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Between 100,000 And 1,000,000 People Die Each Year From Counterfeit Drugs

September 8, 2015

The World Health Organization estimates that between 100,000 and 1,000,000 people die each year due to counterfeit drugs. The World Health Organization estimated in 2012 that the worldwide counterfeit drug trade was worth $431 billion per year, and is growing. In 2006, the World Health Organization[...]

14 Indicted In Connection With NECC Fungal Meningitis Outbreak

December 20, 2014

According to a press release issued by the U.S. Department of Justice, a 131-count criminal indictment was unsealed on December 17, 2014 in connection with the 2012 nationwide fungal meningitis outbreak traced back to the New England Compounding Center (“NECC”). The owner/head pharmac[...]

$330.7M Risperdal Verdict In Louisiana Overturned

February 4, 2014

By its written opinion dated January 28, 2014, the Supreme Court of Louisiana (“Louisiana Supreme Court”) reversed (overturned) a lower court’s verdict that had awarded civil penalties in the amount of $257,679,500.00, attorney fees in the amount of $70,000,000.00, and costs [...]

$525,000 Missouri Medical Malpractice Verdict For Stevens-Johnson Syndrome

August 19, 2013

Following a four-day jury trial and seven hours of jury deliberations that ended on August 1, 2013, a Missouri medial malpractice jury returned a verdict in the amount of $525,000 in favor of the female plaintiff and against the defendant primary care physician who she alleged committed medical ne[...]

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[...]

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[...]

North Dakota Medical Malpractice Claim By Physician-Wife Against Surgeon-Husband

December 8, 2012

On November 23, 2012, a pediatrician from Fargo, North Dakota filed a medical malpractice case against her estranged husband, a surgeon, claiming that he injected her with Propofol and then sexually assaulted her. The medical malpractice case was filed by the wife two days after her husband was [...]

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