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Dangerous Drugs Lawsuits - Thank you PR WEB.

2006-10-29T19:00:00.000-08:00

Thank you PR WEB.
PRWeb - Bextra Lawsuits as Pfizer Pulls Defective Drug for Harmful Side Effects Since 1929, Pellettieri, Rabstein & Altman lawyers have represented victims of defective products, including the defective drugs Vioxx, Baycol and Phen-Fen. Following FDA action

Parker & Waichman, LLP Files Lawsuit Against Ortho-McNeil
MSN MoneyCentral - The firm is currently representing individuals injured by Vioxx, Bextra, Zyprexa, Ketek, ReNu with MoistureLoc, Guidant Defibrillators and many other defective drugs and medical products. For more information on Parker & Waichman, LLP, please visit

Dangerous Drugs Lawsuits - Doctors Develop New Approach To Web-based Drug Withdrawal Warnings

2006-10-09T20:01:00.000-07:00

Doctors Develop New Approach To Web-based Drug Withdrawal Warnings
Science Daily (press release) - Oct 1, 2006... In just 18 hours after the drug recall, all instances of Bextra on NetWellness were updated and active, says Embi. The new method ...

Outdated flu e-mails circulating
Pacific Daily News, GU - Oct 5, 2006... The e-mail titled "Drug recall Info -- Really Important Information," warns readers not to purchase or consume products containing the chemical ...

Click here and call me in the morning
Birmingham News, AL - 22 hours ago... The systems can sort the patients by diagnosis or prescriptions, which allows a doctor to quickly send out notices in case of a drug recall or a change in ...

Dangerous Drugs Lawsuits - UC Develops New Approach To Web-based Drug Withdrawal Warnings

2006-10-05T20:01:00.000-07:00

UC Develops New Approach To Web-based Drug Withdrawal Warnings
Medical News Today - In just 18 hours after the drug recall, all instances of Bextra on NetWellness were updated and active, says Embi. The new method, initiated by the FDA's automated MedWatch E-List alert and combined with modified technology and people processes

Outdated flu e-mails circulating
Guam Pacific Daily News - Just like the cold comes along during the flu season, a bogus e-mail warning against the use of certain pharmaceutical products is making its way around the nation, including Guam. The e-mail titled "Drug recall Info -- Really Important Information

Online Press Release
PRWeb - Drug-warnings.com Rolls Out New Prescription Drug Recall Information Portal Drug-warnings.com, an independent information source on pharmaceutical recalls, warnings and alerts unveils new website to speed drug recall information to the public. - 2004

Personal Injury Law Resource Site Opens
24-7PressRelease.com - 24-7PressRelease/ - June 11, 2005 - The Personal Injury Lawyer Directory - http://www.the-injury-lawyer-directory.com is now open to serve the needs of a growing community of people who are looking for no-nonsense information about drug recall

Dangerous Drugs Lawsuits - More drugs get slapped with lawsuits

2006-09-11T20:03:00.000-07:00

More drugs get slapped with lawsuits
USA Today - Not only are there fewer cases, but also it's difficult to prove that a drug caused someone's cancer a key hurdle in most drug lawsuits, Noah says. Plaintiffs in the Neurontin lawsuits face a similar challenge, says lawyer Mike Papantonio of Levin

Dangerous Drugs Lawsuits - Manning Selvage & Lee Creates Global Healthcare Issues Management ...

2006-08-14T20:00:00.000-07:00

Manning Selvage & Lee Creates Global Healthcare Issues Management ...
Genetic Engineering News (press release), NY - Jul 26, 2006... In a recent article (April 22, 2006) in The New York Times, reporter Alex Berenson writes that "the next wave of drug lawsuits is coming," following Merck's ...

Tort reform boosts state's business image
Hattiesburg American, MS - Jul 30, 2006... Mississippi insurers wouldn't cover him at an affordable rate, he said, because he had been named in 10 class-action drug lawsuits - six of which he said ...

