In yet another striking loss, Johnson & Johnson was ordered by a Los Angeles jury to pay $417 million to a terminally ill woman who says the company’s baby powder caused her to develop ovarian cancer. Echoing earlier talc lawsuits the plaintiff, Eva Echeverria,…
FDA officials warned yesterday about medical scopes inserted down a patient’s throat that may be spreading serious bacterial infections. The scopes are called duodenoscopes and they are used to diagnose and treat diseases of the liver, bile ducts, and pancreas. Apparently, the manufacturer’s sterilization guidelines…
A Louisiana jury, this morning, found Eli Lilly Pharmaceutical Company and Takeda Pharmaceuticals liable for compensatory and punitive damages for deceiving doctors and diabetes patients about the risk that Actos can cause bladder cancer. During a 12 week trial in the U.S. District Court in Lafayette,…
This week the U.S. Supreme Court eliminated drug consumers rights to sue generic drug manufacturers. In reviewing cases brought by consumers of the anti-nausea drug Reglan which is generically sold...
The FDA will convene a panel of experts to investigate the increasing number of safety problems with insulin pumps. Industry officials note that there are issues with both the hardware and software...
The FDA is reviewing diet drugs Alli and Xenical after 32 adverse event reports associated the drugs with liver injury. Alli is manufactured and marketed by GlaxoSmithKline and is available as an...
Last week's FDA panel decision to ban painkillers Vicodin and Percocet as well as limit acetaminophen has a long and complicated backstory. The call for banning Vicodin and Percocet was in part a...
Cancer drug Tarceva will have to add new warning labels because of serious side effects associated with the drug manufactured by Genentech and OSI Pharmaceutical, Inc. The side effects include skin...
Genentech's psoriasis drug, Raptiva has been voluntarily recalled due to several deaths related to use of the drug. Raptiva has been linked to a potentially fatal brain infection, progressive...
Eli Lilly, the manufacturer of the schizophrenia and bipolar disorder drug, Zyprexa, has settled lawsuits with 33 states that sued the drug company for falsely marketing its drug to patients with...
