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Georgia Lawyer and Oil Spill Claims:Deepwater Study

Posted on July 22, 2010
Image by SkyTruth via FlickrJust issued this week. Some important statements, some obvious:One that should come as no surprise: ?This disaster was preventable had existing progressive guidelines and practices been followed. This catastrophic failure appears to have resulted from multiple violations of the laws of public resource development, and its proper regulatory oversight...

Georgia Avandia Lawyer and Avandia Clinical Trial News for July 22, 2010

Posted on July 22, 2010
Image via CrunchBaseThe FDA has ordered drug maker GlaxoSmithKline to stop enrolling new patients in a clinical trial of its d diabetes drug, Avandia.The clinical trial, called TIDE, was mandated by the FDA to assess safety risks of the drug, which is prescribed to treat type-2 diabetes...

Arava Gets a Blackbox Warning

Posted on July 20, 2010
The FDA has added a blackbox warning about severe liver injury to the package label for Arava-- a disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug used to treat RA The decision to add to the warning was based on the FDA's review of adverse event reports. The reports identified 49 cases of severe liver injury, including 14 cases of fatal liver failure, that occurred between August 2002 and May 2009...

Study: Zinc-based Nose Spray/Loss of Smell Linked

Posted on July 20, 2010
Image by Getty Images via @daylifeA researcher who has taken the position that the sprays were harmful says he has scientific evidence to back up the claim. Courts, however, have yet to be convinced. Last summer, the FDA warned consumers to stop using three zinc-containing Zicam products: Zicam Cold Remedy Nasal Gel, Zicam Cold Remedy Swabs, and Zicam Cold Remedy Swabs for kids...

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Restore the Gulf - Watch the Video, sign the Petition

Posted on July 20, 2010
I did. It's ours, mine, yours. My kids. My as yet unborn grandkids:

Georgia law: Apportionment Statute Ruling from Ct of Appeals

Posted on July 19, 2010
A recent ruling has far reaching effects in Georgia litigation. The case is CAVALIER CONVENIENCE, INC.,v. SARVIS,A10A0538, A10A0539.The issue presented in these appeals is whether, under recently amended OCGA � 51-12-33, a trier of fact is required to apportion its award of damages among multiple liable defendants when the plaintiff bears no fault...

Diovan, Avapro and Cozaar (and other) get FDA Review

Posted on July 19, 2010
Just a short time after a meta-analysis suggested angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) for hypertension may increase cancer risk, the FDA has said it will conduct a safety review.The agency emphasized that patients now receiving these agents may stay on them and that physicians could write new prescriptions...

Oil Spill and the Gulf (Florida)

Posted on July 18, 2010
I have spent about 10 days in the Florida panhandle with family and friends. The photo above if from the Sandestin area, where folks still flock despite all of doomsday talk of the spill across the USA.I will tell you that folks are waking up to the nightmare every day...

FDA and bazter Pump Recall

Posted on July 18, 2010
Image via CrunchBaseThe FDA has issued specific instructions to Baxter Healthcare for how to handle the recall of thousands of Colleague Volumetric Infusion Pumps.The orders require Baxter to ship replacements or issue refunds for affected products and continue to provide batteries, spare parts, and service for devices held by customers with certificates of medical necessity...

Florida/Georgia Avandia News: Restrict, but don't Recall Avandia

Posted on July 18, 2010
Avandia survives another round of FDA meetings. An FDA panel panel took six votes on a variety of issues, but its most important came near the end of the meeting when asked what the FDA should do. Sales should be restricted and the warnings on its label enhanced; 7 voted only to support enhanced warnings on the drug?s label; and 3 voted that the drug should continue to be sold with its present warnings unchanged...

Zelnorm: Claims Settle

Posted on July 18, 2010
Image via WikipediaNovartis looks like it will settle 124 lawsuits brought by people who claimed their use of the gastrointestinal drug Zelnorm caused heart-related injuries.Novartis had suspended U.S. sales of Zelnorm in 2007 at the request of the U...

Avandia: FDA Reviewers Suggest the Drug's Withdrawal

Posted on July 12, 2010
Avandia should be pulled from the market because of the "serious" cardiovascular risk the diabetes drug poses, which exceeds that of competitor pioglitazone (Actos), FDA staff reviewers again recommended.Rosiglitazone is no more effective at improving glycemic control in type 2 diabetes than pioglitazone and provides no known unique health benefits, and while both drugs increase the risk of congestive heart failure, rosiglitazone's effect is "substantially greater," FDA reviewers wrote in a massive briefing document released Friday In the FDA reviewers' analysis, the hazard ratios with rosiglitazone versus placebo were: 1...

SCOTUS: Case versus Pfizer involving Non Citizens may Proceed

Posted on July 01, 2010
The US Supreme Court declined to take up a case examining whether drug giant Pfizer could be sued in an American court for allegedly conducting nonconsensual drug tests on 200 Nigerian children in 1996. The action allows the case to move toward a trial...

Effient on the FDA Radar

Posted on July 01, 2010
Image via WikipediaThe FDA launched probes into possible risks from an Eli Lilly and Co (LLY.N) bloodthinner, a Sanofi-Aventis heart drug and other medicines.The FDA released its quarterly list of early investigations into health problems reported with various drugs on Wednesday...

