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Monday's Product Headlines - FDA

Posted on January 24, 2011
Image via WikipediaHere's a quick summary of products in the news this morning, 11/24/11:The European Medicines Agency (EMA) issued a release saying that it would review the safety of heart drug Multaq after two cases of liver failure in patients on the drug...

Texas Drug Company Shut Down by FDA

Posted on January 20, 2011
Image via WikipediaA USDCT judge has ordered a Texas drug manufacturer called Deltex to shut down its operation after a federal agency found "a history of significant violations" of federal law by the company.From chron.com: http://www.chron.com/disp/story...

Looking at the Legal Costs in Avandia v. Vioxx

Posted on January 20, 2011
Image via WikipediaInteresting read which should lead as a discussion point for some lawyers. In a recent Forbes.com post, the author commented on the legal bills related to each drug. GSK has spent $6 Billion to defend cases involving Avandia while Merck spent $4 Billion to settle all of Vioxx...

Florida Law: Bad Lawyering Gets a Sanction

Posted on January 18, 2011
In the law profession, you see some examples of excellence, advocacy, and ethics. The lawyer who is the subject of the opinion seems to be missing the first two.This recent opinion is not an example of good lawyering. In fact, it makes you wonder if some who graduate from law school and pass the bar have what it takes to work as lawyers...

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FDA Warnings for Soda?

Posted on January 18, 2011
Image via WikipediaA group of health scientists, government agencies and consumer advocates have sent correspondence to the commissioner of the FDA, seeking that entity to require warning labels on cans and bottles of drinks containing sugar.If you are like me, your first question is ...

Glaxo's Legal Bills for Avandia: $3.5 Billion and counting

Posted on January 18, 2011
Image by neofedex via FlickrThere is news that Glaxo will have fourth-quarter legal costs of $3.5 billion because of investigations into sales practices for certain products and product-liability cases related to Avandia, a diabetes drug.The company will be putting aside additional monies for other investigations, including one by the U...

Another FDA Warning - Multaq - Risk of Liver Injury

Posted on January 17, 2011
Image via WikipediaNot a good week for your liver:From the FDA -ISSUE: FDA notified healthcare professionals and patients about cases of rare, but severe liver injury, including two cases of acute liver failure leading to liver transplant in patients treated with the heart medication dronedarone (Multaq)...

FDA limits Acetaminophen in Rx Combo Products; Requires Liver Toxicity Warnings

Posted on January 17, 2011
From the FDA:The FDA has asked manufacturers of prescription combination products that contain acetaminophen to limit the amount of acetaminophen to no more than 325 milligrams (mg) in each tablet or capsule.The FDA also is requiring manufacturers to update labels of all prescription combination acetaminophen products to warn of the potential risk for severe liver injury...

Guidant Case: Judge to Decide Criminal Plea

Posted on January 12, 2011
Image via WikipediaIn an agreement reached with the U.S. Department of Justice last year, Guidant (now part of Boston Scientific Corp.) pleaded guilty to two federal criminal charges related to the recall, including making false statements to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) about the devices' safety...

Android: Apps of the Week Debuts

Posted on January 11, 2011
Image via CrunchBaseI switched over from an iPhone to a Google/Android phone - an HTC - and I am never going back. For lawyers, though, it seemed like the listing and description of law worthy Android apps is allover the place. Guys like iPhoneJD are great sources for iPhone ...

Albuterol Sulfate Inhalation Solution Information

Posted on January 11, 2011
A report released by the FDA announced the recall of mislabeled vials of Albuterol Sulfate Inhalation Solution. The single-use, 2.5 mg/3 mL vials, produced by the Ritedose Corporation, ?are embossed with the wrong concentration of 0.5 mg/3 mL and therefore, represents [sic] a potential significant health hazard,? says the FDA...

Studay asserts that statins may raise stroke risk in some

Posted on January 11, 2011
People who have had a type of stroke caused by bleeding in the brain should avoid taking cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins, according to some researchers.Although statins are commonly used to prevent heart attacks and strokes, they said the drugs could increase the risks of a second stroke in these patients, outweighing any other heart benefits from the drugs it is claimed...

Snow and Ice Days in Georgia

Posted on January 11, 2011
Snow and ice - truck wrecks, 18 wheelers stranded, and schools closed. Folks in other parts of the country may wonder what n the world is going on in the South. Well, for here it's bad. 8" of snow in some parts of Atlanta. What is far, far worse is that after the snow fell, there was freezing rain which created a sheet of 1/8 inch ice on top of the snow...

Avastin: Link to Heart Failure in Breast Cancer Patients?

Posted on January 06, 2011
From Yahoo and NewsDay:A new study has been released that provides some evidence that the anti-cancer medication ups the odds of congestive heart failure in these patients.The meta-analysis, published online Jan. 4 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, included almost 4,000 patients and found a small but significant number developed heart failure...

Chantix Lawsuits: No trials until 2012

Posted on January 05, 2011
A federal judge in Birmingham, Alabama has been assigned to more than 1,200 lawsuits involving Pfizer Inc. and Chantix, many of them with smokers and their families claiming the drug left them with a variety of psychological problems, including anxiety, aggressiveness and suicidal thoughts...

