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Generic Keppra Update

Posted on September 09, 2010
A generic version of the anti-convulsant medication Keppra, commonly used to treat patients that suffer from seizures, such as epileptics, was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for marketing in 2009. However, it seems that patients who switch from Keppra to the generic, Levetiracetam, are experiencing increased re-occurance of seizures after having been seizure-free on the brand name Keppra...

Georgia News: Avandia in the UK

Posted on September 09, 2010
The diabetes drug rosiglitazone (Avandia, GlaxoSmithKline) is once again in the media spotlight in the UK, where it has emerged that experts from the UK Commission on Human Medicines (CHM) decided unanimously at the end of July that the drug should be withdrawn...

Gardasil Dangers ?

Posted on September 09, 2010
Image via WikipediaGardasil and Cervarix are similar drugs promoted as a cervical cancer vaccine. The drugs vary in the types of human papillomavirus (HPV) they treat, which is the virus said to cause cervical cancer. Gardasil, manufactured by Merck, Inc...

Grassley seeks answers to USDA's role at egg farms

Posted on September 08, 2010
Sen. Charles Grassley has asked Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to address accusations that federal workers ignored complaints about conditions at an Iowa farm involved in a recall of salmonella-tainted eggs. Grassley sent a letter to Vilsack on Tuesday, asking whether the U...

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U.S. court orders Teva to pay $365m to Hepatitis C-infected man

Posted on September 08, 2010
Image via CrunchBaseTeva Pharmaceutical Industries and Baxter Healthcare Services on Friday were ordered to pay punitive damages to a Nevada man who contracted Hepatitis C during an outbreak two years ago.The Clark County District Court jury in Nevada ordered Teva to pay $356 million and Baxter to pay $144 million in the largest jury award in Nevada history...

Canada Dry gets warning about Green Tea Beverages

Posted on September 08, 2010
Image via WikipediaFederal health regulators have issued warnings to the makers of Canada Dry ginger ale and Lipton tea for making unsubstantiated nutritional claims about their green tea-flavored beverages.In a warning letter issued Aug. 30, the Food and Drug Administration takes issue with the labeling of Canada Dry Sparkling Green Tea Ginger Ale...

ROP and ETROP: The Seminal Study about ROP

Posted on September 08, 2010
My office has worked on cases involving ROP in young children. I get asked about what might be the best source for information and to me it's the ETROP study.At age 5 1/2 years, the oldest age for which follow-up data are available, children with threshold ROP who were enrolled in the Cryotherapy for Retinopathy of Prematurity (CRYO-ROP) -- Outcome Study showed fewer treated eyes (31...

Georgia Avandia: News of Problems in Forums/Chat Rooms as early as 04?

Posted on September 02, 2010
Image by neofedex via FlickrA new report says patients began discussing the risks of GlaxoSmithKline diabetes drug Avandia in online forums and blogs well before a meta-analysis linked it to higher heart-attack risk. Neither physicians nor company officials acknowledged their worries, contributing to an alarming drop in patient sentiment and, according to authors, a lost opportunity to reach out and restore trust...

Accutane Verdict Reversed

Posted on September 02, 2010
A judge has ordered a 10.5 million dollar Accutane verdict overturned "because the original verdict followed from an unfair trial.During the trial Roche, the maker of Accutane, was not allowed to present evidence regarding how many people used Accutane until the final stages of the trial...

New Design for the Blog

Posted on September 01, 2010
So, what do you think? I am playing around with some new themes. It's been nearly 4 years since any change - bear with me as I trudge through this stuff.Like? Dislike? email me galawyerblog(at)yahoo.com

Huber Needle Recall

Posted on September 01, 2010
Image via WikipediaThe US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued 2 class 1 recalls of Huber needles due to cases of coring when inserted into ports. "Coring may lead to infection, damage or death of tissue, swelling, or other serious adverse health consequences, occurring as a result of the core travelling through blood vessels into the patient's lungs...

GERD in Infants

Posted on September 01, 2010
It is common for infants to spit up after a meal, but frequent vomiting among infants may be caused by GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease).Definition:It refers to immaturity of lower esophageal sphincter function, manifested by frequent transient lower esophageal relaxations that results in retrograde flow of gastric contents into the esophagus...

Meridia and Heart Problems?

Posted on September 01, 2010
The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) has found that among nearly 10,000 overweight or obese patients, those who used Meridia had a 16% greater risk of having a heart attack or stroke over an average 3.4 years than patients taking a placebo. None of the events were fatal, but the finding was especially worrisome since the trial included only patients with a previous history of heart disease or diabetes, or both, which put them at high risk of a second event...

Prempro Case on Breast Cancer Settles Before Retrial

Posted on August 31, 2010
From Bloomberg:Pfizer agreed to settle an Arkansas woman?s claims that the company?s Prempro menopause drug caused her breast cancer this week. There was to be a retrial on October 1st of Donna Scroggin?s claims that the company should pay as punishment for the damage that Prempro, a hormone-replacement medicine, caused...

Georgia: FDA Recalls DePuy Hip Implants

Posted on August 31, 2010
After receiving complaints about the product, orthopedic manufacturer DePuy has issued a recall of its ASR hip implants. This hip system has a shockingly high rate of failure, and many of the victims of these failures have had to undergo a second, painful surgery to remove and replace the defective hip...

Georgia/Florida News: Actos Diabetes Drug and Cardio Risks?

