Recent Posts in August, 2011

• Non-Profit Group Petitioning For Ban of Surgical Mesh Products

  Aug 26, 2011
  A non-profit advocacy group, Public Citizen, is strongly encouraging the FDA to remove from the market synthetic surgical mesh products that treat a ...
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• New York Times Highlights Metal on Metal Implant Problems

  Aug 23, 2011
  A recent New York Times article highlighted the growing problems with Metal on Metal implants, such as the DePuy ASR and Zimmer Durom Cup, and what is ...
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• Medical Watchdog Group Calls for End to FDA 501(k) Process

  Aug 22, 2011
  In July 2011 the Institute of Medicine (IOM), the medical branch of the National Academy of Sciences, joined the group of voices calling on the Food ...
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• Actos Link to Bladder Cancer Expected to Cause Huge Litigations

  Aug 17, 2011
  Takeda Pharmaceuticals is bracing itself for hundreds of lawsuits regarding Actos, one of their diabetes drugs that has been linked to bladder cancer. ...
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• Medtronic- Too Little, Too Late for Infuse

  Aug 12, 2011
  Too little too late for medical technology company Medtronic, as they fork over $2.5 million dollars to hire Yale University researchers to review ...
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• "Punitive" Damages Should Be Just That

  Aug 8, 2011
  Civil courts primarily serve a compensatory function, restoring injured plaintiffs to their original status to the greatest extent possible by forcing ...
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• Fosamax Could Increase Throat Cancer Risk

  Aug 2, 2011
  The FDA reported on July 22nd that they are investigating whether bisphosphonates increase the risk of throat cancer, after publication in the UK of ...
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