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Paxil Claims Settle

Posted on June 24, 2010
Image via WikipediaGlaxoSmithKline has agreed to settle almost 200 cases in which plaintiffs allege the use of the antidepressant Paxil caused birth defects.There has been just one trial so far. In Philadelphia a a jury awarded $2.5 million.The jury awarded only compensatory damages and no punitive damages...

Georgia: Avandia Study

Posted on June 23, 2010
Good find by Pharmalot: A new study that compares Aandia with Actos found an increased risk of various cardiovascular problems with Avandia, but the studay that hasn?t raised as many concerns.The authors looked at records of 227,571 Medicare patients with an average age of 74...

Pfizer pulls Mylotarg

Posted on June 22, 2010
Pfizer has agreed to pull a leukemia drug off the market after a follow-up study showed it failed to slow the disease.The Food and Drug Administration cleared the drug Mylotarg in 2000 under its accelerated approval program, which grants speedy access to drugs that show early promise...

FDA Warns Drug Makers On Misleading Promotional Efforts

Posted on June 22, 2010
The FDA sent letters to several companies requesting that they stop distributing misleading promotional materials for their drugs.The letters were sent in recent weeks to several companies and posted on the FDA's website this week.The FDA said a 60-second television advertisement for Sepracor's Lunesta sleep aid makes "unsubstantiated superiority claims" in violation of federal law...

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J&J Hit With More Recalls

Posted on June 22, 2010
McNeil Consumer Healthcare has added five more product lots to its recall list.The latest includes four lots of Benedryl Allergy Ultratab tablets sold in the United States and one lot of Extra Strength Tylenol rapid-release gels, sold in the United States, Trinidad, Tobago, Bermuda, and Puerto Rico...

Prepmrpo Litigation

Posted on June 21, 2010
Pfizer is set to defend itself in Texas trial over the company's hormone-replacement drugs after a court overseeing lawsuits over the medicines sent 200 cases back to their home courts.A judge in Galveston, Texas, set a 2011 trial date for Karen Zahn?s claims against Pfizer?s Wyeth unit...

Depomed recalls 52 lots of diabetes drug

Posted on June 19, 2010
Drug developer Depomed Inc said it will recall 52 lots of its diabetes drug Glumetza due to the presence of traces of a certain chemical in the tablet's 500 mg bottle.The recall followed an investigation of a single product complaint of a smell and taste consistent with the chemical, the company said in a regulatory filing...

FL Court: Commercial Fishermen Have Causes of Actions Based on Pollutants' Release

Posted on June 19, 2010
Image by kk+ via FlickrRecent Florida Supreme Court decision especially given the man made catastrophe in the Gulf. The Court answered two certified questions: DOES FLORIDA RECOGNIZE A COMMON LAW THEORY UNDER WHICH COMMERCIAL FISHERMEN CAN RECOVER FOR ECONOMIC LOSSES PROXIMATELY CAUSED BY THE NEGLIGENT RELEASE OF POLLUTANTS DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE FISHERMEN DO NOT OWN ANY PROPERTY DAMAGED BY THE POLLUTION? DOES THE PRIVATE CAUSE OF ACTION RECOGNIZED IN SECTION 376...

Canadian Version of Chantix Gets a Warning

Posted on June 08, 2010
Image via WikipediaA strong public warning was issued Thursday about stop-smoking pill Champix by the drug-maker and federal health officials concerned over mounting reports of mood changes, hostility, suicidal behaviour and serious, sometimes fatal, skin reactions...

FDA: New Warnings for Beta- Agonists (Advair and others)

Posted on June 08, 2010
Image by david.eugene. via FlickrThe regulatory agency says new warnings are needed on long-acting beta-agonists, including GSK?s Serevent and Advair, because the medication could result in severe asthma symptoms that lead to hospitalizations in children and adults or even result in death...

Georgia: Avandia Case Settles in PA

Posted on June 06, 2010
Image by neofedex via FlickrGlaxoSmithKline Plc (GSK.L) has settled more lawsuits alleging its Avandia diabetes drug caused heart attacks, heading off the first trial in the United States concerning the medicine.The company said on Tuesday that terms of the settlement remained confidential...

FDA Warnings Re: Possibly Tainted IV Drugs

Posted on June 06, 2010
Image by Stephen Cummings via FlickrThe FDA has issued an alert to health care professionals against the use of certain IV bags of metronidazole, ondansetron and ciprofloxacin because of potential contamination. The alert came after floating matter was observed in bags manufactured by Claris Lifesciences Limited...

Questions and Answers about an Oil Spill Claim

Posted on June 02, 2010
Image by zphone via FlickrWe've been answering questions by phone and email about what to do and how to make a claim regarding the Oil Spill: Question: What legal options are available to individuals or businesses that are damaged by the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico?Answer: There are two main avenues to recover monetary damages: through traditional state-law causes of action, such as negligence; and through the federal Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (?OPA?)...

BP pays out $3 million to Floridians who lost business to spill

Posted on June 02, 2010
From the SPT:As of Friday, BP had paid out more than $3 million in claims to nearly 4,000 Floridians. BP spokesman Ray Dempsey said the company hasn't turned anyone down so far.Still, some Floridians say BP has done about as good a job at helping them cope with their financial losses as it has in stopping the oil from flowing...

FDA warns of heartburn medication side effects

Posted on June 01, 2010
The FDA is warning doctors and patients that popular heartburn drugs like Nexium and Prilosec may cause bone fractures when used for more than a year.The FDS said several studies have shown increased risk of hip, wrist and spine fractures in patients using drugs that block stomach acid...

