Monthly Archives: March 2014

Zoloft lawsuits are on the rise. A federal Zoloft lawsuit is filed in the federal MDL court in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and “involves allegations that Zoloft, a prescription medication approved for the treatment of depression and other ailments, causes birth defects in children when their mothers ingest the […]

Zoloft Lawsuit and MDL

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Most recently, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill related to the hundreds 0f asbestos trusts for mesothelioma victims.  In particular the asbestos trusts for mesothelioma victims bill is designed to make the asbestos trust for mesothelioma victims more transparent.  The bill is called “Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency (FACT) […]

Asbestos Trusts For Mesothelioma Victims

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Recently, the FDA Fresenius recall recently issued by the FDA about a class II recall for the Fresenius 2008 Series Hemodialysis Machines: Models: 2008H, 2008K, 2008K2, 2008k@Home, 2008T The 2008H.  Hemodialysis machine is indicated for acute and chronic dialysis therapy. The FDA Fresenius recall includes the following: Hemodialysis is indicated […]

FDA Fresenius Recall

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Recently, the FDA issued a nuvaring label change.  Apparently, a nuvaring label change was approved by the FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) on October 2013.  The nuvaring label change was related to Thromboembolic Disorders and Other Vascular Problems.  In particular, the nuvaring label change stated the following: […]

Nuvaring Label Change

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Most recently, and important to cigarette smokers, in particular Kent cigarette smokers – is the possibility that the kent cigarette filter may have contained asbestos and there may possibly be a link between mesothelioma lung cancer and cigarettes or smoking As we know, asbestos exposure has been linked to lung […]

Mesothelioma Lung Cancer and Cigarettes

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The issue related to preemption has surfaced in many courts around the country ( e.g., generic paxil and medtronic infuse bone graft).  And, the FDA is in one the action too. Recently, the FDA released a proposed rule related to a generic drug label.  The proposed generic drug label rule […]

Generic Drug Label

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Diabetics, Actos and Bladder Cancer: In another actos study, related to diabetics actos and bladder cancer, the researchers state that “the diabetic patients on Actos had slightly higher rates [of particular] cancers than did the non-Actos users.” In the study related to Diabetics, Actos and Bladder Cancer, the researchers in […]

Diabetics, Actos and Bladder Cancer

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The medtronic infuse bone graft has garnered attention from the FDA, research organizations, courts, patients and even the U.S. Senate.  Apparently, Medtronic was involved in manipulating infuse bone graft studies. The Senate Finance committee released the results of their 16-month investigation into Medtronic and its involvement in manipulating infuse bone […]

Manipulating Infuse Bone Graft Studies

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The medtronic infuse bone graft has garnered attention from the FDA, research organizations, courts and patients. Recently, a study was published on NIH, in which the researcher concluded that “despite the excellent spinal fusion rates promoted by this powerful molecule, the increasingly reported adverse outcomes associated with bone morphogenetic protein […]

Medtronic Infuse Bone Graft

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