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Shoulder Pain Pump Litigation Update

Last week a state court jury ruled on the first trial of a shoulder pain pump case anywhere in the…

16 years ago

Big Pharma Enters the Movie Business

Those of us who litigate prescription drug cases have always known that the advertizing done by drug companies borders on…

16 years ago

FDA Announces New Effort to Seek Higher Test Data on Medical Devices

The New York Times reports today that the FDA, in a long overdue move, will require stricter test data from…

16 years ago

Public Database and New Method Proposed to Enhance Drug Safety for Consumers

In a recent study published Monday in the Archives of Internal Medicine several authors propose a new way of monitoring…

16 years ago

Separating Medical Malpractice Reform Myth from Health Care Debate

As thousands of Americans descended on the National Mall this past Saturday to protest President Barack Obamas health care agenda,…

17 years ago

GHOSTWRITING IN MEDICAL JOURNALS MAKES THE NEWS—AGAIN

In my blog post of August 5 I detailed a story about how drug maker Wyeth paid professional, non-physician ghostwriters…

17 years ago

DRUG COMPANY MARKETING MAGIC: PROFIT OVER PATIENTS

In another exhibition of corporate greed over public good in the pharmaceutical sector, a recently released document (available here) reveals…

17 years ago

PFIZER TO PAY 2.3 BILLION DOLLARS TO SETTLE ILLEGAL MARKETING CASE

Yesterday the pharmaceutical behemoth Pfizer agreed to pay 2.3 billion dollars to settle civil and criminal lawsuits that alleged it…

17 years ago

WILL SCARE TACTICS CHANGE BEHAVIOR OF DRIVERS WHO TEXT?

As a follow up to my blog post of August 6, New York State last week passed a law that…

17 years ago

Houseboats and Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Most people think of carbon monoxide poisoning as coming from automobile exhaust or faulty heating systems and indeed much of…

17 years ago