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Fen-Phen May Cause Rummage Sale of Wyeth Assets
Friday, 25 August 2006, 10:15 pm | Evelyn Pringle
On August 18, 2006, Bloomberg News reported that Wyeth has faced more than 175,000 claims since fen-phen was removed from the market, and that over the past 9 years, the company has settled many claims without forcing fen-phen users to file a lawsuit. More >>
Lawmakers Sever Ties Between CDC And Big Pharma
Thursday, 24 August 2006, 11:05 am | Evelyn Pringle
In the wake of overhauling the FDA, lawmakers are also cracking down on conflicts of interest within the Centers for Disease Control. Last month, Representatives, Dr Dave Weldon (R-FL), and Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), held a press conference to announce ... More >>
DES Miscarriage Drug Linked to More Cancer
Wednesday, 23 August 2006, 11:12 am | Evelyn Pringle
Over the years, DES has been linked to various forms of cancer and reproductive problems in both male and female children born to women who took the drug. For years, it has been associated with cervical cancer and a rare vaginal cancer in younger women, ... More >>
Lawmakers Say FDA Better Clean Up Its Act
Tuesday, 22 August 2006, 10:51 am | Evelyn Pringle
For six years, the Bush administration has placed pharmaceutical industry interests ahead of public interest by appointing persons with strong ties to drug companies to high level positions at the FDA, and as a result, Congressional investigations ... More >>
$2 Mn Fine Small For Kaiser Transplant Disaster
Thursday, 17 August 2006, 11:52 am | Evelyn Pringle
Although the $2 million fine levied against Kaiser Permanente was the largest ever imposed by the California Department of Managed Health Care, it seems like small potatoes considering the damage caused by the HMO's failed kidney transplant program. More >>
E. Pringle: Merck Keeps Right On Pushing Fosamax
Wednesday, 16 August 2006, 2:41 pm | Evelyn Pringle
Merck's second-best selling drug, Fosamax, has been linked to jaw bone death, a condition that can involve severe pain, infection, loose teeth, exposed bone, loss of function and disfigurement, according to the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial ... More >>
Gov. Investigation Finds Autism Vaccine Related
Wednesday, 16 August 2006, 8:49 am | Evelyn Pringle
According to the most recent CDC estimates, one in 166 children in the US suffers from an autistic disorder. Twenty years ago, autism only affected one in 10,000 children. More >>
Lawsuits Multiply For Johnson’s Charite Spine Disc
Wednesday, 16 August 2006, 8:36 am | Evelyn Pringle
According to the Institute of Medicine, over a million Americans are severely injured each year by medical devices. In 2002 alone, the FDA received more than 111,000 reports of adverse events involving medical devices. More >>
Lawsuits Multiply For Charite Spine Disc
Friday, 11 August 2006, 2:46 pm | Evelyn Pringle
According to the Institute of Medicine, over a million Americans are severely injured each year by medical devices. In 2002 alone, the FDA received more than 111,000 reports of adverse events involving medical devices. More >>
Boston Scientific Inherits Heart Device Lawsuits
Tuesday, 8 August 2006, 11:22 pm | Evelyn Pringle
According to the FDA, the reason there are not more deaths reported in patients implanted with Guidant's defective defibrillators is because most patients die outside the clinic or hospital and the devices are not sent back to the manufacturer to be checked. More >>
Medtronic's Medical Device Legal Troubles Not Over
Thursday, 3 August 2006, 5:11 pm | Evelyn Pringle
Minneapolis based Medtronic, Inc is one of the nation's largest medical device makers. In mid-July 2006, the company agreed to pay a $40 million fine to settle charges that its Sofamor Danek division paid kickbacks to doctors to get them to use the ... More >>
GlaxoSmithKline Sued Over Paxil Birth Defects
Wednesday, 2 August 2006, 6:04 pm | Evelyn Pringle
A lawsuit was filed against GlaxoSmithKline on July 28, 2006, in Philadelphia on behalf of Adrian Vasquez, who was born on April 19, 2004, with birth defects as a result of his mother, having been prescribed Paxil during pregnancy. Paxil belongs ... More >>
TeenScreen - Normal Kids Labeled Mentally Ill
Wednesday, 2 August 2006, 6:03 pm | Evelyn Pringle
Despite years of public outcry, based on recommendations by President Bush's New Freedom Commission to screen all school children for mental illness, TeenScreen is now being administered in the nation's public school system and children are being ... More >>
Boston Scientific Won Guident - What A Prize
Tuesday, 25 July 2006, 3:09 pm | Evelyn Pringle
In the second quarter of 2006, Boston Scientific may have lost 27% of its value, but in the first quarter, it did win a nearly 2 month bidding war with Johnson and Johnson over the heart device maker, Guidant, with a bid of $27.5 billion for the ... More >>
TeenScreen - Prescription Drug Pusher In Schools
Monday, 24 July 2006, 11:30 am | Evelyn Pringle
Whenever a TeenScreen article appears in the mainstream media, it never discusses the fact that the survey is being used to label children with any number of mental illnesses. The point needs to be made that this so-called "suicide prevention tool" ... More >>
TeenScreen - Prescription Drug Pusher In Schools
Monday, 24 July 2006, 11:30 am | Evelyn Pringle
Whenever a TeenScreen article appears in the mainstream media, it never discusses the fact that the survey is being used to label children with any number of mental illnesses. The point needs to be made that this so-called "suicide prevention tool" ... More >>
Pringle: Mental Illness Screening In US Schools
Tuesday, 18 July 2006, 11:22 am | Evelyn Pringle
The TeenScreen survey is being used to screen students for mental illness in the nation's public school system reportedly to prevent suicide. However, critics adamantly disagree with its stated purpose and say its a marketing scheme invented by the pharmaceutical ... More >>
Evelyn Pringle: Merck Not Losing Sleep Over Vioxx
Tuesday, 18 July 2006, 11:22 am | Evelyn Pringle
Merck's top management team reportedly remains un-phased by Vioxx litigation woes. In fact, Prudential Equity Group analyst, Timothy Anderson, says Merck's Chief Executive, Richard Clark, specifically told him that “Vioxx does not keep him up at night.” More >>
Lawsuits - Only Weapon Against Big Pharma Pushers
Wednesday, 12 July 2006, 3:55 pm | Evelyn Pringle
Over the past several years, new studies have shown the new generation of psychiatric drugs to be not only extremely dangerous but also ineffective, and the majority of these medications in fact now carry black box warnings about a number of life-threatening ... More >>
Bush’s Mental Illness Screening Squad On the Move
Monday, 10 July 2006, 12:19 am | Evelyn Pringle
The tax dollar funded mental health screening programs popping up in every corner of the nation represent an enormous gift to Big Pharma from the Bush administration. After all, drug companies can't push drugs without a lucrative customer base, so ... More >>
