- Todd Slaughter | August 05, 2009 12:21 PM | Redding, CA
Category:
Medical Devices & Implants
Tuesday, 8/4/09, patients and doctors testified before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee in support of the Medical Device Safety Act of 2009 which will restore manufacturer...
- Todd Slaughter | February 20, 2009 5:18 PM | Redding, CA
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FDA & Prescription Drugs
Anyone following this topic is aware that the U.S. Supreme Court ruled last year that manufacturers of medical devices, even if the devices are defective, are immune from liability if the product...
- Todd Slaughter | January 08, 2009 1:01 PM | Redding, CA
Category:
FDA & Prescription Drugs
Isn't it amazing how liberating the truth is?
This morning the Dow Jones Newswires reported that a group of FDA (U.S. Food & Drug Administration) scientists delivered a letter to...
- Paul Kiesel | November 19, 2008 6:15 PM | Los Angeles, CA
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FDA & Prescription Drugs
As President Bush does his best to rewrite federal rules aimed at pre-empting product liability litigation (50 rules that would govern product-liability laws from motorcycle brakes to pain medicine,...
- Todd Slaughter | October 30, 2008 9:24 PM | Redding, CA
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FDA & Prescription Drugs
I start with the simple question: Does the Food and Drug Administration exist to protect the public health, or to shield pharmaceutical giants from responsibility for defective drugs or inadequate...
- Nigel Whitehead | September 04, 2008 3:22 PM | San Luis Obispo, CA
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FDA & Prescription Drugs
The FDA has said that plastic products containing the chemical Bisphenol A are safe. Experts, however, aren't so sure and have reported that they can't completely rule out the dangers of this...