The same medication helping you could be hurting your baby, as recent studies of psychotropic drug use show. The drugs Lamictal, Paxil, Zoloft, and Prozac have now all been linked to birth defects...
I spent a good part of last October writing about federal preemption of state tort claims, including talking about the case of Wyeth v Levine. In that case, Wyeth was asking the U.S. Supreme Court...
Regular readers know that we've been looking at complete immunity preemption issues this month. In looking at these preemption issues, we've already seen how doctors are opposed to FDA preemption of...
With the Wyeth v. Levine case slated to be argued soon, preemption continues to stay in the news, and one of the biggest stories came out earlier this week when the Journal of the American Medical...
Those of us at Injuryboard have been doing a series on the dangers of complete immunity preemption, and we've been talking about the dangers of preemption. In order to be fair, I wanted to highlight...
According to an article published yesterday by the Journal of American Medical Association, Merck was ghostwriting Vioxx studies for doctors. The study's authors reviewed over 20,000 pages of...
Some warnings hit home. The FDA has now issued warnings that the popular asthma drug Singulair may be linked to suicidal thoughts. This is particularly disconcerting because Singulair is a popular prescription with children (including one of my own). If you or your child takes Singulair, please discuss these risks with your doctor.For more information from my Injuryboard brethren, you might...
The Bush Administration has long supported a policy of federal government rules and regulations preempting state court causes of action. For example, in December, the administration argued that pharmaceutical companies should not be liable to consumers for their defective products if the products were approved by the FDA. But the problem is that the FDA is not well-suited to handle the...
In a year of massive drug recalls, the FiercePharma blog has a report on the top 10 drug recalls of 2007. The list includes:1. Antidepressants - Various companies 2. Epogen/Aranesp - Amgen 3. Zyprexa - Lilly 4. Avandia - Glaxo5. Actos - Takeda 6. Provigil - Cephalon 7. Zelnorm - Novartis 8. Byetta - Amylin 9. Xolair - Genentech 10. Fentora - Cephalon Apparently, the list is based on 2006 world...
Under the recently announced settlement, lawyers participating in the agreement must recommend to all of his or her clients that they participate in the settlement, and if they don't agree to participate, the attorney must take steps to withdraw from the representation. That provision is causing many attorneys to consider whether participation in the agreement requires them to violate any of...
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