Four Cancer Drugs Recalled for Glass Particles
July 16, 2012 -- The injectable drug company Hospira, Inc. has announced a voluntary recall of four cancer drugs. Due to a manufacturing defect in the vial, glass particles could become dislodged and be injected into a patient. The company...
J&J Sued by Shareholders for Ongoing Safety, Quality Issues
July 16, 2012 -- Johnson & Johnson has reached a tentative settlement with shareholders, who sued the company following years of drug recalls, government investigations, and billions of dollars in fines for ongoing safety problems and quality control issues. If...
FDA Surveillance of Medical Device Employees Posted Online
July 16, 2012 -- Six former employees of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are suing the agency for monitoring their private communications on work computers while they were talking to Congressional officials and journalists about the FDA’s approval...
Flexible Flyer Swing Sets Recalled After 1,200 Incidents, 13 Injuries
July 13, 2012 -- After receiving 1,232 reports of broken see saws which caused 13 children to become injured, Troxel has voluntarily recalled 11 models of the Flexible Flyer Swing Set. The Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) and Health Canada...
Centrum Removes Breast, Colon Health Claims from Vitamins
July 13, 2012 -- Bowing to pressure from a consumer watchdog group, Pfizer has agreed to remove and modify health claims on its popular line of Centrum multivitamins. Claims that the vitamins can promote “breast health” and “colon health” will...
MRSA Outbreaks Tied to Reuse of Single-Dose Vial Injections
Today’s issue of Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report from the Centers for Disease Control is attempting to raise awareness about the risk of transmitting antibiotic-resistant MRSA bacteria when health care personnel use single-dose vials on multiple patients.
Lawsuit Filed for Los Angeles Miramonte School Sex Abuse
Fourteen mothers have filed a civil lawsuit against the Los Angeles public school district that employed Mark Berndt, a man accused of sexually abusing dozens of young children.
Zoloft Birth Defect MDL Consolidated in Pennsylvania
The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPMDL) announced on April 17, 2012, that nearly 100 Zoloft birth defect lawsuits would be centralized in a federal Multidistrict Litigation (MDL). Judge Cynthia M. Rufe will preside over the Zoloft MDL in...
DePuy Pinnacle Metal Hip Implant Lawsuits Continue to Increase
Over 1,600 Pinnacle hip implant lawsuits have been filed in U.S. courts.
First Status Conference in Zoloft Birth Defect MDL Litigation
July 12, 2012 -- The first status conference in the Zoloft birth defect MDL litigation begins today. Today, plaintiffs and attorneys met with Judge Cynthia M. Rufe to discuss an overview of the litigation and assign leadership roles. The MDL...