October 30, 2008 – Propofol is an intravenous drug manufactured by AstraZeneca under the brand name Diprivan. It was originally designed for use as a general anesthetic during surgery or other procedures like intubation or ventilation. However, for years it has also been prescribed to prevent epileptic seizures in people who suffer from refractory status epilepticus (RSE). A recently completed study by the Mayo Clinic indicated that long-term use of the drug can cause propofol infusion syndrome, ...
continue reading...Drug used for prevention of epileptic seizures can cause cardiac failure
Posted October 30, 2008 in Drug and Medical Device Lawsuits | Health | Legal Issues | Product Liability | Product News and Recalls
Proposed legislation to make drug companies identify payments to physicians
Posted September 24, 2008 in Drug and Medical Device Lawsuits | Health | Legal Issues | Product Liability | Product News and Recalls
September 24, 2008 – The Physician Payment Sunshine Act Legislation proposed in both the Senate and House, known as the Physician Payment Sunshine Act, would require drug companies to make quarterly reports disclosing payments of $25 or more made to physicians for speaking, consulting, travel, merchandise, etc. Read More
continue reading...July 31, 2008 – The U.S. Senate introduced a bill to permit lawsuits brought by patients who are injured by certain medical devices. This bill is directly intended to reverse the Supreme Court decision Riegel v. Medtronic Inc., in which the Court held that medical device companies are shielded from lawsuits for defective medical devices. The bill, named the Medical Device Safety Act of 2008, was introduced by Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and ...
continue reading...Medical Device Safety Act of 2008
Posted June 29, 2008 in Drug and Medical Device Lawsuits | Health | Legal Issues | Product Liability | Product News and Recalls
June 29, 2008 – U.S. Representatives Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Henry A. Waxman (D-CA) have introduced legislation named the Medical Device Safety Act of 2008, a direct response to a recent decision by the United States Supreme Court that would provide immunity for manufacturers of defective medical devices.
In February of 2008, the Supreme Court issued an opinion entitled Riegel v. Medtronic, Inc., in which the Court held that the Medical Device Amendments of 1976 preempt state lawsuits brought by ...
continue reading...Dennis Quaid Sheds Light On Avoidable Medical Errors and FDA Attempts to Shield Pharmaceutical Companies From Liability
Posted May 14, 2008 in Drug and Medical Device Lawsuits | Health | Legal Issues | Medical Malpractice | Product Liability | Product News and Recalls
May 14, 2008 – Actor Dennis Quaid testified before the Congressional Committee on Oversight and Government Reform in a hearing entitled, “Should FDA Drug and Medical Device Regulation Bar State Liability Claims?” The issue was whether FDA approval of a drug or medical device should prevent private persons from suing the manufacturers of those drugs or devices, a doctrine called “preemption.” Other notable testimony against preemption came from New England Journal of Medicine editor Gregory Curfman and former ...
continue reading...LAWSUITS OVER HALLIBURTON TRUCKER DEATHS
MAY GO TO TRIAL IN 2009
by Jenny Albano
Thursday, July 24, 2008
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After being dismissed in 2006, lawsuits against military contractors Halliburton and Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR), a former subsidiary, may go to trial in 2009. The lawsuits are over an ambush that left six civilian truck drivers in Iraq dead.
The lawsuits filed by the deceased truck drivers families claim that the companies knowingly sent convoys into a dangerous ...
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