MarkZamora.com Redesigned Website Debuts 1/5/11

Posted on January 04, 2011
Image by Kay Gaensler via FlickrTake a peek at our newly redesigned website, found it here: www.markzamora.comStill tweaking some items on it, making corrections and such. We're using a template over a Wordpress fouondation, which - we hope - will make mobile viewing much easier.

More News on Fruta Planta Recall (1/4/11)

Posted on January 04, 2011
From the FDA website:Fast FactsPRock Marketing LLC, of Kissimmee, Fla., is recalling all lots of Fruta Planta and Reduce Weight Fruta Planta. This is a single product marketed under two brand names. FDA testing confirmed that Fruta Planta contains sibutramine, a drug withdrawn from the market in December 2010 for safety reasons...

A New Year = Resolutions

Posted on January 03, 2011
I'm on of 'those guys' who makes resolutions each and every year. Some may not, which is fine, but I do. Here is my list for 2011; I try to make them 'monthly' so that it's easier to hit a goal.1.Using the cloud: 18 months ago no one knew that the cloud was, much less how to use it...

Fruta Planta Recall News: Legal News

Posted on January 03, 2011
The FDA has informed consumers not to use a weight-loss product called Fruta Planta because it has been associated with several heart attacks and one death.The maker of the product, Kissimmee, Florida -based PRock Marketing, is recalling all lots of Fruta Planta and another product called Reduce Weight Fruta Planta...

9th Circuit and a recent Opinion Regarding "Injury in Fact" Requirements

Posted on December 16, 2010
Worth a read, a case involving Starbucks, a stolen laptop and ID Theft. Hollow win for the Plaintiff. The Ninth Circuit noted that under Washington law, "actual loss or damage is an essential element" of a negligence claim. The Court noted that plaintiffs waived the argument that "anxiety constitutes actionable injury...

FDA Says More Scrutiny Over Dietary Supplements

Posted on December 16, 2010
Image via WikipediaThe FDA took new steps aimed at keeping consumers safe from harmful products that are marketed as dietary supplements and that contain undeclared or deceptively labeled ingredients. The FDA has found that these products are often promoted for weight loss, sexual enhancement, and bodybuilding...

Florida Law: Appellate Court Reverses Trial Court Over Discovery Limits

Posted on December 14, 2010
An interesting decision from the Florida 4th DCA. It goes to show what lengths a corporate defendant will go to keep information from being disclosed (in this case, four years of 'protracted' fights). From the appellate opinion: It is said in this case that a trial judge unreasonably curtailed one party's pretrial discovery of directly relevant, valid and reliable information reasonably calculated to lead to admissible evidence...

A Work Break: 2008 Snowfall in New Orleans

Posted on December 14, 2010

FDA takes a Look at Mercury in Tooth Fillings

Posted on December 14, 2010
Image via WikipediaFour consumer advocacy organizations have challenged the FDA's March 2009 ruling about mercury fillings or amalgams. From 2009 on the FDA site:The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today issued a final regulation classifying dental amalgam and its component parts ? elemental mercury and a powder alloy?used in dental fillings...

More Good News about Amazing Aspirin

Posted on December 10, 2010
From NPR:I'm one of those guys who takes an aspirin daily. So, I read this news with interest: A British study claims evidence that aspirin can prevent death from a variety of cancers, if you take the medicine long enough in middle age. Even a baby aspirin might be enough...

Levaquine: Verdict for Plaintiff in first trial -Jury's Discussion Point? Responsibility

Posted on December 10, 2010
Image by Ricky Romero via FlickrYesterday a jury in Minneapolis today awarded a verdict in the case of John Schedin, who sued J&J and its Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals unit in 2008. Schedin said he ruptured both Achilles tendons after taking Levaquin...

Vanity Fair's Must Read: Deadly Medicine

Posted on December 10, 2010
Image by higlu via FlickrA gripping article in Vanity Fair this month take a look at the outsourcing of clinical trials for proposed prescription drugs.It's an eye opener. "Many of today?s trials still take place in developed countries, such as Britain, Italy, and Japan...

December 7, 2010 Darvocet Legal Recall News and Updates

Posted on December 07, 2010
Some folks are asking why did it take 30 years to pull Darvocet/Darvon off the market? As Dr. Sidney Wolfe, a drug expert at Public Citizen in Washington, D.C.,has said to many reporters: "Propoxyphene has been one of the top 50-selling drugs for at least 40 years," and its sales have generated huge profits for drug companies...

Prempro: Verdict for the Defendant

Posted on December 06, 2010
Wyeth properly warned a Virginia woman?s doctors about the risks of its Prempro menopause drug, a jury ruled today in rejecting her claim for damages. The Plaintiff was Ms. Torkie -Tork. The verdict was reached in USDCT in Alexandria, Virginia last week...

Google Earth: Using it as Demonstrative Evidence

Posted on December 05, 2010
Found this from another lawyer on the web:State ex rel J.B., Case No. A-2228-08T4 (N.J. Ct. App.; Sept. 27, 2010) Some key language in the opinion:The [c]ourt finds that other than very recently what would have happened is . . . that the State would have brought in an atlas map and ask[ed] somebody familiar with the area to point on the map where different locations are and how you would get there...

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