FDA UIpdates Rare Cases of Liver Injury Reported with Use of Xenical, Alli

Posted on June 01, 2010
he U.S. Food and Drug Administration today advised consumers and health care professionals about potential rare occurrences of severe liver injury in patients taking the weight-loss medication orlistat, marketed as Xenical and Alli.The FDA has approved a revised label for the prescription drug Xenical...

Congress and Supplements

Posted on May 27, 2010
The Special Senate Committee on Aging held a hearing May 25 on Capitol Hill to hear testimony on the current state of regulations for dietary supplements, which have long been a growing part of the health regimens of senior Americans.The first phase of the hearing kicked off with a review of GAO?s recent investigation into deceptive supplement marketing practices provided by Gregory D...

Alli and Xenical: Is there a connection with a rare liver injury?

Posted on May 27, 2010
Image by size8jeans via FlickrAlli and Xenical have been claimed to be linked to a rare form of liver injury says the FDA.Worldwide, there have been only 13 cases among the 40 million people who have used the products. Two eople died and three others required liver transplants...

FDA's Inspection Report Regarding Tylenol Recall

Posted on May 24, 2010
The FDA report - not good. In its report, the FDA said McNeil did not initiate "corrective and prevention action" after it had received 46 consumer complaints from June 2009 to April 2010 regarding foreign materials and black or dark specks in its drugs...

Do ED drugs cause hearing loss?

Posted on May 24, 2010
A new US study attempts to suggest that men who take Pfizer's Viagra (sildenafil) or similar drugs for erectile dysfunction may double their chances of hearing impairment, adding to a Food and Drug Administration warning from 2007 about this side effect...

Oil Spill/Georgia: Submitting a Claim under the Oil Pollution Act

Posted on May 22, 2010
Image by zphone via FlickrFederal law allows people to make a claim now under the Oil Pollution Act. What are the particulars? What Claims May Be Submitted?Claims can be submitted for a number of problems associated with either the oil spill or even the substantial threat of discharge of oil...

Sales of counterfeit drugs on the rise

Posted on May 21, 2010
Image via WikipediaManufacturing and sale of counterfeit drugs is on the increase in both rich as well as poor countries with majority of the unwary people buying these drugs over the internet.Margaret Hamburg, head of the US FDA (Food and Drug Administration) stated that substandard and fake versions of medicines ?put people at risk of harm from medical products that may contain too much, too little, or the wrong active ingredient and/or contain toxic ingredients...

US FDA warns St. Jude on Heart Device Claims

Posted on May 20, 2010
Device maker St Jude Medical Inc made improper claims about two heart devices, U.S. regulators said in a letter to the company.The Food and Drug Administration, in an April 23 letter, objected to statements made on a company website about the Epicor LP Cardiac Ablation System and the Epicor UltraCinch LP Ablation Device...

Skin-lightening creams poisonous in more than one way

Posted on May 20, 2010
Some creams promising to lighten skin, eliminate age spots and zap freckles contain high levels of mercury, a toxic metal that can cause severe health problems, a Chicago Tribune investigation has found.The newspaper sent 50 skin-lightening creams to a certified lab for testing, most of them bought in Chicago stores and a few ordered online...

Georgia Avandia: Lawsuits settled

Posted on May 13, 2010
Image by neofedex via FlickrGlaxoSmithKline Plc agreed to pay about $60 million in the first settlements of lawsuits alleging the company?s Avandia diabetes drug causes heart attacks and strokes in some users.Avandia has been in the spotlight recently, following reports from various studies linking the drug to cardiovascular complications...

FDA: Don't Swallow Benadryl Skin Gel For Goodness' Sake!

Posted on May 13, 2010
The FDA is warning consumers not to swallow Benadryl Extra Strength Itch Stopping Gel. The gel is designed for topical use on skin. Despite the gel's goopy consistency and squeeze bottle, it appears that multiple consumers have taken it by mouth and been poisoned by the active ingredient, diphenhydramine...

Requip and Mirapex: Compulsive Behavior Link

Posted on May 13, 2010
Parkinson's drugs can triple the odds that people develop impulse control problems such as gambling, binge eating, shopping sprees and compulsive sexual behaviors."For some time now we've suspected there might be an association between exposure to dopamine agonists and the development of impulse control problems in patients," said Dr...

Georgia/Gulf Coast Oil Spill: Deepwater Horizon Well Failed Key Test

Posted on May 12, 2010
Image by SkyTruth via FlickrFrom the WSJ and Reuters:The chairman of a congressional subcommittee said on Wednesday it uncovered significant problems with the device that was supposed to cut the oil flow after BP's (BP.L) oil rig exploded, creating a massive unchecked spill...

BP wants oil spill lawsuits centralized in Houston

Posted on May 10, 2010
Image by DavidErickson via FlickrBP wants more than 70 lawsuits over the Gulf oil spill consolidated before a federal judge in Houston.The oil giant is asking the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation to have U.S. District Judge Lynn Hughes to hear pretrial matters for all the cases...

Recent Florida Supreme Court Decision on Bad Faith

Posted on May 10, 2010
The Perera decision: An employer's liability insurer's actions neither caused the damages claimed by an insured nor resulted in exposure of the insured to liability in excess of the policy limits of three policies issued to the insured, the Florida Supreme Court held May 6, answering a rephrased certified question from the 11th Circuit U...

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