Spill: Florida Projections

Posted on July 01, 2010
Here's an illustration of the spill projection for Florida's west coast:

Vioxx: Merck is not Required to Refund the State of Louisiana

Posted on June 30, 2010
Image via WikipediaFrom Bloomberg:Managers of Louisiana?s state-sponsored health programs had no power under state law to halt reimbursements for Vioxx prescriptions, even had they known that Merck misled them about the drug?s heart-attack risk, U...

Georgia: More Informaiton About Avandia and the upcoming FDA meeting

Posted on June 30, 2010
Image via WikipediaThe new analyses of Avandia's seem to be all the talk surrounding the drug and the upcoming FDA hearing. Each study however, is not based on clinical trials in which researchers randomly give patients one treatment or another and compare the results after a set period of time, but of a review of information...

Will ADHD Drugs Get A Stronger Warning?

Posted on June 29, 2010
A study will be released in August by the FDA regarding concerns about the potential for increased risk of heart attack, stroke or other cardiovascular problems when the drugs are used by children and adults.ADHD is a behavioural disorder that can have a significant impact on social performance and functioning...

Study: Is Crestor Helpful for Healthy Folks?

Posted on June 29, 2010
From the Archives of Internal Medicine, a recent report that concludes:Conclusion The results of the Jupiter trial do not support the use of statin treatment for primary prevention of cardiovascular diseases and raise troubling questions concerning the role of commercial sponsors...

FDA: Airline Food May pose Health Risks

Posted on June 28, 2010
Image via WikipediaAt first I laughed when I read the headline, thinking- airline food not healthy? What's next, FDA declares smoking is bad for you? Then I read more ... FDA inspectors have found that a large number of catering facilities that supply airlines with food are suspected of violating sanitation regulations...

Dulera Approved with a Black Box Warning

Posted on June 28, 2010
FDA approved Merck's Dulera, a combination inhaler, for asthma patients 12 years and older. Dulera consists of an inhaled corticosteroid and a long-acting beta agonist, and shares an active ingredient with Merck's Asmanex and Nasonex (mometasone furoate), and Foradil (formoterol fumarate)...

Avandia Reporting Risk ahead of Study

Posted on June 28, 2010
A new study led by a federal drug safety expert ties the controversial diabetes drug Avandia to a higher risk of heart problems, strokes and deaths in older adults, and says it is more dangerous than a rival drug, Actos.The study, involved a Medicare records review, and is released about two weeks before there is an FDA hearing on Avandia's safety...

Why I'm not Real Happy about the potential $20B Claims Funds to be handled by Kennth Feinberg

Posted on June 28, 2010
Image via FlickrThere are continuing discussions about the soon to be administered $20 Billion fund from BP through Kenneth Feinberg's process: Feinberg plan to set a cutoff date for filing emergency claims which would be submitted at least two months after the spill finally ends...

Georgians who owns a Condo or Home on the Gulf and the Oil Spill: An -Insurance Covered event?

Posted on June 26, 2010
Image by JohnTracy via FlickrThe man made calamity that is the BP oil spill will cause extensive property damage and business interruption losses to businesses all along the Gulf Coast vacation homes and condominiums in Florida, and many types of businesses around the Gulf...

Kellogg's Recalls Some Cereals

Posted on June 26, 2010
Image via WikipediaLooks like the culprit related to cereal products packaged in white foil bags that have an off -flavor and smell coming from the bag.Only products with the letters "KN" following the Better If Used Before Date are included in the recall...

Crib Recall

Posted on June 25, 2010
There has been a recall of 2 million drop-side cribs for deadly hazards.The moveable sides that raise and lower on such cribs make it easier to whisk away crying babies without straining parents' backs. But the sides repeatedly malfunctioned in ways that were hard to spot, leading to horrific scenes in nurseries around the nation...

Georgia Oil Spill Update -The BP Oil Spill $20B Fund

Posted on June 25, 2010
Image by cayobo via FlickrLots of questions about the $20B fund that will have $5B in it when claims begin to be analyzed later this summer: Attorney Kenneth Feinberg has been assigned the responsibilities of overseeing the $20 million fund that oil giant is likely to pay as compensation to the victims of the oil spill disaster off the gulf coastWhat is an escrow fund?The money is put into an escrow account to ensure that an amount will handle oil spill claims...

No more Candy Cigarettes

Posted on June 25, 2010
Image via WikipediaCandy cigarettes have officially been banned by the Food and Drug Administration. The ban is a part of the Family Smoking Prevention and Control Act. Officials have been arguing for years to eliminate candy cigarettes because of the likelihood that children would eventually move on to the real thing...

Georgia and Oil Spill Claims, June 24, 2010

Posted on June 25, 2010
Image by merfam via FlickrAs folks begin to try to grasp the quagmire of a claim involving the gulf oil spill man made calamity, some quick information from various publications about making a claim: MitigationWhen making a claim under the Oil Pollution Act, there is no required format for OSLTF claims...

Georgia and Trucking: New Hours of Service Rules - Less Fatigued Drivers?

Posted on June 24, 2010
Daily driving time under a new Hours of Service rule should be reduced by 27 percent, a document filed by a group of safety advocates. Sourcewww.regulations.gov The document, filed by Henry Jasny on behalf of the Truck Safety Coalition, Public Citizen and Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, was posted last week on the www...

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