Four patients have acquired infections from antibiotic-resistant bacteria at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, according to an article by the Science Times. The discovery comes two weeks after two patients died and an unknown number were infected at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. All six patients were likely infected by contaminated duodenoscopes.
The hospital-acquired infections were reportedly caused by the same “superbug” that broke out ...
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A Rhode Island man has filed a Xarelto lawsuit against multiple pharmaceutical companies for injuries related to the drug. The plaintiff claimed that the defendants, including Bayer and Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen Pharmaceuticals, received a letter from the FDA in 2013 requesting that they stop improper promotion of their product. The plaintiff further claimed that there is no antidote to the blood-thinning properties of Xarelto, in the ...
Nausea is one of the worst feelings in the world; there is no easier or cleaner way to say it. When patients experiencing nausea have the chance to make it go away, they generally will jump at the chance.
Zofran has been a popular antiemetic (nausea treatment) since its approval in 1991 with sales routinely over $1 billion per year. Produced by drug manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline, it is intended to help with ...
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The first of a series of trials regarding Boston Scientific’s vaginal mesh devices has ended in the company’s favor. Bloomberg reports that a Massachusetts jury found that the plaintiff had not proven that Boston Scientific’s vaginal mesh device, named Pinnacle mesh, was defectively designed. The jury also found that the plaintiff failed to demonstrate that the warnings about the inherent risks of the device were inadequate.
Over 12,000 lawsuits have been filed against ...
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Scientists at the Ronald Reagan UCLA medical center have identified an antibiotic-resistant bacteria that contributed to the deaths of two patients and may have infected 179 more, an LA Times article reports. The infection is believed to have been transmitted when patients were exposed to infected medical devices during a complex endoscopy procedure involving contaminated duodenoscopes.
Carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae (CRE) are a highly antibiotic-resistant strain of gut-dwelling bacteria ...
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Last month, vaginal mesh manufacturer, J&J, filed a motion accusing plaintiffs’ mesh lawyers of illegally soliciting clients. This week Reuters reports that the motion has been withdrawn by the company.
J&J is one of seven manufacturers of vaginal mesh facing more than 70,000 mesh lawsuits over their products. Many of the mesh lawsuits are filed in Federal District Court in West Virginia. In January, J&J filed a motion implying that some mesh lawyers ...
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