Archive for the ‘Legal News’ Category
Monday, August 17th, 2009
A recently released clinical study intended to test whether GlaxoSmithKline PLC's diabetes drug Avandia may be harmful to the heart appears to have raised more questions than it has answered, as some doctors claim that the study is flawed.
Safety concerns have troubled Avandia since 2007, when an analysis of the ...
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Wednesday, August 5th, 2009
On June 3, 2009, the FDA advised physicians of the possible risk of serious liver injury with propylthiouracil, a drug prescribed to treat overactive thyroid glands or Graves' disease.
Propylthiouracil is considered second-line treatment but is used when patients can't take another drug, methimazole. The FDA said it saw an increased ...
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Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
Irvine, California based Allergan Inc said on May 26, 2009, that FDA regulators are requiring that the company provide additional information before approving its Botox anti-wrinkle drug as a treatment for upper limb spasticity in stroke victims.
Allergan said the FDA has not requested further clinical studies, which could have delayed ...
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Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
Recently plaintiff lawyers stated that marketing executives at British drug maker AstraZeneca PLC for years blocked efforts by company scientists to raise concerns that the antipsychotic drug Seroquel caused weight gain and other problems. Internal documents that were released as part of ongoing lawsuits against the company brought by patients ...
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Monday, June 29th, 2009
An ex United States Navy machinist, ill as a result of asbestos exposure while working on a naval ship in the 1960s, won $12.1 million in damages from two firms.
On May 11, 2009, a Los Angeles County jury ruled that the manufacturer and supplier of an asbestos product must pay ...
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Monday, June 22nd, 2009
On April 29, 2009, The Maine Public Broadcasting Network had a feature story on residents in Maine dying from mesothelioma. The broadcast first discusses how it's been known for decades that inhaling asbestos can lead to a cancer called mesothelioma. During the early 1970s, industrial manufacturers stopped the widespread use ...
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Thursday, June 18th, 2009
On April 20, 2009, personal injury trial lawyers scored a victory in the Texas Senate with the passage of legislation that would make it easier for some plaintiffs to recover damages as a result of being exposed to asbestos. The bill, which passed 19-11, would only apply to lawsuits involving ...
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Tuesday, June 16th, 2009
On April 1, 2009, The Washington Post ran a story regarding asbestos inside the National Museum of American History. Members of a steamfitters union local said that in 2007, asbestos dust filled the air during renovation of the National Museum of American History because contractors repetitively failed to take legally ...
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Monday, June 15th, 2009
On, March 23, 2009, a past W.R. Grace & Co. employee testified that he warned supervisors of asbestos hazards in 1976, when studies illustrated consumer products were emitting high concentrations of the dangerous fibers. “I felt there was a train wreck occurring and I wanted to tell my boss,” said ...
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Monday, June 15th, 2009
On April 2, 2009, the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration confirmed the finding of asbestos in isolated areas of the Ash Grove Cement Co. limestone quarry in Montana City, Montana.
MSHA spokeswoman Amy Louviere said the agency found tremolite asbestos in several samples taken from the quarry last month. She ...
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