Posts tagged muni

• Cancer Patient Receives Gift of Life and Love

  David Mittleman | February 19, 2012 10:16 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  A Leukemia survivor got a second chance at life and love when she married her long-time boyfriend thinking that she was going to die, but was instead given the gift of life thanks to a cutting...

• Michigan’s Drug Industry Immunity Upheld, Costing Victims and State Millions

  David Mittleman | October 04, 2011 11:27 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Back in March, I wrote several blogs about Michigan’s drug industry immunity law and its negative impact on injured patients and the State of Michigan. This past weekend, the Michigan Supreme...

• Can “Small Pharma” Do it Better?

  David Mittleman | June 30, 2011 9:37 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Colossal drug makers like Pfizer, Merck, and Eli Lilly hold a huge portion of the pharmaceutical industry market share. In addition to being protected by anti-consumer legislation like Michigan's...

• Generic Drug Immunity High Risk for Patient Safety

  Mark Bello | June 29, 2011 8:41 AM | 3 CommentsFarmington Hills, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The US Supreme Court was asked to decide whether or not a generic drug maker, which has complied with federal requirements to provide labeling similar to a brand-name drugs, should be liable for...

• Cell Phones and Cancer. Are You Concerned?

  Mark Bello | June 06, 2011 10:33 AM | 1 CommentFarmington Hills, MI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  By now, you may have heard about the recent World Health Organization (WHO) study potentially linking cancer to cell phone use; although, the organization says that no adverse health effects have...

• Weighing the Health Risks of Your Favorite Medication:  What Choice Would YOU Make?

  Mark Bello | June 03, 2011 11:26 AM | 1 CommentFarmington Hills, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  For many people, taking medication – prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) – is a regular part of their daily routine. We rely on these medicines to treat a disease or illness, improve...

• North Carolina's Drug Industry Immunity Law Postponed: There Is Still Time To Fight For Your Rights!

  Mark Bello | May 23, 2011 10:01 AM | 1 CommentFarmington Hills, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The North Carolina House postponed voting on whether to make the state the second behind Michigan in protecting pharmaceutical companies from ……YOU! If the law later becomes effective,...

• Michigan's Drug Industry Immunity Law: Michigan Citizens, Fight for Your Rights!

  Mark Bello | March 22, 2011 2:07 PM | 4 CommentsFarmington Hills, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  In 2004, Merck pulled the arthritis drug, Vioxx, off the market because it caused serious heart and other health problems. The State of Michigan sued Merck to recover millions spent for Medicaid...

• FDA Immunity Law Costs the State, As Well As Victims

  David Mittleman | March 21, 2011 9:51 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Yesterday I wrote about how Michigan's one-of-a-kind FDA Immunity Law deprives victims of justice when they have been injured by defective drugs. This total absence of legal recourse has a broader...

• Bill Introduced to Repeal Drug Industry Immunity in Michigan

  David Mittleman | March 20, 2011 7:05 PM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  For years, Michigan has granted legal immunity to drug manufacturers whose drugs have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). If a drug is later found to have harmful, even fatal,...