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• Wyeth Must Face Fen-Phen Negligence, Warranty Claims

  Mike Simon | June 21, 2007 8:30 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  U.S. District Judge E. Richard Webber has upheld Virginia Cavender's claims of design-defect, breach-of-warranty, and negligence against pharmaceutical company Wyeth. Cavender, who took the weight loss combination drug fen-phen, claims that it caused heart damage in the form of "moderately severe aortic regurgitation."Judge Webber denied Wyeth's motion for partial summary judgment, ruling that...

• Family Sues Over Tainted Peanut Butter

  Mike Simon | June 21, 2007 8:23 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  The family of 11-year-old Krystina Brugh has filed a federal lawsuit against ConAgra Foods, Inc., claiming that the food maker's tainted peanut butter is to blame for their daughter's kidney failure. ConAgra, who produces Peter Pan and Great Value brand peanut butter, recalled all of its peanut butter after government investigators traced a salmonella outbreak to its products. ConAgra is facing...

• Thousands in US Claiming Vaccine-Autism Link Get Their Day in Court

  Mike Simon | June 19, 2007 10:50 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  Nearly 5,000 families with an autistic child have filed claims against the U.S. government, alleging that their children's autism resulted from childhood vaccinations. The first test case began in a hearing last Monday in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, and was presided over by three special masters. Should the courts find in favor of the families, they will receive vindication and monetary...

• Vioxx Plaintiff Has Choice of $1.6 Million or New Trial

  Mike Simon | June 15, 2007 10:53 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  Retired FBI agent Gerald Barnett, who claims that the painkiller Vioxx caused his 2002 heart attack, must choose between $1.6 million and a retrial of his claims, a federal judge ruled. Last September a jury awarded Barnett $1 million in punitive damages and $50 million in compensatory damages, but U.S. District Judge Eldon E. Fallon ordered a retrial on damages, ruling that $50 million in...

• Judge Approves $64 Million Settlement Over Drug Paxil

  Mike Simon | June 06, 2007 3:28 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  A judge in Madison County, Illinois granted final approval in late May for a settlement in a class action deal, in which parents, who purchased GlaxoSmithKline PLC's Paxil or Paxil CR for their children may seek reimbursement for their purchase of the antidepressant.The suit alleged that GlaxoSmithKline misled consumers by failing to disclose information about negative side effects, such as...

• Advanced Medical Optics Voluntarily Recalls Complete MoisturePlus Contact Lens Solution

  Mike Simon | June 01, 2007 10:27 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  On May 25, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration alerted health care professionals and their patients who wear soft contact lenses about a voluntary recall of Complete MoisturePlus Multi Purpose Solution manufactured by Advanced Medical Optics of Santa Ana, CA.The company is taking this action due to reports of a rare, but serious, eye infection, Acanthamoeba keratitis, caused by a parasite. ...