Cal Warriner

FDA Cautions Against Long Term Fosamax Use

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on Wednesday, May 9, that patients taking the osteoporosis drug, Fosamax, or any of the bone-building class of drugs known as bisphosphonates, should be reevaluated every three to five years to determine …

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May 17, 2012 : Leave a comment
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Cal Warriner

Is Depuy Developing its Defense Strategy Now That They Face Trials?

Even before it gets to court to defend itself against defective product charges over the DePuy metal hip, Johnson & Johnson (J&J) is defending itself in public. A British Medical Journal (BMJ) researcher, Deborah Cohen, who in February published a …

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May 16, 2012 : 1 Comment
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Brenda Fulmer

FDA Gets Its Funding – But Without Any Patent Safety

If you blinked you may have missed this news item but it’s important to understand how government inaction hurts its citizens and this is a prime example. On Tuesday, May 8, a House subcommittee unanimously voted to approve its version …

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May 14, 2012 : Leave a comment
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Cal Warriner

Pradaxa’s Life in the FDA Fast Lane — Profits Over Safety?

Pradaxa, an anti-coagulant drug marketed by Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, enjoyed an unusually smooth (and quick) ride towards FDA approval.  Rather than spending months pouring over clinical studies and safety data, FDA employees instead approved Pradaxa based primarily on a single …

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May 11, 2012 : Leave a comment
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Brenda Fulmer

Bard Transvaginal Mesh Manufacturers Face February 2013 Trials

With hundreds if not thousands of lawsuits filed against transvaginal mesh manufacturers, the first trial date has been set for cases to be heard against C.R. Bard Inc. February 5, 2013 is the first date set for bellwether trials filed …

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May 11, 2012 : Leave a comment
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Brenda Fulmer

DePuy ASR Hip Implant Case Update

So far this week, our firm has filed three new DePuy ASR hip implant cases in the MDL proceedings pending before Judge David A. Katz of the United States District Court in the Northern District of Ohio. These multi-district litigation …

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May 11, 2012 : Leave a comment
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Brenda Fulmer

Bisphosphonate Litigation: First Femur Fracture Trials Looming

There have been some significant developments in the bisphosphonate litigation over the past few months.  Now that the two-year anniversary of the FDA’s safety alert over atypical femur fractures has passed, we anticipate that nearly 70 to 80% of the …

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May 8, 2012 : Leave a comment
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Cal Warriner

Tracking Drugs for Consumer Safety

The Institute of Medicine (IOM) is taking the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to task. In a new report, the IOM says the FDA should conduct more regular reviews of drugs to better catch and track safety issues. In …

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May 3, 2012 : Leave a comment
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Cal Warriner

Dangerous Top Ten Drugs

The Top Ten of anything usually designates the ‘best’ but not in this case. An online report from Adverse Events Inc., an independent company that analyzes the FDA’s database of Adverse Event Reporting System (AERS), has just issued its Top …

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April 27, 2012 : Leave a comment
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Brenda Fulmer

Lawmakers Looking Out for Consumers — Has Hell Frozen Over?

I was thrilled to hear that some of our elected members of Congress are finally working on proactive legislation that might benefit all of us.  This is especially encouraging after watching with much discouragement the high level of discord and …

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April 27, 2012 : Leave a comment
Posted by Brenda Fulmer , on Articles, Mass Tort News