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• Guidant Faced Internal Turmoil Over Defective Heart Devices

  Jamie Sheller | February 28, 2006 9:54 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  Newly released documents demonstrate turmoil inside Guidant Corporation while its heart devices came under scrutiny last year. The records include e-mail messages, transcripts, memos and notes. While Guidant's public message was upbeat and positive, the company's executives and sales representatives were alarmed about the scrutiny of defects in its defibrillators and pacemakers, and the company...

• Merck Trying To Sever Vioxx Defective Drug Cases

  Jamie Sheller | February 24, 2006 8:39 AM | 1 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  Merck Pharmaceutical Company is attempting to sever two Vioxx defective drug cases scheduled to begin trial on February 27, 2006. Thomas Cona and John McDarby both allege to have suffered heart attacks after taking Vioxx for more than two years, and their cases are set to be tried together in Atlantic City, New Jersey. However, in a motion to sever the cases, Merck argues that the facts are...

• FDA Panel Recommends Strongest Warning for ADHD Drugs

  Jamie Sheller | February 15, 2006 1:26 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  An advisory panel of the FDA voted to recommend "black box" warnings on popular drugs used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. The warning would indicate that the drugs may be linked to an increased risk of death and injury. A "black box" warning is the strongest warning available for prescription drugs, and this recommendation comes after reports of 25 deaths, including 19...

• Pennsylvania Ruling Against Eminent Domain

  Jamie Sheller | February 08, 2006 1:27 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  In In re 1839 North Eighth Street, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court reversed a lower court and ruled that private property marked as blighted could not be taken by the Redevelopment Authority of Philadelphia and given to a private religious organization. According to the Court, "nothing in the Constitution authorizes a taking of private property for a private use." The Court added that this...

• Recall of Boston Scientific Flextome Cutting Balloon Systems

  Jamie Sheller | February 05, 2006 3:00 PM | 1 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  Boston Scientific is recalling one of its medical devices. The Flextome Cutting Balloon system is used to open blocked arteries or blood vessels. The FDA and Boston Scientific recently recalled the device because one of its parts may separate when the device is withdrawn from the patient. More in-depth surgery may then be required to remove the piece from the artery. Boston Scientific...