Judge Orders FDA To Turn Over Documents In Spying Case
July 27, 2012
On July 23, 2012, a federal judge ordered the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to turn over previously undisclosed documents to attorneys for former and current employees of the FDA who claim that the FDA illegally spied on them after they reported allegedly improper medical device approvals by t[...]
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New Hampshire Med Tech Charged In Hep C Outbreak
July 22, 2012
A traveling contract medical techician (“med tech”) had his career abruptly ended after being accused of causing a hepatitis C outbreak involving 31 patients over the period of a few months in a New Hampshire hospital. He was arrested and charged on July 19, 2012. Prior to his employme[...]
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Dog X-Ray Is Downfall Of California Pill Mill Doctor
July 15, 2012
On July 12, 2012, a California doctor was arrested for allegedly running a pill mill (a medical clinic where prescription medications are readily and easily prescribed, available, and/or dispensed with little or no proper legitimate medical need). The doctor had been under investigation for about t[...]
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Fosamax Claims
July 13, 2012
Fosamax (alendronate sodium) is a brand-name prescription drug manufactured by Merck that was first approved for use in the U.S. in 1995. Fosamax is in a class of medications called biphosphonates that increase bone density and prevent bone loss. It is used to prevent and treat osteoporosis in wome[...]
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