Drug, Device and Toxic Contamination News, Alerts and Recalls

It is no secret that large pharmaceutical companies spend big bucks marketing their drugs, and it has been reported that nine out of 10 large drug companies spend more money on marketing than on research. Not so surprisingly, most of this marketing is directed toward […]

Eight-hours is all it took for a St. Louis jury to hand Johnson & Johnson their largest legal setback yet for their talc-based products – a $4.69 billion verdict for the role J&J played in asbestos-induced ovarian cancer of 22 women.  Unlike prior talcum trials, […]

Companies release new drugs every day and most of them are helpful, necessary and carry side effects.  If the drug company sufficiently warns the public about potential side effects or injuries as a result of taking the drug, there is no reason to file a […]

Krystal Kim believes the Shower-to-Shower she used to “cut down on smells” for over 40 years was laced with asbestos leading to her ovarian cancer surgery in 2014.  Kim’s asbestos-related talcum powder case is one of 22  facing a jury in St. Louis this month […]

Close your eyes and count to four.  This act would seem crazy to do if you were behind the wheel, yet millions of us do it every day. Four seconds is the amount of time it takes to write a quick text, scroll through your […]

On November 15th, 2017, Public Citizen, a consumer advocacy group with more than 400,000 members filed a Benicar ban petition demanding that the FDA remove popular high blood pressure drugs Azor, Benicar, Benicar HCT and Trebenzor from the market because of their association with a […]

Before you jump into that new sports preparation, weight lifting or weight loss program that includes supplements, ask yourself, are risky stimulants putting your health at risk?   Recently, researchers decided to delve into this same question studying some popular dietary supplements in an effort to […]

Doctors and Patients have filed over 18,000 adverse event reports related to Essure to the FDA and Essure lawsuits are being filed and fought across the U.S. 

Over half of the FAERS incident reports were filed by women that were required to have invasive surgery […]

Bayer and J&J subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceuticals decided to end the phase 3 NAVIGATE ESUS study of Xarelto after they got some bad news – the anticoagulant was no more effective than aspirin in preventing stroke and systemic embolism, and came with a much higher risk […]

On November 1, 2017, open enrollment for the Affordable Care Act began.  It is very important that individuals/families who are not covered by healthcare plans by their employers, consider purchasing a plan through HealthCare.gov.  Furthermore, action should be taken quickly, open enrollment for this year’s ACA will run for […]

Dr. Wael Agur, an expert who stepped down from a review group exploring the safety of mesh implants in Scotland said that he believes mesh implant devices put patients at risk and that non-mesh surgical procedures are safer.   Dr. Wael Agur is speaking up after leaving the independent review group that was appointed by the Scottish Health Secretary who […]

The second bellwether case in the AndroGel multidistrict litigation came to an end when an Illinois federal jury ordered AbbVie Inc. to pay $140 million to Jeffrey Konrad, an AndroGel user, who suffered a heart attack two months after his doctor prescribed the testosterone replacement drug.  […]