Government officials side with big pharma to block litigation from health care clinics across the country who have been overcharged for medications for the poor
Pharmaceutical giant and maker of Seroquel, AstraZeneca is working to settle thousands of claims for as little as possible–and the US court system is granting them more time.
If you are already infected with HPV the risk of getting precancerous lesions/cancer may increase between 30% and 44.6% after HPV vaccination according to Merck’s own briefing document submitted to the FDA in 2006 [click here to read]. The Merck sponsored clinical study 13 exposed 156 people to Gardasil and 137 to a placebo who tested …
The second trial over the drug Fosamax resulted in a verdict of $8 million dollars for Shirely Boles. Mrs. Boles, 71, sued Merck for jaw damage (dead jaw) resulting from her use of the osteoporosis drug Fosamax for 9 years. Merck’s Fosamax (drug: Alendronate) is used to treat two bone disorders, osteoporosis in postmenopausal women …
Our Gardasil injury lawyers are investigating serious side effects linked to Gardasil, including blood clots, neurological disorders and even death. Gardasil was approved by the FDA in June 2006. As of June 30, 2008, there have been 9,749 VAERS reports of adverse events following vaccination with Merck’s Gardasil HPV vaccine. Of these, 94% were classified …
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WASHINGTON, DC (March 12, 2009) — Despite marketing claims like “gentle” and “pure,” dozens of top-selling children’s bath products are contaminated with the cancer-causing chemicals formaldehyde and 1,4-dioxane, according to product test results released today by the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics. The chemicals were not disclosed on product labels because contaminants are exempt from labeling …
FDA notified healthcare professionals and patients that certain transdermal patches (medicated patches applied to the skin), containing aluminum or other metals in the backing of the patches, can overheat during an MRI scan and cause skin burns in the immediate area of the patch. FDA is in the process of reviewing the labeling and composition …
Colorado Springs, CO (March 11, 2009) – On Friday, March 6, 2009, Coast IRB notified Criminal Fraud unit of the U.S. Department of Justice, the FBI, the FDA, and the Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Health Professions of a fraudulent clinical test. Coast Independent Review Board discovered that a protocol submitted for review of a …
The watchdog agency, Wemos International, which works to protect human subjects in clinical trials, today accused GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and AstraZeneca of running unethical clinical trials in India. GSK GSK tested the breast cancer drug lapatinib in India.  The drug, lapatinib, has been conditionally approved for the European market by the European Medicines Agency.’ There are …