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FDA's Device Review Inadequacies: More

Posted on January 27, 2009
Here's this tidbit:At least 228 medical devices between 2003 and 2007 were approved without a thorough evaluation, including about 24 high-risk devices such as heart defibrillators, artificial hip joints and electrodes for pacemakers, despite assurances from FDA officials that holes in the approval process were being addressed, according to the report by the GAO...

FDA Heavily Criticized - Device Testing is Inadequate

Posted on January 24, 2009
From the NYT:Most medical devices have never been shown to be safe or effective, and for the riskiest devices this must change, Congressional investigators from the GAO have concluded.'In recent years, the accountability office, Congress?s auditing arm, has chastised the F...

GA: Legislative Bill Tracker on GTLA's website

Posted on January 24, 2009
The Georgia Legislature is in session now, and the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association has a good session tracker for bills that may impact consumers. You can see the work here. Sample layout:HB 0024 Work Evidence; revise, supersede, and modernize provisions; provide definitions Willard,Wendell 49thHouse Second Readers Judy - Pre-filed Bills Rules of Evidence This bill attempts to modernize Georgia's Rules of Evidence and bring those rules more in line with the Federal Rules, both with Civil and criminal, without making substantive policy changes...

Tip of the hat to The Complex Litigator

Posted on January 21, 2009
Tip of the hat to The Complex Litigator for this post:A recent case deals with attempts to serve process, and the frustrations in locating a defendant to serve. From the opinion:On his third visit to [the] residence, Sheldon left a note for Brenneke to contact Barrister Support Service, but he did not do so...

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FDA Warning Regarding Skin Numbing Products

Posted on January 20, 2009
The Food and Drug Administration has issued an advisory to remind patients, caregivers and health professionals about the potentially serious hazards of using skin-numbing products -- topical anesthetics -- for relieving pain from conditions and medical tests, including mammograms...

Rhino MDL Hearing: 1/29/09

Posted on January 20, 2009
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is currently considering new standards for Yamaha Motor Corp. USA's Rhino off-road vehicle and other currently unregulated "utility terrain vehicles." The Yamaha Rhino, which was first introduced in 2003 by Yamaha Motor Corp...

Sprint Fidelis Litigation: Court Dismisses Cases Based on Preemption

Posted on January 15, 2009
My office investigated issues relating to Sprint Fidelis and their recall back in 2007. What are Sprint Fidelis Leads? Made by Medtronic Sprint Fidelis Leads are specific models of cardiac electrodes (thin wires) that connect an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) or cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator (CRT-D) directly to the heart...

Study: Antipsychotic Drugs Increase MI Risks

Posted on January 15, 2009
Heart attack risks were near two times great for those people taking antipsychotic drugs such as Zyprexa and Risperdal - at least that is what a study found, released by the NEJM. The article is here. The risk of heart attack for people getting the newer drugs, actually increased with their dosage, says thestudy authors...

Is the Current Economy Creating More "TV" Lawyers?

Posted on January 13, 2009
Everyone has seen the injury lawyers on TV. Everywhere, and for many of us the ads from injury lawyers are inescapable. I travel extensively throughout the south, and in the past 4-8 months, and especially the last two months, I have seen lawyers advertising in areas other than personal injury...

FDA Scientists Complain to Obama About Managerial Misconduct

Posted on January 11, 2009
Here is something worth watching: News from the FDA's scientists. A group of federal scientists is complaining to the Obama transition team of widespread managerial misconduct in a division of the FDA."The purpose of this letter is to inform you that the scientific review process for medical devices at the FDA has been corrupted and distorted by current FDA managers, thereby placing the American people at risk," said the letter, written on the agency's Center for Devices and Radiological Health letterhead...

Another Fentanyl Patch Recall

Posted on January 05, 2009
PriCara�, announced that one lot of 50 microgram/hour (mcg/hr) DURAGESIC� (fentanyl transdermal system) CII patches sold by PriCara in the United States and one lot of 50 mcg/hr fentanyl patches sold by Sandoz Inc. in the United States are being voluntarily recalled as a precaution from wholesalers and pharmacies...

Article Detailing Antibiotics' Dangers (Cipro, Levaquin)

Posted on January 04, 2009
From the AJC and excellent reporter Alison Young:"When Dr. J.T. Cooper hobbles around his Marietta medical office, the boot brace on his right foot is a reminder of a danger posed by some of the most popular ?- and misprescribed ?- antibiotics on the market...

Healon D Recall News

Posted on January 02, 2009
FDA Announces Class I Recall of Ophthalmic Surgical Device:The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced a Class I recall of lot no. UD30654 of Healon D, an ophthalmic viscosurgical device (OVD) manufactured by Advanced Medical Optics Inc. (AMO) of Santa Ana, Calif...

Georgialawyer's 09 Resolutions

Posted on December 31, 2008
I make them every year. Each helps guide me, focus my office, and serve as a component of the office Business Plan. In no particular order, here they are: 1. Each employee will have two monitors. I have used two monitors, and I can tell you that productivity increased...

From the Blog Drug & Device Law 10 "Worst" Decisions of 08

Posted on December 30, 2008
The Drug and Device Law Blog is a must read for me. This month, the folks there compiled a list of "worst" court decisions. Why are these the worst? Read on ... and read the complete list by going here: "1. Conte v. Wyeth, Inc., 85 Cal. Rptr.3d 299 (Cal...

FDA News: Recall of a Medical Device: "Vibe"

Posted on December 30, 2008
The Food and Drug Administration has issued a recall notice for a device made by a Colorado man that some claim cures cancer and other diseases. The FDA says the "Vibe" has not been shown to be safe and effective at curing or treating diseases.Source here.

