New York Diet Pill Lawsuit
January 18, 2014
On January 6, 2014, an Army reservist in New York filed a lawsuit in the Kings County Supreme Court against a health food business alleging that she was injured as a result of using the diet pills she purchased from the business that led to her inpatient treatment at a mental hospital. Her[...]
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India Drug Company Settles Massive False Claims Act Case
December 1, 2013
A large generic drug manufacturer based in India has agreed to settle a False Claims Act lawsuit by paying $350 million to resolve federal and state claims plus $150 million in criminal penalties. The federal lawsuit had alleged that Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited (“Ranbaxy”) had viola[...]
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Study Finds Premarin Linked To Higher Risk Of Clots
October 2, 2013
A study published on September 30, 2013 in JAMA Internal Medicine found that women who were taking Premarin (conjugated equine estrogen) for menopause had double the risk (odds ratio, 2.08) of developing venous thrombosis (clots in the veins) than woman who took estradiol, both of which are oral es[...]
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Maryland Actos Trial Underway
September 6, 2013
On September 3, 2013, a Baltimore City jury trial began in which the plaintiff alleges that the diabetes drug Actos was the cause of the bladder cancer that led to the death of a former U.S. Army translator in 2012. Actos is manufactured by Asia’s largest pharmaceutical manufacturer, Takeda P[...]
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Acetaminophen And Severe Skin Reactions
June 22, 2013
The FDA has cited potential safety issues regarding acetaminophen-containing products that may cause severe skin reactions. In a posting on its website entitled “Potential Signals of Serious Risks/New Safety Information Identified by the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) between Oc[...]
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Did Hooters Help Novartis’ Drug Sales?
May 3, 2013
Late last month it was announced by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York and the Acting Assistant Attorney General for the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Division that the United States has intervened in a whistleblower lawsuit filed on January 5, 2011, under the qui t[...]
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Nevada Compounding Pharmacy Recalls Its Products
April 19, 2013
A large Southern Nevada compounding and specialty pharmacy that ships its products throughout the United States voluntarily recalled its products due to concerns over product sterility. In a press release issued by Green Valley Drugs on April 5, 2013, Green Valley Drugs announced that it was volu[...]
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