Jul 13

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Drug company pays millions to victims

Filled under: antidepressant, Avandia, birth defects, brain injury, child death, child safety, Claravis, cold therapy, Crohn's disease, defective drug, Defective Drugs, fentanyl pain patch, GSK, Heparin, IBD, inflammatory bowel disease, Lexapro, Meridia, Paxil, Raptiva, Reglan, seizure drugs, side effects, Sotret, Topamax, ulcerative colitis | Wednesday, July 13th, 2011 |


GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is paying a $41 million fine for selling contaminated drugs all over the United States.

A GSK plant in Puerto Rico made the drugs  between 2001 and 2004. They include the anti–nausea drug Kytril, the antibiotic ointment Bactroban, the anti-depressant Paxil CR and the diabetes drug Avandamet. The plant where the contaminated drugs were made was closed in 2009.

In some cases, pills of different strengths were put in the same bottle. In others, pills of different types were packaged together.  And in some cases, the medications were simply contaminated. (more…)

Feb 20

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Defective drug Raptiva threatens psoriasis patients

Filled under: defective drug, Defective Drugs, Raptiva, Raptiva lawsuit | Friday, February 20th, 2009 |
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As many as seven million Americans suffer psoriasis, a condition causing inflammation and red scaly patches on the skin, as well as psoriatic plaques on the knees and elbows. An autoimmune disease, Psoriasis can be treated, but it can’t be cured.

Unfortunately, one such treatment may be worse than psoriasis itself. That treatment is the medication called Raptiva, an injectable drug produced by California-based biotechnology giant Genentech. The Food and Drug Administration has just issued an advisory on Raptiva after learning that three psoriasis patients using Raptiva died from neurological infections.

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