Posts tagged food

• Prescription Drug Consumers Flying Without a Net

  Cal Warriner | April 11, 2012 4:14 PM | 4 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Most consumers of drugs and medical devices fill their prescriptions trusting that a virtual mass of protection is built in to the drug approval process. While everyone knows that no drug is...

• Wright Medical Modular Neck Fracture Hip Implant Lawsuit Filed

  Joe Saunders | February 22, 2012 5:10 PM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  Today Saunders & Walker participated in the filing of a lawsuit in Phoenix Arizona involving the Wright ProFemur Total Hip System. This is a different type of hip implant lawsuit than most in...

• Pelvic Mesh Implant Lawsuits Move Forward in Courts

  Joe Saunders | February 08, 2012 9:28 PM | 2 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  Products liability lawsuits against three different manufacturers of transvaginal surgical mesh devices were assigned to a single federal judge in a multidistrict litigation proceeding this...

• Florida Produce Company Recalls Contaminated Sprouts

  Ed Normand | January 31, 2012 9:20 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Toxic Substances
  

  A Florida produce company recalled 2,100 packages of alfalfa sprouts on January 19 out of fear of possible contamination and food poisoning, according to the SunSentinel.com. LEASA Industries, a...

• Company Recalls Food Product Contaminated With Salmonella

  Ed Normand | November 01, 2011 9:59 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Toxic Substances
  

  According to sources, a potentially harmful frozen egg product has been recalled and officials are warning the public to not consume it. American Egg Products of Blackshear, Georgia recalled...

• How Many Times Must A Naughty Pharmaceutical Company Be Scolded?

  Brenda Fulmer | October 24, 2011 1:02 PM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  For Pfizer, apparently, quite a few. As a parent, if we I am not able to quickly redirect inappropriate behavior from my child, I have learned to choose other methods. With the pharmaceutical...

• Finally! FDA to Review Safety Concerns of Yaz, Yasmin, Ocell and Other Contraceptives

  Brenda Fulmer | October 05, 2011 9:43 AM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  More than two years after the British Medical Journal published its first articles urging patients not to take certain birth control products; the Food & Drug Administration has decided to...

• Cantaloupe Listeria Outbreak Deadliest Food-borne Illness in the U.S.

  Council Wooten | October 04, 2011 9:33 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Toxic Substances
  

  The Food and Drug Administration said that it plans to continue conducting checks at retail stores, wholesalers and distributors to make sure they have received notification about the Jensen...

• Initial Studies: FDA Confirms Increased Risk of Clots with Yaz, Yasmin and Ocella

  Brenda Fulmer | October 03, 2011 11:03 AM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  In May, we reported recent medical studies found that the latest generation of birth control pills, Yaz, Yasmin, and Ocella (drospirenone-containing drugs), placed women at a higher risk of blood...

• FDA "Quickie" Approval Process -- What is it and does it work?

  Brenda Fulmer | September 29, 2011 3:39 PM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  The Food & Drug Administration (“FDA”) is the agency that regulates medical devices that are introduced into the United States marketplace. The FDA regulates these devices by...