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GA Avandia: TIDE Trial

Posted on April 28, 2010
From: http://www.theheart.org/article/1069095.doLooks like folks will have to wait until July of 2010 to see if the Thiazolidinedione Intervention with Vitamin D Evaluation (TIDE) trial, commissioned by the FDA and pitting rosiglitazone against pioglitazone (Actos, Takeda Pharmaceuticals), will be allowed to continue...

FDA warns TEVA

Posted on April 27, 2010
The Food and Drug Administration said it found "significant" manufacturing violations at Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (TEVA) facility that makes the sedative drug propofol.The agency posted a Dec. 11 warning letter to its Web site on Tuesday. The letter involved violations found during a FDA inspection of an Irvine, Calif...

A Challenge to MSP Collection Practices

Posted on April 27, 2010
A reported case is now moving forward with discovery. The case is one where there is a challenge to Medicare's MSP collection practices regarding conditional payments. The challenge is to the requirement to reimburse Medicare within 60 days prior to resolution of any appeal or waiver request...

Study Skews View of Courts

Posted on April 26, 2010
Kentucky lawyers comment on a Chamber report:"The report is short on facts and credibility. And even more concerning is the lack of accountability it promotes - the same lack of accountability that pushed our nation into one of the worst economic messes in history...

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Adderal on 60 Minutes

Posted on April 26, 2010
Adderall is used to treat narcolepsy and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)? but apparently it?s also used by college students to stimulate their brains and increase awareness. Some college kids may be using it 'like steroids.'Based on the studies ofAdderall XR (a long-acting version of Adderall), the most common side effects included: * Loss of appetite (anorexia) * Dry mouth * Difficulty sleeping (insomnia) * Headaches * Abdominal pain (or stomach pain) * Temporary increases in blood pressure * Weight loss (see Adderall and Weight Loss) * Emotional changes * Nausea, upset stomach, or vomiting * Dizziness * Diarrhea * Feeling of weakness (asthenia) * Increased heart rate (tachycardia) * Infection, including urinary tract infection (UTI) * Fever * Heartburn

FL Court decision - Compulsory Medical Examinations

Posted on April 26, 2010
35 Fla. L. Weekly D909 has a well reasoned case regarding medical examinations requested by a Defendant in an injury case. Here is the synopsis: Circuit court improperly ordered plaintiff to submit to compulsory medical examination in presence of videographer hired by and acting on behalf of defendant's counsel...

In CA, an Offer of Compromise = Claim by Defendant for $460,000 in Botox Lawsuit

Posted on April 26, 2010
The maker of Botox is seeking $460,000 in legal costs from a mother who unsuccessfully sued the company over the death of her 7-year-old daughter after a series of therapeutic Botox injections. Source. In that case, a jury entered an award for Allergan, a defense verdict...

FL law: Proposel for Settlement to Multiple Parties Not Enforceable

Posted on April 25, 2010
Image via WikipediaThe Florida Supreme Court ruled in Attorney?s Title Insurance Fund, Inc., v. Joseph W. Gorka, (SC09-1899)that a a proposal for settlement is invalid if it is conditioned upon actions out of the control of the offeree. From the opinion:The issue presented by the conflicting decisions is whether a joint offer of settlement or judgment that is conditioned on the mutual acceptance of all of the joint offerees is valid and enforceable...

Tracheostomy tubes recalled after several deaths

Posted on April 25, 2010
Image via WikipediaFrom the FDA:Covidien (NYSE: COV) has initiated a voluntary recall of certain lots of its cuffed ShileyTM tracheostomy tubes and Custom/Specialty tracheostomy tubes due to the product?s cuff not holding air as a result of leaks in the pilot balloon inflation assembly...

MS: State May Sue Bayer, MS Supreme Court Decision

Posted on April 25, 2010
Image via WikipediaFind the opinion here. Bayer was accused of inflating the average wholesale price of medications, causing the state to overpay drug providers to patients on its Medicaid program. The false price reports led the Mississippi Medicaid program to spend millions of taxpayers' dollars unnecessarily according to the State...

Daubert Applies during Class Certification says the 7th Circuit

Posted on April 24, 2010
The Seventh Circuit has held that "when an expert's report or testimony is critical to class certification, a district court must conclusively rule on any challenge to the expert's qualifications or submissions prior to ruling on a class certification motion...

A Must Read: Judge Fallon's L.R. Article: Wellwether Trials in an MDL setting

Posted on April 24, 2010
Find it here: http://www.jpml.uscourts.gov/Legal_Resources/Bellwether_Trials_Fallon_Grabill_Wynne.pdf

FDA Drug Safety Communication: New Boxed Warning on severe liver injury with propylthiouracil

Posted on April 22, 2010
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has added a Boxed Warning to the label for propylthiouracil, a drug used to treat hyperthyroidism (overactive thyroid), to include information about reports of severe liver injury and acute liver failure, some of which have been fatal, in adult and pediatric patients using this medication...

Hospira- Liposyn/Propofol : Second Drug Recall in 6 Months on FDA Warning

Posted on April 19, 2010
Hospira recalled two drugs for the second because of manufacturing defects that prompted an April 12 warning letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, said Dan Rosenberg, a company spokesman.The drugs -- Propofol and Liposyn -- were recalled on April 1, 2010...

Instructions Not to Answer

Posted on April 18, 2010
Found this recent case on the subject:ZCT SYSTEMS GROUP, INC. v. FLIGHTSAFETY INTERNATIONALZCT SYSTEMS GROUP, INC., Plaintiff,v.FLIGHTSAFETY INTERNATIONAL, Defendant.Case No. 08-CV-447-JHP-PJCUnited States District Court, N.D. OklahomaOn Jan. 26, 2010, ZCT served a Rule 30(b)(6) Notice on FSI that it would take the depositions of certain FSI corporate representatives on specific topics...

