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Dangerous Drugs Lawsuits - Doctors Develop New Approach To Web-based Drug Withdrawal Warnings

Tristan Andrews — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 03:01:03 +0000

Doctors Develop New Approach To Web-based Drug Withdrawal Warnings
Science Daily (press release) - Oct 1, 2006... In just 18 hours after the drug recall, all instances of Bextra on NetWellness were updated and active, says Embi. The new method ...

Outdated flu e-mails circulating
Pacific Daily News, GU - Oct 5, 2006... The e-mail titled "Drug recall Info -- Really Important Information," warns readers not to purchase or consume products containing the chemical ...

Click here and call me in the morning
Birmingham News, AL - 22 hours ago... The systems can sort the patients by diagnosis or prescriptions, which allows a doctor to quickly send out notices in case of a drug recall or a change in ...

Dangerous Drugs Lawsuits - UC Develops New Approach To Web-based Drug Withdrawal Warnings

Tristan Andrews — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 03:01:47 +0000

UC Develops New Approach To Web-based Drug Withdrawal Warnings
Medical News Today - In just 18 hours after the drug recall, all instances of Bextra on NetWellness were updated and active, says Embi. The new method, initiated by the FDA's automated MedWatch E-List alert and combined with modified technology and people processes

Outdated flu e-mails circulating
Guam Pacific Daily News - Just like the cold comes along during the flu season, a bogus e-mail warning against the use of certain pharmaceutical products is making its way around the nation, including Guam. The e-mail titled "Drug recall Info -- Really Important Information

Online Press Release
PRWeb - Drug-warnings.com Rolls Out New Prescription Drug Recall Information Portal Drug-warnings.com, an independent information source on pharmaceutical recalls, warnings and alerts unveils new website to speed drug recall information to the public. - 2004

Personal Injury Law Resource Site Opens
24-7PressRelease.com - 24-7PressRelease/ - June 11, 2005 - The Personal Injury Lawyer Directory - http://www.the-injury-lawyer-directory.com is now open to serve the needs of a growing community of people who are looking for no-nonsense information about drug recall

Dangerous Drugs Lawsuits - More drugs get slapped with lawsuits

Tristan Andrews — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 03:03:25 +0000

More drugs get slapped with lawsuits
USA Today - Not only are there fewer cases, but also it's difficult to prove that a drug caused someone's cancer a key hurdle in most drug lawsuits, Noah says. Plaintiffs in the Neurontin lawsuits face a similar challenge, says lawyer Mike Papantonio of Levin

Dangerous Drugs Lawsuits - Manning Selvage & Lee Creates Global Healthcare Issues Management ...

Tristan Andrews — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 03:00:33 +0000

Manning Selvage & Lee Creates Global Healthcare Issues Management ...
Genetic Engineering News (press release), NY - Jul 26, 2006... In a recent article (April 22, 2006) in The New York Times, reporter Alex Berenson writes that "the next wave of drug lawsuits is coming," following Merck's ...

Tort reform boosts state's business image
Hattiesburg American, MS - Jul 30, 2006... Mississippi insurers wouldn't cover him at an affordable rate, he said, because he had been named in 10 class-action drug lawsuits - six of which he said ...

Dangerous Drugs Lawsuits - Tort reform boosts state's business image

Tristan Andrews — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 03:00:44 +0000

Tort reform boosts state's business image
Hattiesburg American - Mississippi insurers wouldn't cover him at an affordable rate, he said, because he had been named in 10 class-action drug lawsuits - six of which he said judges have since thrown out. Plaintiffs in such suits often believe it's just the drug companies

Manning Selvage & Lee Creates Global Healthcare Issues Management and
Genetic Engineering News - In a recent article (April 22, 2006) in The New York Times, reporter Alex Berenson writes that "the next wave of drug lawsuits is coming," following Merck's 11,500 suits over Vioxx, its arthritis drug. The drugs now under attack include Seroquel, an

Dangerous Drugs Lawsuits - RxHub Receives Reports of ePrescribing Successes from Physicians Nationwide

Tristan Andrews — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 03:00:25 +0000

RxHub Receives Reports of ePrescribing Successes from Physicians Nationwide
The impact of providing patient eligibility, formulary and medication history information to physicians at the point of care is being realized across the United States as reports pour in from physicians utilizing healthcare technology applications that have been certified through RxHub. In the first six months of 2006, RxHub delivered over 2.3 million patient medication history responses to

Urgent Notice-Drug Recall: Roxane Laboratories Initiates a Nationwide Voluntary Recall of a Single Manufacturing Lot of
Roxane Laboratories, Inc., announced today that it is conducting a nationwide voluntary recall of a single manufacturing lot of Azathioprine tablets, USP 50 mg, .

