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Pennsylvania Prescription Drugs “Goodie Bags” Doctor Pays $2.8M To Settle Healthcare Fraud Claims

April 23, 2020

The U.S. Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office Eastern District of Pennsylvania announced on March 17, 2020 that a Pennsylvania doctor who was alleged to have given out “Goodie Bags” of prescription drugs, including dangerous controlled drugs, has agreed to pay a total of $2.8 m[...]

FDA Requests Manufacturers Of Ranitidine (Zantac) To Immediately Remove All Such Products From U.S. Market

April 3, 2020

On April 1, 2020, the FDA requested manufacturers of ranitidine (Zantaxc) to immediately withdraw all prescription and over-the-counter ranitidine products from the U.S. market due to a contaminant known as N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) found in the medicines. The FDA determined that NDMA in some ra[...]

High Levels Of Probable Carcinogen Detected In Specific Lots Of Metformin

March 31, 2020

Valisure, an online pharmacy currently licensed in 38 states and an analytical laboratory that is ISO 17025 accredited by the International Organization for Standardization (“ISO”) that is dedicated to preventing anyone from suffering adverse effects from low quality medications, announced on Ma[...]

Is Purell Effective In Preventing Coronavirus (COVID-19)?

March 21, 2020

The FDA, in a warning letter dated January 17, 2020 addressed to GOJO Industries, which markets Purell, addressed the FDA’s concerns regarding “marketing of the PURELL® Healthcare Advanced Hand Sanitizer product line that includes the over-the-counter (OTC) drug products “PURELL® Hea[...]

Coronavirus (COVID-19) And Medical Malpractice: FDA’s Warning Regarding Fraudulent Prevention/Treatment Claims

March 18, 2020

The FDA issued a press release on March 9, 2020 stating, in part: “The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued warning letters to seven companies for selling fraudulent COVID-19 products. These products are unapproved drugs that pose significant ri[...]

FDA Issues Public Safety Notification On Exosome Products

January 21, 2020

On December 6, 2019, the FDA warned the public, especially patients, health care practitioners, and clinics, of multiple recent reports of serious adverse events experienced by patients in Nebraska who were treated with unapproved products marketed as containing exosomes. These reports were brought [...]

FDA Warns Companies That Process And Distribute Unapproved Products Derived From Umbilical Cord Blood

December 27, 2019

On December 6, 2019, the FDA warned Liveyon Labs Inc. (“Liveyon Labs”) and Liveyon LLC for processing and distributing unapproved products derived from umbilical cord blood (PURE and PURE PRO). The FDA further warned the companies regarding significant deviations from current good tissue[...]

Alabama Supreme Court Affirms Dismissal Of Untimely Drug Claim

November 12, 2019

The Supreme Court of Alabama (“Alabama Supreme Court”), in its decision released on September 27, 2019, affirmed the trial court’s dismissal of the plaintiffs’ amended complaint that alleged that the plaintiff husband developed demyelinating polyneuropathy as a result of bein[...]

Zantac OTC Recalled By Sanofi Due To Possible Contamination Concerns

October 22, 2019

Ranitidine is the active ingredient in Zantac®, which prevents or relieves heartburn by reducing the production of stomach acid. On October 18, 2019, Sanofi, which manufactures Zantac OTC, announced: “As a precautionary measure, Sanofi will conduct a voluntary recall of Zantac OTC (over-the-c[...]

$8 Billion Risperdal Punitive Damages Award

October 17, 2019

A Philadelphia jury awarded a Maryland man $1.75 million in compensatory damages (which was later reduced to $680,000) against Johnson & Johnson’s subsidiary unit, Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc. (“Janssen”), in 2015 but the jury was not permitted at that time to consider awardin[...]

FDA Sends JUUL Labs, Inc. Warning Letter Regarding Its Marketing Of Electronic Cigarettes

September 9, 2019

Juul Labs, Inc. (“JUUL”) is an electronic cigarette company that makes the Juul e-cigarette that packages nicotine salts from leaf tobacco into one-time use cartridges. JUULpods contain cigarette-like strength nicotine levels via proprietary nicotine salts formula. Smart temperature-regu[...]

Maryland School Board Sues Pharmaceutical Company For Drug That Used To Cost $40 And Now Costs $40,000

July 23, 2019

The Washington County (Maryland) Board of Education has filed a lawsuit against pharmaceutical company Mallinckrodt ARD Inc. (“Mallinckrodt”), alleging that Mallinckrodt engaged in an unjust, unfair, and deceptive scheme and conspiracy along with its exclusive distributor, Express Script[...]

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