pharmaceuticals
Paxil birth defects spur defective drugs lawsuits
For huge pharmaceutical companies which make huge profits, settling a defective drugs lawsuit for millions of dollars may be considered a satisfactory trade-off given such drugs’ billions of dollars in revenues. In fact, some pharmaceutical giants even market drugs which are known to be dangerous, content with a bottom-line strategy of profits at any costs [...]
Yaz, Yasmin, Ocella defective drugs cause heart attacks, blood clots, strokes — even death
Statistically, young women are among the least likely persons to have high blood pressure, heart attacks, blood clots, strokes and other cardiovascular ailments. Yet many American women are suffering in these ways — and even dying. That’s because they are users of one of three defective drugs sold as birth control pills: Yaz, Yasmin and [...]
Heparin overdose of Quaid twins spurs $500,000 hospital settlement
A year and a half ago, the heparin overdose of actor Dennis Quaid’s twins was big news. The legal settlement just announced in the case isn’t as big of a news story to most media, but it’s also very significant.
The Associated Press reports that Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles has offered a $500,000 settlement [...]
Send us your SOS on an MRI/MRA Gadolinium injury
Chances are, you place your trust in pharmaceutical products. Chances are, when you got an MRA or MRI exam, you thought you were getting results which would help you. You thought your MRI or MRA would pinpoint internal problems and boost your health, thanks to use of an intravenous contrast dye. But if that dye [...]
You’re injured — what time is it? It’s HAMMER TIME
Your car was just rear-ended by a distracted motorist blabbing on his cell phone and now — through no fault of your own — you’ve got bills to pay for damages. What time is it? It’s HAMMER TIME.
You’ve waited months for your insurance company to make good on its policy and pay for your property [...]
Consumers win big in Wyeth vs. Levine defective drug ruling
Pharmaceutical giants took a huge hit Wednesday, while American consumers won an enormous victory, thanks to the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Wyeth vs. Levine. And now, justice can be done.
The 6-3 Supreme Court decision held that pharmaceutical companies cannot be shielded from liability because the Food and Drug Administration or other federal agencies erred [...]
New study shows you still may need an Avandia lawyer
If you are among the one million Americans who still take the brand name drug Avandia, you may want to join many others who have stopped taking it. That’s because yet another study of rosiglitazone, the drug used in Avandia, again has been shown to increase death rates in patients, particularly elderly patients with diabetes.
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