Deaths Spur Cholesterol Drug Recall
A cholesterol-lowering drug taken by 700,000 Americans ? Bayer Pharmaceutical's Baycol ? has been pulled off the market.

Health Canada rejects call to restrict ibuprofen access
Health Canada is rejecting the advice of its own expert panel to move ibuprofen behind the counter despite new British findings that high doses carry the same risk of heart attack as Vioxx.

Dangerous Drugs Lawsuits - RxHub Receives Reports of ePrescribing Successes from Physicians

Tristan Andrews — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 03:00:44 +0000

RxHub Receives Reports of ePrescribing Successes from Physicians
Insurance News Net - Overhage. Patient Safety Improved Electronic prescribing improves patient care and safety as evidenced by a recent highly publicized drug recall. Upon receiving notice about an immediate drug recall, Dr. Salvatore Volpe, a physician practicing in Staten

Drug Company Recalls Azathioprine
WCPO - COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Roxane Laboratories is recalling a tablet used to help patients from rejecting kidney transplants and those with rheumatoid arthritis. The Columbus-based company says a bottle containing the wrong medication was found in one

Health Canada rejects call to restrict ibuprofen access
Regina Leader-Post - Vioxx was pulled from the market two years ago in the biggest drug recall in history after studies showed it increased the risk of heart attack and stroke. Preliminary findings from the U.K. study formed part of the Canadian panel's recommendation

Dangerous Drugs Lawsuits - Drug Company Recalls Azathioprine

Tristan Andrews — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 03:00:29 +0000

Drug Company Recalls Azathioprine
WCPO - COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Roxane Laboratories is recalling a tablet used to help patients from rejecting kidney transplants and those with rheumatoid arthritis. The Columbus-based company says a bottle containing the wrong medication was found in one

Health Canada rejects call to restrict ibuprofen access
Regina Leader-Post - Vioxx was pulled from the market two years ago in the biggest drug recall in history after studies showed it increased the risk of heart attack and stroke. Preliminary findings from the U.K. study formed part of the Canadian panel's recommendation

Dangerous Drugs Lawsuits - 2 proprietary Chinese medicines recalled

Tristan Andrews — Sun, 02 Jul 2006 03:01:25 +0000

2 proprietary Chinese medicines recalled
News.gov.hk, Hong Kong - Jun 9, 2006... unwell. Drug recall: Chuifong Toukuwan and Nan Lien Chuifong Toukuwan contain a Western drug ingredient that can cause side-effects. ...

New Philips Chip Adds Security Option
RFID Journal - Jun 27, 2006... product at the point of dispensation to a customer, the data could be password-protected so that it could be readable later, in the event of a drug recall. ...

Safety factor in drug companies' contacts
News & Observer, NC - Jun 16, 2006... In the event of a drug shortage, an instance of suspected drug counterfeiting or tampering, or a drug recall, the federal system depends on the ability of the ...

Dangerous Drugs Lawsuits - Beasley Allen Rejects Merck's Attempt to Dismiss the First Vioxx

Tristan Andrews — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 03:01:49 +0000

Beasley Allen Rejects Merck's Attempt to Dismiss the First Vioxx
PRWeb - Montgomery law firm has been named co-lead counsel in all litigation involving the largest drug recall in history. Montgomery, AL (PRWEB via PR Web Direct ) April 15, 2005 -- Beasley Allen, co-lead counsel for all Vioxx litigation, rejects Merck's

Health Canada OK's new drug
Regina Leader-Post - In 2004, the arthritis pill Vioxx was voluntarily pulled from the market in the largest drug recall in history because studies showed it caused elevated risks of heart attack and stroke. A drug's harmful side effects is one aspect the Common Drug

Dangerous Drugs Lawsuits - Heart-drug deaths and illnesses lead to lawsuits

Tristan Andrews — Sat, 24 Jun 2006 03:00:57 +0000

Heart-drug deaths and illnesses lead to lawsuits
Richmond Times Dispatch, VA - Jun 5, 2006... CAPS issued a voluntary, urgent drug recall in mid-September, instructing hospitals in Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and Washington to stop using the drug and ...

