- Scott Kappes | March 28, 2008 2:55 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsAccording to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine deadlines for response to new drug applications may be causing the agency to make hasty decisions. The study suggests that drugs approved closer to the deadline end up having more safety issues once on the market than drugs that are approved earlier in the process. The study shows that of the 97 drugs that were approved within...
- Scott Kappes | March 27, 2008 1:50 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsToday the FDA announced that they would be launching a probe to investigate a possible link between Merck's asthma medication Singulair and suicidal ideation and action. The agency is reviewing the issue due to reports of mood and behavioral changes, including suicidal thoughts and action, associated with the drug. Singulair is most commonly used to treat asthma but is also often used to treat...
- Scott Kappes | March 26, 2008 1:48 PM |
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Wrongful DeathYesterday two construction workers were killed and five others were injured when a portion of a crane fell 30 stories at a Miami high-rise condominium. The 20-foot portion of the crane that fell smashed through a nearby home being used by the contractor for storage. One worker inside the home was killed. With the terrible Manhattan crane collapse only ten days ago, the all too familiar scene has...
- Scott Kappes | March 25, 2008 1:47 PM |
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Wrongful DeathAn 18 year-old senior at West Boca Raton High School in Florida tragically passed away over the weekend after complications during breast augmentation surgery. Stephanie Kuleba, a well-liked cheerleader, was having corrective surgery to repair a symmetrical breasts and an inverted areola, when she suffered a fatal reaction to anesthesia used during the surgery. Doctors believe the cause of death...
- Jenny Albano | March 23, 2008 5:46 PM |
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Tractor-Trailer AccidentsGrammy-winning Tejano singer Emilio Navaira was critically injured on Sunday after his band's bus crashed on a highway in Houston.Navaira and his band Rio had performed at a Houston nightclub on Saturday night. At about 5 a.m. Sunday, the band's bus slammed into traffic barrels on Interstate 610 northbound in Bellaire, a well-to-do enclave within the city west of downtown Houston, Bellaire...
- Scott Kappes | March 19, 2008 2:34 PM |
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MiscellaneousYesterday the popular athletic apparel company Reebok agreed to pay a $1 million fine for distributing Chinese made bracelets containing toxic levels of lead. The bracelets were provided as free gifts with the purchase of certain styles of children's shoes. In 2006 a 4 year-old boy from Minneapolis died after swallowing the bracelet's heart shaped charm. The fine was the largest ever handed down...
- Scott Kappes | March 17, 2008 3:55 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsA San Francisco couple has filed a lawsuit against Bayer and other drug manufacturers alleging that gadolinium based contrasted agents manufactured and distributed by the Defendants can cause patients to develop a severely painful and debilitating disease. William Paschal claims that he contracted Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis (NSF) from an intravenous injection of a gadolinium based contrast...
- Scott Kappes | March 13, 2008 2:41 PM |
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MiscellaneousA Texas man has filed a lawsuit against Nissan alleging that despite being properly used the seatbelt in his 1997 Pathfinder became unlatched when a driver who ran a stop sign struck the vehicle. Michael Guillory claims that his injuries resulted from the seatbelt that failed to restrain him. The product liability suit claims that Nissan was negligent in the design, manufacture, assembly,...
- Scott Kappes | March 12, 2008 4:59 PM |
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MiscellaneousThis week a Washington jury awarded a man whose heart was severely damaged by a malfunctioning heart monitor during routine bypass surgery $40.1 million. Paramjit Singh's heart was damaged so badly by the machine that he had to undergo a heart transplant in order to survive. The 54 year old Mount Vernon man still suffers today as a result of the 2004 injury. The monitor manufactured by Edwards...
- Scott Kappes | March 11, 2008 3:31 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsToday the state of Connecticut filed a lawsuit against Eli Lilly and Co. The lawsuit accuses the company of illegally marketing and obscuring negative side effects of the best selling drug Zyprexa. The lawsuit seeks to recover money spent on treating patients that have developed conditions as a result of taking Zyprexa and millions more spent on the drug as a result of illegal marketing...
- Scott Kappes | March 10, 2008 1:54 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeOver the weekend the Las Vegas Sun reported that a local clinic might have exposed up to 40,000 patients to a risk of hepatitis and HIV. The Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada should have been inspected by state health organizations every three years, but had not been inspected over seven years. In order to lower costs that clinic allegedly reused syringes and vials and skimped on virtually...
- Scott Kappes | March 07, 2008 11:23 AM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsIn an ongoing trial between the State of Alaska and Eli Lilly a lawyer for the State, Scott Allen, said Wednesday that Eli Lilly systematically hid the risks associated with the popular anti-psychotic Zyprexa. The drug has been linked to an elevated risk of developing diabetes. The state is asking Lilly to pay for the medical expenses of Medicaid patients that developed diabetes and other...
- Scott Kappes | March 04, 2008 5:23 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsMillions of people the world over catch the flu each year. Many experience extremely debilitating symptoms from the influenza virus. Drugs like Tamiflu and Relenza have been developed to treat these symptoms and offer those infected some relief from the relentless illness. Recent news however has linked these treatments to neuropsychiatric events in some instances. Post-marketing reports, mostly...
- Scott Kappes | March 03, 2008 5:05 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsThousands of Americans depend on the popular blood thinner Heparin to help them survive, but over the past few weeks the drug has been linked to 21 deaths and hundreds of adverse reactions likely due to contamination during the manufacturing process. Nearly half of all of the raw ingredients used to make Heparin are produced in China. The main active ingredient, which is derived from pig...