Posts tagged warning

• Zofran (Ondansetron) - Another Heartbreaker from Glaxo Smith Kline

  Cal Warriner | September 19, 2011 9:38 AM | 1 CommentWest Palm Beach, FL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  On Thursday, September 15, 2011, the Food and Drug Administration announced that Glaxo Smith Kline’s (GSK) anti-nausea drug Zofran (Ondansetron) has been linked to potentially fatal cardiac...

• Big Tobacco--Emperor Has No Clothes in Massachusetts

  John Hopkins | September 02, 2011 3:06 PM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Over 6000 plaintiffs in Florida continue to face arguments put forth by the tobacco industry. To those of us who have read major portions of documents produced by Big Tobacco and dating back as many...

• Graphic Cigarette Warnings Coming in 2012

  Laurie Briggs | June 21, 2011 2:12 PM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released nine new graphic cigarette warning labels which will be required to be placed on every cigarette pack sold in the United States beginning on October...

• It's About Time Cigarette Warnings Got Serious

  Laurie Briggs | November 22, 2010 11:55 AM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finally wants to change the way cigarette packs look. It’s not seeking to change the color of the packs or the size and shape of cigarettes. It...

• What is Going on at Johnson & Johnson?

  Brenda Fulmer | August 04, 2010 5:03 PM | 1 CommentWest Palm Beach, FL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Johnson & Johnson (“J&J”) has made the news many times in recent months with several recalls of various consumer drugs, including many of its popular children formulations. ...

• Hidden Dangers of Theme Park Rides

  Ed Normand | March 29, 2009 2:01 PM | 10 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  While standing in line at at theme park in anticipation of enjoying a ride you have seen advertised on Television you read a warning. It tells you not to ride if you are pregnant or had a back or...

• Is the Duragesic transdermal patch recall worrisome? How about the possibility of an ultra hazardous mini-pain pump malfunction?

  Armand Rossetti | March 04, 2009 3:08 PM | 1 CommentWest Palm Beach, FL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Due to a Duragesic transdermal patch fold over defect, ALZA Corporation has been in the news lately. A recent FDA recall involved several lots of Duragesic with an expiration date in December 2009....

• Heads up to everyone on the roads in and around Daytona Beach:

  Jeffrey Meldon | February 18, 2009 9:55 AM | 0 CommentsGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  Heads up to everyone on the roads in and around Daytona Beach: Over the next few weeks our area will be host to nearly half a million bikers coming from all over the country for the biggest...

• I-Flow Corporation Versus the FDA: Touche!

  Armand Rossetti | February 13, 2009 3:15 PM | 2 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  On December 22, 2008 the FDA sent a 483 Warning Letter to I-Flow Corporation, manufacturer of the ON-Q pain pump. The Warning Letter stated numerous manufacturing and related violations, and the FDA...

• Chantix: Why the Rush?

  Armand Rossetti | November 16, 2008 3:43 PM | 2 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  In May 2006, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Pfizer’s Chantix (varenicline tartrate), a smoking cessation drug. Reportedly under priority review, the FDA had cut the usual...