Dangerous Drugs Lawsuits - Tort reform boosts state's business image

2006-08-06T20:00:00.000-07:00

Tort reform boosts state's business image
Hattiesburg American - Mississippi insurers wouldn't cover him at an affordable rate, he said, because he had been named in 10 class-action drug lawsuits - six of which he said judges have since thrown out. Plaintiffs in such suits often believe it's just the drug companies

Manning Selvage & Lee Creates Global Healthcare Issues Management and
Genetic Engineering News - In a recent article (April 22, 2006) in The New York Times, reporter Alex Berenson writes that "the next wave of drug lawsuits is coming," following Merck's 11,500 suits over Vioxx, its arthritis drug. The drugs now under attack include Seroquel, an

Dangerous Drugs Lawsuits - RxHub Receives Reports of ePrescribing Successes from Physicians Nationwide

2006-07-25T20:00:00.000-07:00

RxHub Receives Reports of ePrescribing Successes from Physicians Nationwide
The impact of providing patient eligibility, formulary and medication history information to physicians at the point of care is being realized across the United States as reports pour in from physicians utilizing healthcare technology applications that have been certified through RxHub. In the first six months of 2006, RxHub delivered over 2.3 million patient medication history responses to

Urgent Notice-Drug Recall: Roxane Laboratories Initiates a Nationwide Voluntary Recall of a Single Manufacturing Lot of
Roxane Laboratories, Inc., announced today that it is conducting a nationwide voluntary recall of a single manufacturing lot of Azathioprine tablets, USP 50 mg, .

Deaths Spur Cholesterol Drug Recall
A cholesterol-lowering drug taken by 700,000 Americans ? Bayer Pharmaceutical's Baycol ? has been pulled off the market.

Health Canada rejects call to restrict ibuprofen access
Health Canada is rejecting the advice of its own expert panel to move ibuprofen behind the counter despite new British findings that high doses carry the same risk of heart attack as Vioxx.

Dangerous Drugs Lawsuits - RxHub Receives Reports of ePrescribing Successes from Physicians

2006-07-21T20:00:00.000-07:00

RxHub Receives Reports of ePrescribing Successes from Physicians
Insurance News Net - Overhage. Patient Safety Improved Electronic prescribing improves patient care and safety as evidenced by a recent highly publicized drug recall. Upon receiving notice about an immediate drug recall, Dr. Salvatore Volpe, a physician practicing in Staten

Drug Company Recalls Azathioprine
WCPO - COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Roxane Laboratories is recalling a tablet used to help patients from rejecting kidney transplants and those with rheumatoid arthritis. The Columbus-based company says a bottle containing the wrong medication was found in one

Health Canada rejects call to restrict ibuprofen access
Regina Leader-Post - Vioxx was pulled from the market two years ago in the biggest drug recall in history after studies showed it increased the risk of heart attack and stroke. Preliminary findings from the U.K. study formed part of the Canadian panel's recommendation

Dangerous Drugs Lawsuits - Drug Company Recalls Azathioprine

2006-07-17T20:00:00.000-07:00

Drug Company Recalls Azathioprine
WCPO - COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Roxane Laboratories is recalling a tablet used to help patients from rejecting kidney transplants and those with rheumatoid arthritis. The Columbus-based company says a bottle containing the wrong medication was found in one

Health Canada rejects call to restrict ibuprofen access
Regina Leader-Post - Vioxx was pulled from the market two years ago in the biggest drug recall in history after studies showed it increased the risk of heart attack and stroke. Preliminary findings from the U.K. study formed part of the Canadian panel's recommendation

Dangerous Drugs Lawsuits - 2 proprietary Chinese medicines recalled

2006-07-01T20:01:00.000-07:00

2 proprietary Chinese medicines recalled
News.gov.hk, Hong Kong - Jun 9, 2006... unwell. Drug recall: Chuifong Toukuwan and Nan Lien Chuifong Toukuwan contain a Western drug ingredient that can cause side-effects. ...

New Philips Chip Adds Security Option
RFID Journal - Jun 27, 2006... product at the point of dispensation to a customer, the data could be password-protected so that it could be readable later, in the event of a drug recall. ...

Safety factor in drug companies' contacts
News & Observer, NC - Jun 16, 2006... In the event of a drug shortage, an instance of suspected drug counterfeiting or tampering, or a drug recall, the federal system depends on the ability of the ...

