Recent news has focused extensively on Glaxo Smith Kline's extensive, $2.4 billion settlement of numerous ongoing lawsuits pertaining to several of its flagship drugs. Part of this series of settlements…
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Back in April, the Senate passed a bill that included a reauthorization of the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) for five more years, and the House is set to…
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Ideally, medications are used in strict accordance with their labeling. Children are not part of the prescription group Reglan is authorized to include, so in most cases it seems irrelevant…
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The drugs Yaz and Yasmin continue to be associated with a thickening of the blood, a raise in blood potassium and the increased potential for stroke. A stroke is a…
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Everyone in Woburn, Mass., is amazed that no one was injured in a freak runaway dump truck incident that occurred there last week. A dump truck with blacktop in the…
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If you're cruising downhill on a major freeway, and you see a huge big rig bearing down on you, what do you do? Well, if you're California Highway Patrol officer…
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The process of getting a pharmaceutical manufacturer to acknowledge the potential dangers of its medicine is long, slow and tedious. After all, the company itself cannot be relied upon to…
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For medications inarguably linked to serious medical complications, the FDA issues what is known as a black box warning label. This regulation requires the manufacturer to publish a warning on…
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Four plaintiffs have filed two new lawsuits against the manufacturers of Levaquin, claiming that the antibiotic caused them a number of tendon difficulties. Lovie Armstrong, Cecil Brown, Darrell Griggs and…
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Sometimes a look back is the best way to gain perspective. Often the most difficult time when attempting to gain recognition for harm done by a prescription medication is after…
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