to detect air in the line at the end of an infusion. An alert sent September 10 from MedWatch, the FDA's safety information and adverse event reporting program, indicates that the recall was initiated on April 9, 2010, and affects model number 16026 Symbiq One-Channel Infuser and 16027 Symbiq Two-Channel Infuser...

Miracle Mineral Solution (MMS) Warning

Posted on September 14, 2010
Image via WikipediaThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers not to take Miracle Mineral Solution, an oral liquid also known as ?Miracle Mineral Supplement? or ?MMS.? The product, when used as directed, produces an industrial bleach that can cause serious harm to health...

Georgia: Dupuy Hip Implant Recall:

Posted on September 13, 2010
Image via WikipediaThousands of patients left in agony by faulty hip replacements Tens of thousands of patients are being recalled to hospital because of a faulty hip implant that has caused tumours, tissue erosion and a build up of metal debris...

FDA Relents from Midodrine Recall

Posted on September 13, 2010
Image via WikipediaFederal regulators have backed off a plan to remove a Shire PLC low blood-pressure treatment from the market after warning in August that the drug has not been proven effective.Food and Drug Administration representative Sandy Walsh said in an emailed statement that the agency will continue to allow access to ProAmatine, also known as midodrine, "while the necessary data is collected and the legal issues get sorted out...

No Class Action for Zyprexa

Posted on September 13, 2010
A federal appeals court in New York threw out a September 2008 ruling by Judge Jack B. Weinstein of United States District Court in Brooklyn. The Judge had ruled that the plaintiffs could pursue as a group claims that Lilly?s Zyprexa marketing caused them to pay more for the drug than it was worth...

Effexor: No Preemption in pending Litigation

Posted on September 10, 2010
Judge John Fullam (Eastern District of Pennsylvania) denied Wyeth?s preemption-based summary judgment motion in a number of Effexor SSRI suicide cases pending in USDCT.BaumgardnerView more documents from mzamoralaw.Quote: "Wyeth has filed a motion for summary judgment arguing that the plaintiffs? state-law tort claims must be dismissed as preempted by federal law...

Sulindac: SJS Verdict for Woman harmed by this drug

Posted on September 10, 2010
Image via WikipediaA federal jury in New Hampshire has awarded $21 million to a woman blinded and scarred by a prescription drug she took for shoulder pain.K. Bartlett Plaistow suffered extreme burns to her skin, mucus membranes and eyes after taking the anti-inflammatory drug Sulindac...

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