Archive for the ‘Drug Injury’ Category

December 19, 2013 The manufacturers of the medications Americans consume have a responsibility, by law, to ensure the safety of the drugs they release to the market. The Philadelphia Drug Injury Lawyers with Lundy Law explain any failure to do so often results in costly warnings, recalls, and sometimes, legal action. Take, for instance, a …

November 14, 2013 Current federal law states that makers of generic drugs must place the same warning labels on their products as the similar brand name medication; however, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is considering a proposal that would change that regulation. The Philadelphia Drug Injury Lawyers with Lundy Law point out that …

October 3, 2013 When a person is seriously harmed by a medication they are prescribed by a doctor, they may have a right to file a claim for both punitive and compensatory damages. The Philadelphia Drug Injury Lawyers with Lundy Law explain that right can be greatly affected by what type of medication the victim …

October 18, 2012 In the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas earlier this week, settlements were reached in five drug injury lawsuits brought against drug manufacturer, Johnson & Johnson (J&J). According to Bloomberg Business Week, the lawsuits claimed the company’s drug, Risperdal, caused the young, male victims to develop breasts. The Pennsylvania Drug Injury lawsuits were among more …

May 10, 2012 Reuters (5/9, Pittman) reports on a study published online in the Journal of the American Medical Association by researchers from the Food and Drug Administration finding after studying labeling of over 500 medications using the June 2009 electronic Physicians’ Desk Reference that half did not have adequate safety and dosing information for …

Nearly fifteen years after the botched meningitis study in northern Nigeria, led by drug maker Pfizer, Inc., payments are being made by the company to families of four children who lost their lives while participating in the experiments.

  Moms and Dads, please read this warning about drugs like Oxy and other opoids. The Los Angeles Times “Booster Shots” blog (3/2, Maugh II) reported, “Consuming opioid pain relievers such as codeine, oxycodone or hydrocodone just before pregnancy or early in pregnancy increases the risk of certain birth defects, especially congenital heart defects,” according …

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The USA Today (1/24, Hellmich) reported, “There is no evidence” to support HCG weight-loss product claims says the head of the Food and Drug Administration’s “Internet and health fraud” division, Elizabeth Miller. Miller also said that although HCG products “claim to be homeopathic,” they are not recognized in the Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia. Therefore, these products “are …

  You may have heard about the FDA’s crackdown on the overuse of acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol and many over the counter pain killers on ABC World News last week. Here are some very interesting additions to that story. Bloomberg News (1/14, Larkin) reports, “Prescription pain pills may contain no more than 325 …