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 […]
The Mass Tort Unit of Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley has filed additional individual lawsuits against Takeda Pharmaceuticals USA, Eli Lilly, and other drug companies involved in the development and marketing of Actos (which is also known as pioglitazone). This latest filing includes four Florida plaintiffs, all of whom […]
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 […]
The television ad shows an excited child getting ready for Max’s birthday party. But there’s a problem. Jake is allergic to peanuts and who knows what’s in the birthday cake. No worries, the mother says…..“We’re prepared right, Jake? …With EpiPen.” The EpiPen Auto-Injector, made by Pfizer, contains a dose of […]
The final bellwether product liability trial against C.R. Bard has been rescheduled yet again. After a November and December date, the trial of Carolyn Jones has now been scheduled for January 10 in the federal courthouse where 40,000 transvaginal mesh lawsuits are consolidated in front of Judge Joseph R. Goodwin. […]
