Stryker Corporation, which is a manufacturer of medical devices, has paid out more than $1 billion for lawsuits filed by patients who required revision surgery due to faulty hip replacements.…
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On April 29, the Food and Drug Administration proposed strict new regulations designed to address the problems associated with transvaginal mesh (TVM) products. Vaginal mesh has been widely used as…
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Selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors (SSRIs) have been linked to a variety of different birth defects. When mothers continue to take these popular anti-depressant medications during pregnancy, normal fetal development may…
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Topamax is an anticonvulsant drug prescribed to epileptics. The medication accounted for 21 percent of all drugs prescribed to treat epilepsy in 2008. During this same year, U.S. sales exceeded…
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