Amid evidence that Johnson & Johnson continued to sell a dangerous vaginal mesh implant for nine months after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ordered it to stop, some observers are questioning whether federal regulatory agencies are currently able protect consumers.
A Bloomberg story quotes University of Michigan business professor Erik Gordon as saying that the issue points out “the industry’s ability to shrug off FDA enforcement. If companies can get ...
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An opinion piece in The Atlantic about the $3 billion settlement against GlaxoSmithKline makes the point that even a relatively large financial penalty is unlikely to stop a company that still makes a profit from illegal activities. The solution, The Atlantic says, is to change a system that essentially allows companies to monitor themselves.
The British drugmaker’s agreement with the U.S. Justice Department to pay $3 billion in criminal and civil ...
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According to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis – the formation of a blood clot in one of the deeper veins – can be tricky. So can diagnosis of pulmonary embolism, which occurs when a blood clot breaks off and travels to the lungs.
That’s because other conditions produce similar symptoms. For example, muscle strains and swelling of veins close to the skin can ...
continue reading...A report in the Salt Lake Tribune concerns 50 Utah women who have joined thousands of plaintiffs nationwide in lawsuits against vaginal mesh manufacturers.
The report includes an interview with an unnamed Utah woman in her 50s who had the device implanted in order to treat a leaky bladder. Not only did the device fail to cure problems, but it also caused her constant pain in addition ...
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Dr. Drew Pinsky – well-known as TV and radio host “Dr. Drew” – is dealing with criticism after court records revealed that he took $275,000 from GlaxoSmithKline for “services for Wellbutrin.”
GlaxoSmithKline recently agreed to a $3 billion settlement — the largest ever involving a pharmaceutical company – over the federal government’s charges that the company illegally marketed some of its medications.
Prosecutors allege that the British pharmaceutical giant’s tactics included paying ...
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According to a report in the Atlanta Journal Constitution, sitting too much represents a serious health threat.
The report cites a study in the online journal BMJ Open, which concluded that sitting for less than three hours a day could extend your life by as much as two years. Researchers found that limiting TV viewing in a sitting position to less than two hours every day, in itself, might extend life ...
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