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• Wyeth's Fen-Phen Settlement Approved

  Joe Saunders | May 24, 2006 8:11 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  Drug maker Wyeth is expected to announce as early as today that a revised legal settlement, covering the most common damage claims for the diet drugs it once sold, has won final judicial approval. About 5.8 million people took Wyeth's drugs Redux or Pondimin before they were removed from the market in 1997. The drugs constituted the fenfluramine portion of the once popular fen-phen diet...

• In Public Relations World It's Botch & Lomb

  Joe Saunders | May 23, 2006 8:18 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  There's an interesting article published in Advertising Ageabout how Bausch & Lomb botched the crisis surrounding its $500 million contact lens solution products market. In spite of a public relations blitz in which the company took out full page advertisements in 12 major daily newspapers, Bausch & Lomb was slow to react to the public health problems surrounding its products. Because of their...

• FDA Urges Stronger Warning for Ketek

  Joe Saunders | May 23, 2006 8:10 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  Citing a growing number of deaths related to liver failure, the FDA has called for a stronger warning label for the antibiotic drug KetekThe FDA has received reports of 12 cases of acute liver failure, including the four deaths, in patients treated with Ketek, according to a copy of an FDA memo. FDA safety evaluators also uncovered 23 other cases where patients suffered serious liver injuries...

• More Woes for Guidant

  Joe Saunders | May 23, 2006 8:07 AM | 0 CommentsSarasota, FL

  Fellow Injury Board blogger, James Sabatinihas a nice post on Guidant's latest woes regarding their implantable cardiac defibrillators.

• Raph Nader Visits AutoZone And Sees Employee Coercion

  Bob Carroll | May 23, 2006 4:29 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  In 1965, Ralph Nader published his book, Unsafe at Any Speed: The Designed-in Dangers of the American Automobile His purpose was to protect the consumer. Today, 41 years later, Ralph writes about AutoZone at CommomDreams.org. His purpose is to protect the coerced employee. And, to underscore the vital role of our civil justice system in America. Ralph continues to be a national treasure.In...

• A Blawg Review For The Lawyer In You

  Bob Carroll | May 22, 2006 5:50 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  So...You thought briefly about becoming a lawyer. But, your sanity was restored before you could register for your first law school class. If you still have that hankering for the practice of law take a brief trip through Blawg Review #58. Some pretty good stuff.

• Increased Fungal Risk Confirmed with ReNu Product

  Joe Saunders | May 22, 2006 9:01 AM | 0 CommentsSarasota, FL

  In the same week that Bausch & Lomb decided to permanently withdraw its ReNu with MoistureLoc contact lens solution from shelves worldwide, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed on Friday (May 19) that the product was the cause of an increased incidence of Fusarium keratitis.

• Fosamax Linked to Serious Injury

  Joe Saunders | May 22, 2006 8:55 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  While physicians say they're rare, Fosamax users can be susceptible to "dead jaw" disease or commonly known as jaw rot. Fosamax, an osteoporosis drug belonging to the bisphosphonate family, can lead to "dead jaw" syndrome -- a painful condition that causes ulcers, tooth loss and exposed bone. But while cancer patients appear more at risk, Dr. Bruce Pihlstrom of the National Institutes of Health...

• Tort Reformâ„¢ Does Not Get The James Madison Seal Of Approval

  Bob Carroll | May 21, 2006 5:26 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Az calls itself the Blog For Arizona. But, after reading these excerpts from its article on what it calls Tort Reformâ„¢ maybe it should be the Blog For America. The rest of the article is well worth a side trip.Tort Reformâ„¢ is an Attack on Constitutional RightsI wrote yesterday on damage awards, marketed under the trade name Tort Reformâ„¢ by the GOP, and the damage it does to those harmed...

• Did Florida ER Violate Anti-Dumping Statute?

  Bob Carroll | May 20, 2006 6:31 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Both Florida and federal law against patient dumping (EMTALA) may have been violated at a hospital in Daytona Beach, FL. My experience with EMTALA cases is that violations are often an easier route to compensation if the patient victim has suffered harm than a medical malpractice action. This is particularly true because of recently enacted protections for emergency rooms and the doctors who...