Study: Yasmine may cause increase in blood clots (Georgia/Florida)

Posted on April 18, 2010
An independent study was conducted by researchers at the Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands. The results were published in the British Medical Journal during the summer of 2009.The Leiden University study concluded that birth control pills containing the ingredient drospirenone ? like Yasmin ? are two times more likely to cause blood clots than other birth control pills, which generally contain levonorgestrel...

Georgia: Report - FDA May Halt Avandia Safety Study

Posted on April 18, 2010
According to the Wall Street Journal report, FDA commissioner Margaret Hamburg wrote a letter to Grassley in late March saying that the agency is reassessing a trial that compares the drug to a drug made by Takeda Pharmaceutical Co called Actos. That trial is also called the TIDE trial, according to the Journal...

Denture Cream (Fixodent, Poli-Grip) and Claimed Link to Neuropathy

Posted on April 16, 2010
From Neurology Today:An unusual source of excess zinc, leading to hypocupremia and neurologic diseaseS. P. Nations, MD, P. J. Boyer, MD, PhD, L. A. Love, MD, M. F. Burritt, PhD, J. A. Butz, BA, G. I. Wolfe, MD, L. S. Hynan, PhD, J. Reisch, PhD and J. R...

Do Some Anticonvulsant Drugs ncrease Suicide Risk?

Posted on April 16, 2010
Image by braineater via FlickrTwo years ago, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration published information showing that people taking anticonvulsant medications, drugs used to treat epilepsy, have twice the risk of suicidal behavior and suicidal thoughts...

Toyota MDL California

Posted on April 13, 2010
The JPML Order may be found here:http://www.jpml.uscourts.gov/Recent_Orders/Recent_Orders/MDL-2151-TransferOrder.pdfFrom the Order:The parties have suggested a number of very acceptable transferee districts and judges. However, for the following reasons, we have settled upon the Central District of California as the most appropriate choice...

Oftalmi Product Recall

Posted on April 13, 2010
Image via WikipediaUS Oftalmi Corp. has announced the voluntary recall of 15 mL plastic bottles of over-the-counter Camolyn Eye Drops and Fisiolin Nasal Drops. The FDA announced the recall after it was discovered that the products be unsterile, subsequently posing safety hazards to consumers...

FDA: Byetta May Have Cancer Risk

Posted on April 12, 2010
Data on intravenous dosing and a once-weekly version of Byetta ?seem to give a similar signal? as cancers seen in rodent studies of Novo Nordisk A/S?s competing Victoza, said Curtis Rosebraugh, head of the Food and Drug Administration?s Office of Drug Evaluation II, in a Jan...

FDA Investigates Companies Using "Fat Melting Shots"

Posted on April 12, 2010
The FDA (Food and Drug Administration) is cracking down on companies making claims that you can lose weight through something called ?fat melting shots.? These are injections known as mesotherapy, injection lipolysis and going under numerous other names...

FDA to review Trial Data on Stalevo (Parkinson's drug)

Posted on April 02, 2010
The FDA will review clinical trial data from a four-year study conducted by Orion to see if patients taking Stalevo, a Parkinson's disease medication, may be at an increased risk for developing prostate cancer.The FDA said the review of Stalevo is ongoing, and no conclusions or recommendations about the use of this drug have been made...

Nationwide Voluntary Recall of Masxtreme Capsules, Marketed As a Dietary Supplement

Posted on March 30, 2010
Natural Wellness is warning consumers not to purchase or consume the product known as MasXtreme, Lot# 911035. This product which is being marketed as a dietary supplement contains undeclared amounts of Aildenafil, as well as the drug Phentolamine which is an alpha-adrenergic blocker...

Could Statins Raise a Person?s risk for Type 2 diabetes by 9%?

Posted on March 30, 2010
Statins and risk of incident diabetes: a collaborative meta-analysis of randomised statin trials. That's the name of a recent study. From the study:INTERPRETATION: Statin therapy is associated with a slightly increased risk of development of diabetes, but the risk is low both in absolute terms and when compared with the reduction in coronary events...

Saudi Government Bans Avandia (Georgia/Florida)

Posted on March 30, 2010
Saudi Arabia has suspended GlaxoSmithKline PLC's (GSK) diabetes drug Avandia for six months, saying the product's heart risks outweigh its benefits, but the U.K.-based drug maker said its stands by the controversial drug.The Saudi Food and Drug Authority said on its website that the risk of using Avandia, also known as rosiglitazone, "outweighs its benefit, especially risks of cardiovascular events including myocardial infarction and congestive heart failure in addition to increased risk of fractures...

Georgia: Avandia and the Heart: A Reminder That Drugs Can Harm (HP)

Posted on March 30, 2010
From the HuffPo:Diabetes is particularly detrimental to the heart, and heart problems are the eventual cause of death for most patients with diabetes. Given this, it is extremely worrisome that Avandia, a drug marketed to treat diabetes, has been found to harm the heart...

Raw Milk Warning

Posted on March 29, 2010
Image via WikipediaThe FDA and several Midwestern state health agencies have warned consumers against drinking unpasteurized, raw milk following an outbreak of campylobacteriosis.About 12 confirmed reports of raw milk related illness was reported on March 24 to the Michigan Department of Community Health, the FDA reported in its announcement of the alert...

Georgia and USA: JAMA and Avandia (Heart Attack Claims by Some)

Posted on March 28, 2010
A few years ago, the ?New England Journal of Medicine", published a study that identified a potential heart risk with Glaxo?s then-blockbuster diabetes pill, Avandia.In an editorial in the latest issue of "The Journal of the American Medical Association" or JAMA, Drs...

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