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You can buy almost anything on eBay, right? Even transvaginal mesh implants that have been taken off the market. DrugWatch reports that the Bard Avaulta polypropylene mesh has shown up on an eBay auction, including a Plus Posterior mesh. The price? $50. You can buy two Anterior Support System products […]

In December, at the Joint meeting of the Reproductive Health Drugs Advisory Committee and the Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee of the Food and Drug Administration, oral contraceptives containing drospirenone, approved since 2001, were discussed in detail. Drospirenone is a form of progestin, a synthetic hormone which is […]

Have you ever wondered how risky and dangerous drugs make it to market under the watchful eye of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, charged with the responsibility of making sure they are safe and effective before they are released? The Journal of the American Medical Association tackles that question […]

It is one of the lesser known transvaginal meshes. Coloplast will now become the sixth multidistrict litigation consolidated and the fifth to be heard in the Southern District of West Virginia. The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) on August 6 ordered at least 24 Coloplast federal lawsuits (MDL No. […]

AstraZeneca has agreed to pay $26 million to settle litigation involving the atypical antipsychotic, Seroquel. The South Carolina Attorney General had been after the company to reimburse state taxpayers for the off-label use of Seroquel. The company, along with other drugmakers, had challenged states that hire product liability attorneys on contingency […]

The Fall Season is upon us and because that also includes elections this year, we may lose track of the really important things to which we should pay attention. It’s that time of the year when the Professional Firefighters and Paramedics of Palm Beach County start their annual boot drive […]

When Governor Reubin Askew took office in 1971, he was one of the driving forces behind changing the process to be followed when selecting judges to fill vacancies.  Judicial Qualifications Commissions were established to recommend judges to fill vacancies on the bench.  In 1972, the Florida Constitution was amended to […]

Three Supreme Court Justices are up for retention in November:  Barbara Pariente, Fred Lewis and Peggy Quince. The GOP has announced a plan to unseat these three Supreme Court Justices in order to gain control of the Florida Supreme Court. It is clear that the intention of extremist political groups, […]

Who wants to go to a sporting event, where it is predetermined which team wins and loses?   Imagine a baseball game where a select group of people get together behind closed doors, and decide the score before the first pitch is thrown.  Such a “bought and paid for” game is […]

Just in case even the slightest doubt remained about whether extremists have succeeded in high jacking control of the Republican Party, Friday’s announcement of opposition to the retention of three Florida Supreme Court Justices eliminates that doubt. Justices Pariente, Quince, and Lewis just received 90% approval ratings in a statewide […]