Dangerous Drugs Lawsuits - Beasley Allen Rejects Merck's Attempt to Dismiss the First Vioxx

2006-06-27T20:01:00.000-07:00

Beasley Allen Rejects Merck's Attempt to Dismiss the First Vioxx
PRWeb - Montgomery law firm has been named co-lead counsel in all litigation involving the largest drug recall in history. Montgomery, AL (PRWEB via PR Web Direct ) April 15, 2005 -- Beasley Allen, co-lead counsel for all Vioxx litigation, rejects Merck's

Health Canada OK's new drug
Regina Leader-Post - In 2004, the arthritis pill Vioxx was voluntarily pulled from the market in the largest drug recall in history because studies showed it caused elevated risks of heart attack and stroke. A drug's harmful side effects is one aspect the Common Drug

Dangerous Drugs Lawsuits - Heart-drug deaths and illnesses lead to lawsuits

2006-06-23T20:00:00.000-07:00

Heart-drug deaths and illnesses lead to lawsuits
Richmond Times Dispatch, VA - Jun 5, 2006... CAPS issued a voluntary, urgent drug recall in mid-September, instructing hospitals in Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and Washington to stop using the drug and ...

2 proprietary Chinese medicines recalled
News.gov.hk, Hong Kong - Jun 9, 2006... unwell. Drug recall: Chuifong Toukuwan and Nan Lien Chuifong Toukuwan contain a Western drug ingredient that can cause side-effects. ...

Dangerous Drugs Lawsuits - Hepatitis drug recall as caution

2006-06-19T20:00:00.000-07:00

Hepatitis drug recall as caution
Shanghai Daily, China - May 17, 2006TWO city pharmacies are recalling the Qianglining injection and liquid medication for hepatitis, which were produced by the Qiqihar No. ...

Heart-drug deaths and illnesses lead to lawsuits
Richmond Times Dispatch, VA - Jun 5, 2006... CAPS issued a voluntary, urgent drug recall in mid-September, instructing hospitals in Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and Washington to stop using the drug and ...

2 proprietary Chinese medicines recalled
News.gov.hk, Hong Kong - Jun 9, 2006... unwell. Drug recall: Chuifong Toukuwan and Nan Lien Chuifong Toukuwan contain a Western drug ingredient that can cause side-effects. ...

Safety factor in drug companies' contacts
News & Observer, NC - Jun 16, 2006... In the event of a drug shortage, an instance of suspected drug counterfeiting or tampering, or a drug recall, the federal system depends on the ability of the ...

Dangerous Drugs Lawsuits - Save This Story

2006-06-15T20:00:00.000-07:00

Save This Story
Smart Money - PHILADELPHIA -(Dow Jones)- Wyeth (WYE) said Wednesday it received final court approval of an amendment to its diet-drug litigation settlement, moving the company a step closer to ending the long-running and costly litigation. The Madison, N.J., drug

Wyeth to give money to diet drug users
Seattle Post Intelligencer - PHILADELPHIA -- Drug maker Wyeth is preparing to distribute $1.28 billion from a supplemental fund to about 40,000 people who took a diet drug linked to heart problems. The money will come from the $21.1 billion the company set aside for litigation

Future litigants will pay for false claims on Fen-Phen
Jackson Clarion-Ledger - VICKSBURG Lawyers may scuffle, but clients pick up the tab. If it's true that any trial lawyers allowed or encouraged bogus claims to be paid from the $2 billion Fen-Phen settlement pool - and about two dozen claimants have already pleaded guilty

Dangerous Drugs Lawsuits - May 15th, 2006 Acupuncture's Secret: Blood Flow To Brain

2006-05-30T20:01:00.000-07:00

May 15th, 2006 Acupuncture's Secret: Blood Flow To Brain
WTOP Radio - Although researchers still don't fully understand how acupuncture works, ''our findings may connect the dots, showing how a common pathway in the brain could make acupuncture helpful for a variety of conditions,'' says radiologist Bruce Rosen of

Prescription privacy bill gets House OK
New Hampshire Union Leader - CONCORD The state yesterday moved to bar the sale of doctors' prescription data, taking the lead against a practice that has angered some doctors around the country. The House voted to accept the Senate's version of a bill, sending it to Gov

N.H. moves to bar sale of doctors' data
San Jose Mercury News - CONCORD, N.H. - New Hampshire moved Thursday to bar the sale of doctors' prescription data, taking the lead against a practice that has angered some doctors around the country. The House voted to accept the Senate's version of the bill, sending it to

Dangerous Drugs Lawsuits - PhRMA Statement on New Hampshire Prescribing Data Legislation

2006-05-18T20:01:00.000-07:00

PhRMA Statement on New Hampshire Prescribing Data Legislation
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America Senior Vice President Ken Johnson issued the following statement today regarding New Hampshire House Bill 1346:

N.H. Moves to Bar Sale of Doctors' Data
New Hampshire moved Thursday to bar the sale of doctors' prescription data, taking the lead against a practice that has angered some doctors around the country.