Posted on August 26, 2010
There have been several reports suggesting that the cardiovascular risks of the two drugs are allegedly about the same.Both drugs are members of the family known as thizolidinediones, which decrease the insulin resistance of body tissues and modify the production of cholesterol...

Avandia Georgia/Florida: TIDE Letter

Posted on August 24, 2010
Excerpt from the Tide Trial letter: Last week we infonned you of the United States Food and Drug Administration's (FDA)decision to place a partial clinical hold on the TIDE trial (i.e. to continue following randomizedparticipants but to not randomize new participants)...

Florida Bar: Proposed Rule on Lien Outsourcing

Posted on August 24, 2010
There has been some concern and questions regarding the outsourcing of lien resolution and the ability to pass along those costs to the client. There were also questions regarding cases where another lawyer handles a lien resolution issue on a reverse contingency and how fees could be charged...

LNG Tankers on Savannah Roadways: A Dangerous and Lethal Mix

Posted on August 24, 2010
Recently a Liquid Natural Gas producer suggested it should be allowed to deliver LNG from Savannah, GA throughout the south, to include Atlanta.From Savannahnow.com:A new proposal from the operator of Elba Island, one of the largest importers of liquefied natural gas or LNG in the country, would have some of that natural gas stay in its liquid state and make the journey out of Elba by tanker truck...

Guest Post from Trucking Attorney Joe Fried

Posted on August 24, 2010
Image by ER24 EMS (Pty) Ltd. via Flickr Joe Fried and his firm are to me the consummate trucking lawyers. He's accomplished and to be blunt, knows his stuff. Here's a guest post from Joe: What can you get from a Caterpillar Engine Control Module (ECM) or Electronic Data Recorder (EDR)?I recently was asked to do a presentation to a bunch of lawyers and police officers on the current state of technology with tractor trailer black boxes...

Total Body Cleanse Lawsuits

Posted on August 23, 2010
Total Body Cleanse Lawsuit information: In a filed lawsuit, the Plaintiff claims Jillian Michaels' "Triple Process Total Body Detox & Cleanse" diet supplement contains a "potentially lethal combination of toxic ingredients" ... and it "might kill you...

FDA: Rodents at GA warehouse that held jail food

Posted on August 23, 2010
Image via WikipediaAuthorities seized nearly $1 million worth of cookies, crackers and other packaged food that was bound for jails and prisons throughout the Southeast after rodents were found at an unlicensed Georgia warehouse.The Mid-States Services Inc...

Painkiller: Stroke Risk?

Posted on August 23, 2010
Image via WikipediaResearchers found that among nearly 38,000 Taiwanese adults who suffered a stroke over one year, the use of a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) in the prior month may have elevated their stroke risk.The increases linked to individual NSAIDs were generally modest, the investigators report in the medical journal Stroke...

Avandia Georgia News

Posted on August 20, 2010
From the NYT: Federal drug regulators ordered GlaxoSmithKline to send a letter to crucial doctors describing a hearing in July where an expert advisory panel discussed the risks of Avandia, the company?s controversial diabetes medicine.Doctors who received the letter, dated July 28, are investigators in a study called the Tide trial, which was intended to compare the heart risks of Avandia with those of Actos, a similar drug made by Takeda Pharmaceuticals...

Georgia: Trasylol Cases Settles

Posted on August 20, 2010
Bayer has agreed to pay at least $60 million to settle about 150 lawsuits over Trasylol, a drug used to control bleeding during heart surgeries.The settlements, which Bayer announced in court earlier this month, provide an average payout of about $400,000 per patient, said three people familiar with the agreements who weren?t authorized to speak publicly about them...

FDA warns about IVC Filters

Posted on August 11, 2010
The FDA has warned that inferior vena cava (IVC) filters, devices inserted into a large vein to help prevent potentially deadly blood clots from reaching the lungs, might come apart, shift within the body or perforate the blood vessel.IVC filter usage has increased rapidly during the past thirty years...

Diet Drugs to Get FDA Review

Posted on August 11, 2010
An FDA committee will review the safety risk of weight-loss drug Meridia the day before evaluating Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s drug for treating obesity. The agency had said it planned to review Abbott's Meridia, which has been pulled from the market in Europe on concerns about cardiovascular side effects; however, scheduling the session on Sept...

Seroquel cases settle

Posted on August 11, 2010
Image via WikipediaAstraZeneca will pay about $198 million to settle 17,500 lawsuits, or about two-thirds of the total cases alleging its antipsychotic drug Seroquel causes diabetes in some users. The settlements resulted from a court-ordered mediation...

Total Body Cleanse Lawsuits

Posted on August 09, 2010
"Biggest Loser" trainer Jillian Michaels sells a diet supplement, the Triple Process Total Body Detox & Cleanse, that "just might kill you," according to a lawsuit. . It has been claimed that the product Contains a potentially lethal combination of toxic ingredients that can cause ulcers, nausea, vomiting, dehydration, liver damage, and diarrhea the class claims which is not how consumers expect to be 'detoxed and cleansed...

Burgeoning Scandal? Insurance for the Department of Veterans Affairs and Payments to Deceased Veterans

Posted on July 29, 2010
Get ready to get angry when you read this. How this happens to the family of those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. From the St. Pete Times:Prudential handles life insurance for the Department of Veterans Affairs, sent a letter about a deceased's $400,000 policy...

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