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...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
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 ...
continue reading...Digitek, a generic form of digoxin or lanoxin, also known as digitalis, is a medication used for treating heart problems such as congestive heart failure and abnormal heart rhythm such as atrial fibrillation or flutter. It is manufactured by Actavis Totowa and distributed by two companies connected to Actavis: Mylan Pharmaceuticals, Inc. using the “Bertek” label and UDL Laboratories, Inc. using the “UDL” label.
On April 25, 2008, Actavis issued a recall of Digitek because some tablets have been manufactured ...
continue reading...By Elizabeth Cohen, CNN Medical Correspondent
ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) — Like many young men, Josh Nahum loved a thrill. That’s why he took up skydiving. But on Labor Day weekend in 2006, he had an accident while skydiving in Colorado, fracturing his femur and skull.
Josh spent six weeks in the intensive care unit. Slowly, his condition improved, and his doctors predicted that with rehabilitation, he could fully recover in a year or two.
But instead of recovering, Josh developed a bacterial infection. ...
continue reading...April 15, 2008 – Since Jan. 1, 2007, the deaths of at least eighty-one people have been linked to contaminated heparin. FDA Commissioner Andrew von Eschenbach testified before a Senate Appropriations Committee that the FDA suspected the contamination had been done deliberately, “by virtue of economic fraud.” Read More
continue reading...By Evan George
Daily Journal Staff Writer
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HEMET – Ramon Rodriguez was always good with his hands. The ex-Marine fixed cars, stitched leather and tinkered with home improvements, despite his diabetes and a failed kidney.
But that was before his skin began turning to stone.
It started as a stiffness in his legs and pain in his joints. Then, he began tripping. When his skin toughened, his doctors were puzzled.
Last year, Rodriguez, 65, was ...
