Plaintiffs’ lawyers handling thousands of transvaginal mesh cases filed in West Virginia have proven their contention that Johnson & Johnson (J&J) mishandled thousands of documents necessary for the pending litigation. Now what? Cheryl Eifert, a U.S. Magistrate judge from Charleston, W.V. ruled this week that the healthcare giant improperly lost […]
Author: Cal Warriner
This blog is a continuation of our “Metal Testing: New FDA Guidelines” which you should read first if you want more information on how to test for metal artifacts in your hip. Metal Ions Metal ions are different from metal artifacts. They are microscopic, so you cannot see them with […]
Despite the efforts to show it’s warm and fuzzy side, Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) has decided to cave into criticism and reformulate its popular baby shampoo to remove the formaldehyde. The company waited for its reformulation before making the announcement to the New York Times in January. The health care […]
There were 152 concussions reported among players for the National Football League (NFL) last year. That is the conclusion of the Concussion Watch project, an effort by Frontline, the PBS documentary series to keep track of the number of traumatic head injuries among players in the NFL. Following a documentary, […]
Acetaminophen is a commonly-used pain medication generally recognized as Tylenol and is contained in about 600 over-the-counter (OTC) medications. Now the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is issuing a warning concerning the prescription strength form of the drug and is asking doctors to stop prescribing and pharmacists to stop dispensing […]
In December, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a recall of certain guidewires made by Medtronic, Inc. Patient complication reports were reported to the FDA and the company concerning the coating on the wire’s surface that had the potential to detach and delaminate. Medtronic began notifying hospitals and […]
It’s been twenty years since a concerted effort, and some would say push, has been on to have children diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and the numbers prove the push translated into big dollars for Big Pharma. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports the number […]
The U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing a ban on the routine use of antibiotics as a growth promoter in animals raised to be consumed by humans. Because of cramped and dirty conditions present in factory farms, animals are raised in a less than ideal circumstance. A […]
It is called an industry first. GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has vowed to stop compensating medical doctors in order to have them promote the company’s drugs. The British drug maker announced this month it will also stop paying healthcare professionals who attend their medical conferences saving the company about $82 million a […]
Three years ago, Public Citizen issued a report that documents all of the settlements between pharmaceutical giants and the federal and state governments due to violations such as overcharging patients or by off-label marketing. At the time the tally was about $20 billion covering a period of 20 years. The […]