2 proprietary Chinese medicines recalled
News.gov.hk, Hong Kong - Jun 9, 2006... unwell. Drug recall: Chuifong Toukuwan and Nan Lien Chuifong Toukuwan contain a Western drug ingredient that can cause side-effects. ...

Dangerous Drugs Lawsuits - Hepatitis drug recall as caution

Tristan Andrews — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 03:00:58 +0000

Hepatitis drug recall as caution
Shanghai Daily, China - May 17, 2006TWO city pharmacies are recalling the Qianglining injection and liquid medication for hepatitis, which were produced by the Qiqihar No. ...

Heart-drug deaths and illnesses lead to lawsuits
Richmond Times Dispatch, VA - Jun 5, 2006... CAPS issued a voluntary, urgent drug recall in mid-September, instructing hospitals in Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and Washington to stop using the drug and ...

2 proprietary Chinese medicines recalled
News.gov.hk, Hong Kong - Jun 9, 2006... unwell. Drug recall: Chuifong Toukuwan and Nan Lien Chuifong Toukuwan contain a Western drug ingredient that can cause side-effects. ...

Safety factor in drug companies' contacts
News & Observer, NC - Jun 16, 2006... In the event of a drug shortage, an instance of suspected drug counterfeiting or tampering, or a drug recall, the federal system depends on the ability of the ...

Dangerous Drugs Lawsuits - Save This Story

Tristan Andrews — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 03:00:19 +0000

Save This Story
Smart Money - PHILADELPHIA -(Dow Jones)- Wyeth (WYE) said Wednesday it received final court approval of an amendment to its diet-drug litigation settlement, moving the company a step closer to ending the long-running and costly litigation. The Madison, N.J., drug

Wyeth to give money to diet drug users
Seattle Post Intelligencer - PHILADELPHIA -- Drug maker Wyeth is preparing to distribute $1.28 billion from a supplemental fund to about 40,000 people who took a diet drug linked to heart problems. The money will come from the $21.1 billion the company set aside for litigation

Future litigants will pay for false claims on Fen-Phen
Jackson Clarion-Ledger - VICKSBURG Lawyers may scuffle, but clients pick up the tab. If it's true that any trial lawyers allowed or encouraged bogus claims to be paid from the $2 billion Fen-Phen settlement pool - and about two dozen claimants have already pleaded guilty

Dangerous Drugs Lawsuits - May 15th, 2006 Acupuncture's Secret: Blood Flow To Brain

Tristan Andrews — Wed, 31 May 2006 03:01:30 +0000

May 15th, 2006 Acupuncture's Secret: Blood Flow To Brain
WTOP Radio - Although researchers still don't fully understand how acupuncture works, ''our findings may connect the dots, showing how a common pathway in the brain could make acupuncture helpful for a variety of conditions,'' says radiologist Bruce Rosen of

Prescription privacy bill gets House OK
New Hampshire Union Leader - CONCORD The state yesterday moved to bar the sale of doctors' prescription data, taking the lead against a practice that has angered some doctors around the country. The House voted to accept the Senate's version of a bill, sending it to Gov

N.H. moves to bar sale of doctors' data
San Jose Mercury News - CONCORD, N.H. - New Hampshire moved Thursday to bar the sale of doctors' prescription data, taking the lead against a practice that has angered some doctors around the country. The House voted to accept the Senate's version of the bill, sending it to

Dangerous Drugs Lawsuits - PhRMA Statement on New Hampshire Prescribing Data Legislation

Tristan Andrews — Fri, 19 May 2006 03:01:07 +0000

PhRMA Statement on New Hampshire Prescribing Data Legislation
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America Senior Vice President Ken Johnson issued the following statement today regarding New Hampshire House Bill 1346:

N.H. Moves to Bar Sale of Doctors' Data
New Hampshire moved Thursday to bar the sale of doctors' prescription data, taking the lead against a practice that has angered some doctors around the country.