Dangerous Drugs Lawsuits - Government Accountability Office Report Highly Critical of FDA Is ...

2006-04-24T20:00:00.000-07:00

Government Accountability Office Report Highly Critical of FDA Is ...
Newsinferno.com, NY - 15 hours ago... Once Vioxx was pulled from the market (on September 30, 2004) in the largest drug recall in history, a growing number of experts, elected officials, and public ...

FOLLY OF THE ABORTION PILL
The Conservative Voice, NC - Apr 1, 2006... When CMDA petitioned for a drug recall in 2002, we cited safety reasons and failure to meet FDA standards, said Dr. Rudd. ...

UK pharmacy test shows promise
CR80News, VA - Apr 14, 2006... During the study, pharmacists were also alerted within minutes about a drug recall. A pain-killer produced by Merck & Co. called ...

Dangerous Drugs Lawsuits - Family sues Fredericksburg hospital

2006-04-16T20:00:00.000-07:00

Family sues Fredericksburg hospital
Richmond Times Dispatch, VA - Mar 20, 2006... CAPS issued a voluntary, urgent drug recall in mid-September, instructing hospitals in Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and Washington to stop using the drug and ...

UK pharmacy test shows promise
CR80News, VA - Apr 14, 2006... During the study, pharmacists were also alerted within minutes about a drug recall. A pain-killer produced by Merck & Co. called ...

Dangerous Drugs Lawsuits - Inmates grow old, health costs rise

2006-04-04T20:00:00.000-07:00

Inmates grow old, health costs rise
Delaware Online - Keichline is unlikely to ever leave Delaware prisons. The state will almost certainly be responsible for his care until he dies. DOC Commissioner Stan Taylor said Del. might have to build geriatric care facilities. For nearly 200 years, medical care

City Council OKs parking meter hike
Pioneer Press - The St. Paul City Council on Wednesday approved an across-the-board rate hike on the city's parking meters. Starting in early May, all city meters will cost between $1.50 and $1.75 an hour. The move is expected to raise $350,000 to help balance this

New Human Retrovirus Originated In Mice
Science Daily - Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers and their colleagues have discovered a new retrovirus in humans that is closely related to a cancer-causing virus found in mice. Their findings describe the first documented cases of human infection with a

Business Briefing
Seattle Post Intelligencer - PHILADELPHIA -- The maker of the anti-depressant Paxil agreed to pay $14 million to states, including Washington, to settle allegations that it blocked generic versions of the drug from being made, causing the states to pay higher prices. The states

Dangerous Drugs Lawsuits - Business Digest

2006-03-27T19:00:00.000-08:00

Business Digest
The Supreme Court made it harder yesterday for investors to join forces to file high-stakes fraud lawsuits against companies. The 8-0 decision blocks state class-action lawsuits by stockholders who say they were tricked into holding onto declining shares.

Garden State Business Briefs
A former Novartis sales representative filed a lawsuit yesterday against the Swiss drug company seeking $225 million for herself and others whom she alleges were denied overtime pay.

Dangerous Drugs Lawsuits - Landscape Architect DOWL Engineers is a rapidly growing

2006-03-23T19:01:00.000-08:00

Landscape Architect DOWL Engineers is a rapidly growing
Anchorage Daily News - RECRUITMENT MANAGER . The Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation in Bethel, Alaska is seeking a seasoned Healthcare Recruiter with a successful track record of identifying candidate sources and developing and implementing strategies for attracting

Patient sues over illegal tissue
CNEWS - WINDSOR, Ont. (CP) - A man who received illegally harvested bone and tissue during a routine back procedure three years ago has launched a class-action lawsuit against a U.S. company accused of stealing and selling body parts for transplants

Monday Planner for March 20, 2006
Duluth News Tribune - 11:45 a.m. today, fountain outside St. Louis County Courthouse, 100 N. Fifth Ave. W. Call 525-5098. "Three Years On: A Teach-In On The War in Iraq," noon to 2 p.m. today, UMD Library rotunda. Carlton-Cook-Lake-St. Louis Community Health Board, 1-3:30

