FDA & Prescription Drugs

• Injuries from Birth Control Patch

  Jamie Sheller | November 11, 2005 1:20 PM | 0 CommentsPhiladelphia, PA

  Another pharmaceutical company is faced with evidence that its product causes injury and death. Ortho McNeil, a subsidiary of the pharmaceutical giant Johnson and Johnson, makes a birth control patch, called Ortho Evra, that has been linked to increased risk of blood clots and death. The manufacturer recently issued a warning regarding these problems with the patch, after evidence mounted that...

• Pa. Court Rejects Patient's Negligent Promotion Claim

  Jamie Sheller | October 28, 2005 11:32 AM | 1 CommentPhiladelphia, PA

  The Pa. Superior Court in Pierce v. Northwstern Human Services, Inc. (Pa. Super Sept.22, 2005) rejected the plaintiff's claims. This tragic case involves a plaintiff, Pierce, who suffers serious psychiatric problems. He was prescribed a medication which, according to the warning label, had to be maintained at proper levels to control his psychotic behavior. The manufacturer of this drug decided...

• FDA Issues Cylert Warning

  Jamie Sheller | October 27, 2005 10:35 AM | 0 CommentsPhiladelphia, PA

  Five months after Abbott Laboratories stopped producing and selling the ADHD drug Cylert, and 10 years after Canada and Great Britain removed the drug from their markets, the FDA announced that doctors should begin transitioning their patients to other ADHD therapies. Cylert has been linked to liver failure and death. Smartmoney.com notes studies showing the liver failure rate among Cylert...

• Testimony Struck From Vioxx Trial

  Staff Writer | October 19, 2005 4:17 PM | 0 CommentsPhiladelphia, PA

  Vioxx was pulled from the market after the arthritis drug was linked to heart attacks, strokes and blood clots. The second Vioxx trial is currently taking place in Atlantic City, New Jersey, where Superior Court Judge Carol Higbee struck the testimony of a Merck researcher (the defense’s first witness). Vioxx was pulled from the market after the arthritis drug was linked to heart attacks,...