Who Will Protect the Children from Prescription Drug Deaths?
We recently came across three articles highlighting how the youngest people of out country are subject to dangers from prescription drugs. Reuters reported on an FDA study about the extent […]
Update on the Johnson & Johnson DePuy Pinnacle metal-on-Metal Implant Litigation
DePuy has been selling the Pinnacle hip implant longer than its ASR counterpart, although it has not been recalled. Nonetheless, adverse event reports are in the thousands and over 1,000 […]
NuvaRing Clotting Risk Doubled When Compared to Other Hormonal Birth Control
Our firm was the first to file NuvaRing suits in state and federal courts. Before any national or global attention was drawn to a higher incidence of deep vein thrombosis, […]
Medtronic Voluntarily Pays $23.5 million Fine to the U.S. Justice Department; Whistleblowers Crucial
A common, yet highly illegal, practice by large medical device manufacturers such as Medtronic is to offer financial kickbacks to doctors who use their products. One way to accomplish this […]
Adverse Tissue Reactions to Metal-on-Metal Hip Implants: New Study Confirms Metallosis Reactions in the Taper Area
The Journal of Arthroplasty in May 2012, published a study titled “Metal-on-Metal Local Tissue Reaction Is Associated With Corrosion of the Head Taper Junction.” This finds a new problem in […]
New Follow Up Study Finds Increased Risk of VTE With Vaginal Ring
A new follow up study by Øjvind Lidegaard found that compared to combined oral contraceptives containing levonorgestrel users of vaginal ring contraceptives (such as NuvaRing) were 1.9 times more likely […]
Legislation Needs to Address Faulty Medical Devices
Medical devices can be an important part of patient care-but only if they work properly. According to patient safety advocates, more needs to be done to ensure that medical devices […]
New Bill Would Require Disclosure of All Clinical Trial Results
A new bill introduce by Congressman Tom Green (R) from upstate New York would require the results from all clinical trials be disclosed regardless of the outcome of the trial. […]
Greater Risks with Robotic Surgery When Surgeons are Less Experienced
In April, the Archives of Surgery published a major article on the risks of robotic surgery by Buchs and others at the University of Illinois. The doctors looked at the […]
FDA Targeting Diet Drugs for Heart Studies (Deja Vu All Over Again)
Vivius Inc (Qnexa), Orexigen Therapeutics Inc. (Contrave), and Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Lorcaserin) are the latest pharmaceutical companies moving for FDA approval of prescription weight-loss drugs. These companies are in the […]