Flint joins N.Y. lawsuit against `Grand Theft Auto' maker
Aberdeen News - FLINT, Mich. - The city has filed a federal lawsuit against the maker of the video game "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas," saying municipal retirees lost $176,000 on an investment made while company officials were dumping their own shares. City

Student, ACLU sue against federal student aid law
Rapid City Journal - SIOUX FALLS - A South Dakota student is among the plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union that challenges a provision of federal law that denies financial aid to convicted drug offenders. In its class-action lawsuit, the

Dangerous Drugs Lawsuits - Foreign affairs committee approves satellite TV for emigres

2006-03-19T19:00:00.000-08:00

Foreign affairs committee approves satellite TV for emigres
VILNIUS Parliaments foreign affairs committee has given the green light to a satellite TV project that will air both original and secondary program for Lithuanians living abroad, particularly in the United States.

Governor's needs require deep pockets
Almost everywhere Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger travels, he is shadowed by another sturdy Austrian: Dieter Rauter, his stunt double on "Terminator 3" and other films.

Drugs & Devices: Trial Halted
Parexel trial on hold; Little risk from recalled defibrillators; Plastic surgery soars in U.S.

Letters to the Editor - 3/19/2006
I commend Kenneth Noonan, superintendent of Oceanside Unified School District, for his desire to reduce adolescent drug abuse ("Drug testing succeeds in O'side," March 7). However, despite his fervent defense of that district's 9-year-old drug-testing program, Mr. Noonan does not provide any evidence -- or even make the claim -- that the program has in fact reduced drug abuse among students there.

Dangerous Drugs Lawsuits - House passes bill to strip many state warnings from food labels

2006-03-15T19:01:00.000-08:00

House passes bill to strip many state warnings from food labels
WASHINGTON The House voted Wednesday to strip many warnings from food labels, potentially affecting alerts about arsenic in bottled water, lead in candy, and allergy-causing sulfites, among others.

US government report on Egypt's human rights
The US Department Of State released the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices- 2005, by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. As relating to Egypt, the report said for the most part (trimmed to fit the web page):

New advertising code of conduct established in Vioxx withdrawal fallout
Recent high-profile drug withdrawals have resulted in a new code of conduct to govern direct-to-consumer advertising. As more and more drugs are likely to come under regulatory and public scrutiny, the pharmaceutical industry will need to employ effective marketing and education strategies to ensure patient and physician confidence is retained and the impact of drug safety scares is minimized.

Local News
Linton City Councilman Kelly Foglesong has repeatedly asked for and been denied information pertaining to drug tests of city employees, and at Monday night's city council meeting, citizens voiced their opinion on the issue.

Dangerous Drugs Lawsuits - Wiretapping, asset forfeiture law closer - Teixeira

2006-03-11T19:01:00.000-08:00

Wiretapping, asset forfeiture law closer - Teixeira
Stabroek News, Guyana - Mar 8, 2006... "We must recall the famous PNCR retreat in Linden, which concluded that the party will pursue a campaign to link the PPP/C with the drug lords. ...

Cardiac Pack Ready for ACC
TheStreet.com - Mar 10, 2006... Guidant's (MDCO:Nasdaq - commentary - research - Cramer's Take) recall woes last ... commentary - research - Cramer's Take) is pitting its drug Angiomax against ...

Orion tries out Stora Enso s RFID
In-PharmaTechnologist.com, France - Mar 8, 2006... We also performed a test with an artificial recall and pharmacists ... serial number for the carton, as well as the batch number and the expiry date for the drug. ...

Dangerous Drugs Lawsuits - In fight for life, insurer no help

2006-03-07T19:00:00.000-08:00

In fight for life, insurer no help
When Neal Almgren's glioblastoma -- the most aggressive of all brain tumors -- reappeared, he wanted his best shot at survival. If the Mill Valley man were to rely on approved therapies, he was told his chances of suppressing the tumor were less than...

Drug Makers' Bumpy Ride Far From Over
By DUNSTAN PRIAL, STAFF WRITER No one expects the troubles that have plagued the pharmaceuticals industry in recent years product withdrawals, lawsuits, generic encroachment, dried-up pipelines to get any worse in 2006. But no one expects them to get any better, either.