The FDA recently announced that it is investigating allegations of improprieties in conjunction with clinical trials that were conducted by Bayer and Conceptus with regard to the Essure device, which is utilized in sterilization procedures. Bayer Corporation, a German pharmaceutical giant, purchased Conceptus, the original designer of the Essure device, […]
A jury trial was wrapped up recently after lasting a little more than a week in state court in St. Louis after the jury found in favor of Pfizer. The lawsuit alleged that Logyn Pesante, an eleven year old boy from California, who developed heart problems after his mother ingested […]
In August of 2010, DePuy shocked the orthopedic community and thousands of patients by announcing the recall of its ASR metal-on-metal hip implant due to an excessive failure rate. Following this product recall, more than 13,000 individual lawsuits were filed on behalf of patients who suffered significant injuries, including the […]
Many men use bodybuilding supplements before, during, and after workouts to increase the potential for building and keeping muscle, while burning fat. These bodybuilding supplements often contain high levels of caffeine and other various chemicals to keep energy levels high during a tiring workout. Some men find it hard to […]
The power morcellator, a surgical device used to mince large masses of tissue inside the body so the material can be extracted through small incisions, has been the center of a debate in the medical community since the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) discouraged its use in April, 2014. The FDA discouraged the use […]
Benicar is prescribed to treat hypertension and contains the active ingredient olmesartan. One side effect of Benicar is villous atrophy. Villous atrophy is a condition which causes some users to be hospitalized for weeks or months as a result of being unable to properly absorb food and water. Furthermore, as […]
On January 9, 2015, the Department of Justice announced that Daiichi Sankyo, a Japanese corporation who has its United States headquarters in New Jersey, was fined $39 million as a result of violating the False Claims Act by paying kickbacks to physicians to induce them to prescribe drugs manufactured by […]
When did Olympus first learn about the design problems inherent in the specialized medical scopes it peddles? Did they have plans to redesign these scopes to make them safer for patients? These are the questions at the top of U.S. Representative Ted Lieu’s (D-CA) mind after he sent a letter […]
A reported 100,000 Americans, including a 54-year-old Illinois man and 36-year-old North Carolina woman, have reported severe side effects from Levaquin, an antibiotic that packs enough pill power to kill anthrax. Levaquin, a drug classified in the fluoroquinolone family, is now undergoing another Food and Drug Administration evaluation because of the controversy. Twelve […]
New Medications Meet Unmet Patient Needs The Food and Drug Administration’s approval of 41 novel new drugs in 2014 made it a banner year for the pharmaceutical industry. The class of 2014 included biologicals, drugs that treat cancer and infectious diseases (bacterial, fungal, parasitic and viral) and therapeutic drugs. The […]
