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• Contact Lens Solution Recalled Due to Possible Contamination

  Jamie Sheller | May 30, 2007 5:05 PM | 1 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Advanced Medical Optics, of Santa Ana, California has recalled its Complete MoisturePlus Multipurpose Solution. The FDA recommends that consumers stop using Complete MoisturePlus, throw away all unused solution and replace their lenses and contact lens storage container. This product is used for cleaning soft contact lenses. The recall comes after the Centers for Disease Control, CDC,...

• Link Between Advandia and Heart Attacks

  Jamie Sheller | May 24, 2007 10:39 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  The FDA has issued a safety alert about the drug Advandia, which is used to treat type-2 diabetes. Data from some trials of the drug show that patients taking Advandia have a potentially serious increased risk of heart attack and heart-related death. Other studies show contradictory results. As of right now, the FDA is not requiring GlaxoSmithKline, the maker of Advandia, to take any action...

• Guilty Plea for OxyContin Makers

  Jamie Sheller | May 13, 2007 7:31 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  Over $630 million in fines will be paid by the makers of OxyContin. In a federal court in Virginia, Purdue Pharma L.P. and three of its current and former executives pleaded guilty to making false and misleading claims about the drug. OxyContin is a powerful and highly addictive painkiller and Purdue Pharma claimed to physicians and the public that it was less addictive than other medicines....

• The $65 Million Lawsuit - Don't Let One Bad Apple Spoil The Bunch

  Jamie Sheller | May 04, 2007 7:19 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  By now, everyone has heard about the $65 million lawsuit against a dry cleaners over a pair of lost pants. That the matter is ridiculous is immediately apparent. No matter what kind of math is involved, no lost pair of pants translates into $65 million of damages. However, even more absurd is the attempt to use this ridiculous lawsuit as a poster child for tort reform. Can anybody with...