The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is considered by many to be the premier safety and health regulator in the world. The agency oversees about one-quarter of all products Americans consume including food, drugs and medical devices. Most Americans assume they are safe with the FDA at the helm. […]
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 […]
It has been theorized before, that is, a link between the use of antidepressants by women either before or during pregnancy and autism. Antidepressant use is increasing with an estimated five to 15 percent of pregnant women now on antidepressants. At the same time, the rates of autism have been […]
It’s always a good thing when a bad product gets called out by mainstream media. Unless you have been fitted with a NuvaRing birth control device, made by Merck, or know one of the thousands of litigants who have suffered serious or fatal blood clots, you may be blissfully ignorant […]
The numbers of transvaginal mesh lawsuits keeps growing in the Charleston, West Virginia federal court where they are consolidated. At this writing there are 41,060 claims filed with thousands of suits naming six manufacturers being added every month. For the most part, women say they saw legal advertisements on television […]
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced another recall from a compounding pharmacy. This time Nature’s Pharmacy and Compounding Center of Asheville, North Carolina is recalling an eye drop and injectable drug after an FDA inspection found questionable conditions related to sterility. Nature’s Pharmacy distributed the drug regionally beginning […]