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Plavix Sales To Soar Due To Faulty Heart Stents
Thursday, 5 October 2006, 12:15 am | Evelyn Pringle
Recent studies have shown the new generation of drug-eluting heart stents to be associated with an increased risk of late stent thrombosis, cardiac mortality, myocardial infarction, and all cause mortality. And at the same time, they have proven to be little more ... More >>
Nursing Home Fraud Neglect & Abuse Too Common
Friday, 29 September 2006, 9:38 am | Evelyn Pringle
Residents in nursing homes are some of the most vulnerable and helpless citizens in the US, with nearly 1.7 million elderly and disabled persons residing in about 17,000 facilities. And as difficult as it is to believe in this day and age, there ... More >>
Kaiser Kidney Transplant Program Gets Reprieve
Thursday, 28 September 2006, 11:12 am | Evelyn Pringle
In August 2006, Kaiser Permanente, the nation’s largest Health Maintenance Organization, agreed to pay a $2 million fine and donate $3 to a charity group after numerous government investigations determined that the HMO caused harm, and in some cases death, to hundreds ... More >>
J&J Can't Settle Ortho-Evra Cases Fast Enough
Tuesday, 26 September 2006, 12:09 am | Evelyn Pringle
More than 500 claimants are seeking "substantial compensatory and, where available, punitive damages," from Johnson & Johnson for injuries and deaths related to the Ortho Evra birth control patch, according to the company's Second Quarter Report ... More >>
Merck Insurance Carriers Jump Ship Over Vioxx
Monday, 25 September 2006, 2:27 pm | Evelyn Pringle
According to Merck's August 7, 2006, SEC filing, "At this time, the Company believes that its insurance coverage with respect to the Vioxx Lawsuits will not be adequate to cover its defense costs and any losses." More >>
Evelyn Pringle: FDA Needs To Ban Accutane
Monday, 25 September 2006, 1:49 pm | Evelyn Pringle
Unfortunately hundreds of parents already know that Accutane can cause some teenagers to commit suicide, but new evidence of a link between the acne drug and depression in the journal, Neuropsychopharmacology, will hopefully put an end to the years of ... More >>
500 Ortho-Evra Birth Control Patch Victims Sue
Friday, 22 September 2006, 12:16 am | Evelyn Pringle
According to Johnson & Johnson's latest SEC filing for the Second Quarter of 2006, the company is currently facing 500 claimants in lawsuits related to deaths and injuries caused by the Ortho Evra birth control patch. More >>
Evelyn Pringle: Merck Vioxx Litigation Score Card
Thursday, 21 September 2006, 12:41 am | Evelyn Pringle
In the homestretch leading up to the latest trial in New Orleans, the score in the Vioxx litigation was 5 to 4 in favor of Merck. However, in mid-August, 2006, a New Jersey victory for Merck was thrown out reversing the score to 5 to 4 in favor of ... More >>
Device-Maker Medtronic Weighed Down With Lawsuits
Wednesday, 20 September 2006, 12:31 am | Evelyn Pringle
On July 31, 2006, Jacqueline Kay Poteet, a whistleblower in a lawsuit against the giant medical device maker, Medtronic, filed a motion in a Memphis federal court to oppose the US Justice Department’s plan to settle her case, along with another ... More >>
Evelyn Pringle: Latest Celebrex Court Ruling 50/50
Monday, 18 September 2006, 11:58 am | Evelyn Pringle
According to Pfizer, Celebrex is still selling like hot cakes with worldwide sales of $471 million in the second quarter of 2006, representing growth of 17% over the same period last year, with sales in the US of $355 million. More >>
Abuse And Neglect Rampant In Nursing Home Industry
Monday, 18 September 2006, 11:58 am | Evelyn Pringle
In 1987, Congress passed landmark legislation aimed at improving nursing home care for the nation's vulnerable elderly population. However, a recent investigation by Consumer Reports found poor care in nursing homes is still extremely common, especially ... More >>
Glaxo Promotes Mental Disorders - Then Paxil
Wednesday, 13 September 2006, 10:49 am | Evelyn Pringle
After gaining FDA approval for Paxil to treat depression in 1992, GlaxoSmithKline spent the next decade launching creative advertising campaigns aimed at promoting not only Paxil but also a myriad of treatable "disorders." More >>
Johnson & Johnson Chirate Spinal Disc Under Fire
Monday, 11 September 2006, 12:13 am | Evelyn Pringle
The Pulaski and Middleman law firm in Houston, Texas head's a group of law firms that represent over 350 injured Charite spinal disc recipients. The patients allege that the disc is defective, that the device was improperly marketed and that the ... More >>
Pfizer Celebrex Lawsuits - 1500 and Counting
Friday, 8 September 2006, 12:01 am | Evelyn Pringle
The first Celebrex trial, originally set for June 6, 2006, has been delayed indefinitely, reportedly to give attorneys more time to gather information. Although no new trial date has been set, legal analysts now predict that Celebrex trials will begin in ... More >>
Parents Enraged At Glaxo Over Paxil Birth Defects
Friday, 8 September 2006, 12:00 am | Evelyn Pringle
On July 28, 2006, a lawsuit was filed in Philadelphia against GlaxoSmithKline, on behalf of Adrian Vasquez, an infant born on April 19, 2004, with life-threatening congenital heart defects as a result of his mother having been prescribed Paxil during ... More >>
Nursing Home Inspection Process Full Of Corruption
Wednesday, 6 September 2006, 11:18 am | Evelyn Pringle
Nursing home companies invest heavily in local politicians to ensure the failure of efforts to pass legislation unfavorable to the industry and to buy protection against fines and penalties levied by state officials charged with investigating ... More >>
Roche Puts Accutane Profit Over Lives of Consumers
Monday, 4 September 2006, 1:16 pm | Evelyn Pringle
In 1985, Accutane's package insert directed at doctors first mentioned reports of depression in patients taking the acne drug, which means that more than 20 years ago, Hoffman-LaRoche at least suspected there might be a risk of depression and suicide ... More >>
Big Pharma Bankrupting US Health Care System
Friday, 1 September 2006, 11:40 am | Evelyn Pringle
Big Pharma is bankrupting the nation's health care system by convincing prescribing doctors to over-medicate patients with expensive psychiatric drugs and then send the bills to government programs like Medicaid and Medicare. More >>
Spotlight Focused On Pfizer's Lipitor Follies
Wednesday, 30 August 2006, 11:44 am | Evelyn Pringle
According to the book, "Health Myths Exposed," by former pharmaceutical chemist turned whistleblower, Shane Ellison, “When used as prescribed, pharmaceutical drugs kill more people than terrorism, car crashes, AIDS, and street drugs combined.” More >>
Evelyn Pringle:Lethal Accutane Still A Top Seller
Tuesday, 29 August 2006, 12:47 am | Evelyn Pringle
Accutane, manufactured by Hoffman-LaRoche, was FDA approved in 1982, only to treat the most severe form of acne. Yet by 1998, the medication was the company's second-largest-selling drug, with about $800 million in sales. More >>
