FDA & Prescription Drugs

• Pfizer Chantix Lawsuit to be Heard in Alabama Court

  Steve Klearman | January 28, 2011 2:51 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV

  Peggy Gargis of Reuters reports over 1,200 lawsuits against Pfizer over its drug Chantix will be centralized in federal court, in the Northern District of Alabama. Chantix is a drug touted to...

• FDA: Safe and Effective Use of Antibiotics

  Steve Klearman | November 16, 2010 1:28 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV

  The FDA is urging consumers to get smart about antibiotic use, to help combat antibiotic resistance. Antibiotic resistance occurs when bacteria adapt to reduce the effectiveness of antibiotics, and...

• Dietary Drug May Cause Liver Damage

  Steve Klearman | June 01, 2010 10:27 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV

  The FDA issued a warning regarding the use of the marketed drugs Xenical and Alli. The warning identifies rare but serious liver injuries. Both weight-loss medications contain the active ingredient,...

• Massive HVP Recall Affects Hundreds of Food Products

  Steve Klearman | March 19, 2010 11:26 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV

  Hydrolyzed vegetable protein (HVP) is a flavor enhancer contained in a large amount of processed foods. The FDA has been investigating the finding of salmonella in HVP manufactured in Las Vegas,...

• Avandia Controversy: Senate Report Says Drugmaker Had Duty to Warn of Heart Risks

  Steve Klearman | February 23, 2010 3:30 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV

  Avandia, a drug produced by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and used to control Diabetes, was the subject of a Senate report released Saturday. Among the report's finding was that The totality of evidence...

• FDA Announces Safe Use Initiative

  Steve Klearman | November 18, 2009 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV

  On November 4, 2009, the FDA introduced its Safe Use Initiative, an effort to collaborate with the health care field to reduce the preventable harm resulting from medication use and misuse. The...

• Exposing Myths About Medical Malpractice

  Steve Klearman | November 17, 2009 11:15 AM | 8 CommentsReno, NV

  The American Association for Justice, in its efforts to promote health care reform, has attacked health care reform opponents' arguments that reform will be a heavy financial burden on the health...

• Contaminated Peanut Butter Suit Includes Kellogg Co.

  Steve Klearman | March 19, 2009 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV

  Since August 2008, about 550 people have gotten sick and eight people have died from the salmonella outbreak. Thousands of peanut butter products have been recalled. The law firm that filed the...

• AAJ Supports US Supreme Court's Wyeth v. Levine Decision

  Steve Klearman | March 16, 2009 10:00 AM | 1 CommentReno, NV

  The full article can be found here. The U.S. Supreme Court in a 6-3 decision upheld a Vermont jury’s decision that Diana Levine, the plaintiff in the Supreme Court case Wyeth v....

• Nevada Supreme Court to Decide on Pharmacy Liability

  Steve Klearman | March 12, 2009 3:14 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV

  A recent editorial in Modern Medicine reported that the Nevada Supreme Court will be deciding whether or not pharmacies can be held liable for death or injuries caused by a customer under the...