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Z-Pack May Cause Fatal Irregular Heart Rhythyms

March 14, 2013

On March 12, 2013, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) issued a formal Safety Announcement warning the public that azithromycin (Zithromax or Zmax), commonly referred to as “Z-pack,” can cause abnormal changes in the electrical activity of the heart that may lead[...]

GranuFlo Used During Dialysis Allegedly Caused Cardiac Death

March 13, 2013

On March 29, 2012, Granuflo Dry Acid Concentrate (“GranuFlo”) and Naturalyte Liquid (“Naturalyte”), which are manufactured by Fresenius Medical Care North America (“Fresenius”), were subject to a Class I recall (a Class I recall is defined by the FDA as “[...]

$63 Million Verdict For Devastating Injuries From Children’s Motrin

February 18, 2013

Motrin, which is manufactured by Johnson & Johnson, is the brand-name of a medication known as ibuprofen, which is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID). NSAIDs are used to treat pain, redness, swelling, and inflammation from medical conditions such as different types of arthritis,[...]

Johnson & Johnson’s Own Analysis: Nearly 40% Of Its A.S.R. Hip Implants To Fail Within Five Years

January 25, 2013

Documents provided by the giant medical products company Johnson & Johnson in a court case in which the trial is scheduled to begin on January 25, 2013 in Los Angeles, California reportedly reveal that Johnson & Johnson anticipated that about 37% of its all-metal hip implants manufa[...]

FDA Shuts Down More Than 18,000 Illegal Internet Pharmacy Websites

December 30, 2012

Between September 25 and October 2, 2012, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”), in cooperation and coordination with international law enforcement and regulatory agencies in 100 countries, shut down more than 18,000 illegal Internet pharmacy websites operated by more than 4,100[...]

U.S. Supreme Court To Decide If Drug Company Payments To Delay Generic Drugs Is Legal

December 12, 2012

When pharmaceutical companies develop new drugs, they obtain patents that provide them with the exclusive legal right to manufacture, distribute, and sell the patented drugs for a set number of years, without worrying that some competitor (such as generic drug manufacturers) will undercut thei[...]

Maryland Lyme Disease Case: Pharmacy Held Responsible For Improper Doxycycline Instructions

December 11, 2012

On October 25, 2000, an infectious disease specialist diagnosed his patient with Lyme disease and gave her a prescription for doxycycline, a Tetracycline-based drug commonly prescribed for the treatment of Lyme disease. The specialist informed the patient that while taking doxycycline she cou[...]

Is This The Largest Case Of Medicare Fraud Ever?

December 2, 2012

A Denver, Colorado-based company called DaVita Inc. (“DaVita”) is a $7 billion company and one of the largest dialysis companies in the United States, with about 2,000 dialysis centers located throughout the United States. DaVita recently moved into its own office tower in Denver that r[...]

$1.5 Million Medical Malpractice Verdict For Suicide Due To Antidepressants

November 25, 2012

On November 20, 2012, a medical malpractice jury awarded $1.5 million due to the suicide of a patient who allegedly was improperly prescribed antidepressants and who was not properly monitored while taking the antidepressants. The patient, who was a 51-year-old well-respected high school teacher a[...]

Chicago Psychiatrist Charged With Receiving Illegal Kickbacks And Filing False Claims

November 17, 2012

The Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois announced on November 15, 2012 the filing of a civil fraud lawsuit against a Chicago psychiatrist, alleging that the psychiatrist received illegal kickbacks from pharmaceutical companies for prescribing anti-psychotic drugs and had [...]

Family Of Navy Veteran Sues Virginia VA Medical Center After Her Suicide

November 16, 2012

A female Navy veteran who was discharged from active military service in 1997 and had been receiving medical care at the Hampton Veterans Medical Center in Virginia (“VA Medical Center”) since the 1990s, committed suicide on November 12, 2010 by ingesting her prescription medication Se[...]

Medical Device Manufacturer Agrees To Settle Illegal Kickbacks Claim

November 12, 2012

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on November 2, 2012 that Orthofix International NV (“Orthofix”), a spinal implant and other spinal products manufacturer headquartered in Curacao, has agreed to pay the United States $30 million to settle allegations that its subsidiary, Blacksto[...]

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