Social Media for Lawyers

Posted on December 29, 2008
I've been reading/catching up on Social Media for Lawyers. One site list the top myths regarding it, and here is one highlight:Myth: Social media tactics are too time consuming.Truth: Social media tactics could take hours and days, but they do not have to take that much time to be effective...

FDA Recalls Custom Stryker Cranial Implant Kits

Posted on December 26, 2008
Stryker has had an interesting 2008. Pain pumps made by that company have been the subject of litigation. (The Stryker Pain Pumps are infusion devices designed to deliver controlled amounts of local anesthetics to the patient for post-operative pain management...

Season's Greetings

Posted on December 23, 2008
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JPML Hearing for January of 2009

Posted on December 22, 2008
To be held in Ft. Myers. You can find the Notice a href="http://www.jpml.uscourts.gov/Hearing_Info/HearingOrder1-29-09.pdf"here./a br /br /Rhino ATV litigation is on the docket.

ObTape Vaginal Sling: MDL in GA

Posted on December 22, 2008
Between 2003 and 2006, approximately 35,000 women who underwent a transobturator surgical procedure to treat stress incontinence and bladder leakage received a defectively designed ObTape vaginal sling manufactured by Mentor. Estimates have suggested that 17% to 18% of these women could suffer severe and debilitating complications, including infection, vaginal extrusions and urinary tract erosions...

Gadolinium Lawsuits Line Up

Posted on December 22, 2008
Lawyers for the plaintiffs and lawyers for the manufacturers of gadolinium based MRI contract agents have filed a joint list of 193 NSF lawsuits which are eligible to be among the first cases prepared for trial in the consolidated federal litigation.br /br /There are over 350 NSF lawsuits that have been filed in federal and state courts throughout the United States alleging that the manufacturers of five different gadolinium MRI contrast agents failed to adequately test their products or warn that they could cause a progressive and potentially fatal condition associated with the hardening and thickening of the skin, severely restricting movement...

Tainted Weight Loss Pills

Posted on December 22, 2008
he FDA warned consumers Monday to neither consume nor purchase a slate of more than 25 different weight-loss products. Each may contain "undeclared, active pharmaceutical ingredients that may put consumers' health at risk," the FDA said in a release.br /br /The drugs the FDA warns could be tainted:br /br /# 2 Day Dietbr /# 3x Slimming Powerbr /# 3 Day Dietbr /# 5x Imelda Perfect Slimmingbr /# 7 Day Herbal Slimbr /# 7 Diet Day/Night Formulabr /# 8 Factor Dietbr /# 999 Fitness Essencebr /# Extrim Plusbr /# Fatloss Slimmingbr /# GMPbr /# Imelda Perfect Slimbr /# Japan Lingzhi 24 Hours Dietbr /# Lida DaiDaihuabr /# Miaozi Slim Capsulesbr /# Perfect Slimbr /# Perfect Slim 5xbr /# Phyto Shapebr /# ProSlim Plusbr /# Royal Slimming Formulabr /# Slim 3 in 1br /# Slim Express 360br /# Slimtechbr /# Somotrimbr /# Superslimbr /# TripleSlimbr /# Venom Hyperdrive 3...

2008 Resolution Recap

Posted on December 20, 2008
Sitting in the South on a rainy weekend, I'm taking stock of some of my resolutions (those posted here), seeing how I did: br /br /Back about this time last year, I resolved these:br /br /span style="font-weight:bold;"1.When speaking with a person - client, attorney, etc...

FDA News: Antiepileptic Medications Must Carry Suicide Warnings

Posted on December 17, 2008
News today from thea href="http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2008/NEW01927.html" FDA/a: br /br /The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced it will require the manufacturers of antiepileptic drugs to add to these products' prescribing information, or labeling, a warning that their use increases risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviors (suicidality)...

Study: Hormone Use Increases Cancer Risk

Posted on December 15, 2008
From Yahoo News:Taking menopause hormones for five years doubles the risk for breast cancer, according to a new analysis of a big federal study that reveals the most dramatic evidence yet of the dangers of these still-popular pills.Even women who took estrogen and progestin pills for as little as a couple of years had a greater chance of getting cancer...

Did Wyeth Pay to have Journal Articles Written?

Posted on December 15, 2008
A US Senator claims that Wyeth paid a company to ghostwrite medical journal articles about its hormone therapy products and seek academic scientists to sign them as authors.According to papers from lawsuits suggest the drugmaker hired DesignWrite Inc...

Weekend Post: First Christmas Without My Lab

Posted on December 14, 2008
I tend to post simply about things that interest me: News regarding pharmaceutical litigation, tech items of interest. What most folks comment on in emails? The pictures of the dogs - to the right on this blog. This year, along with the happiness of the season, there is some sadness in my home...

FDA Panel Hearing Regarding Asthma Drugs

Posted on December 11, 2008
FDA staffers who police drugs after approval spoke before an advisory panel this week. What did the FDA panel hear? That none of the medicines known as long-acting beta-agonists (LABAs) should be given to children with asthma. It was also argued that two Serevent and Foradil, should not be used by asthma patients of any age...

Hospira Recall News

Posted on December 09, 2008
Hospira Issues Voluntary Recall of One Lot of 20meq Potassium Chloride in 5% Dextrose and 0.45% Sodium Chloride Injection, USP Due to Incorrect Bar Code LabelMedia Contact:Dan Rosenberg (224) 212-3366FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- LAKE FOREST, Ill., Dec. 8, 2008 -- Hospira, Inc...

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