A warning letter issued by the FDA on August 19, 2010 to DePuy Orthopaedics cites numerous cases where DePuy marketed two hip replacement systems without
The House Committee on Government Oversight and Reform is holding another hearing September 30th to question Johnson & Johnson executives about the massive recall of
A task force convened by the American Society of Bone and Mineral Research has concluded that there is a connection between atypical femur fractures and
Less than half of surgeons who recieved $1 million or more in payments from medical device manufacturers disclosed their relationships when publishing scientific articles according to a
The practice of phamaceutical companies ghostwriting articles about their drugs has been questioned by doctors and patients for many years. A recent article published yesterday
There has been much media attention paid to doctors’ reluctance to admit their mistakes and apologize. While there may be many reasons for such reluctance,
In what may be a long and far-reaching investigation, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has deepened its probe of over-radiation occurring during CT scans
Officials at New York City’s public hospital system recently admitted that some of the heart test results seen only by technicians — instead of doctors
The FDA sent out an advisory to doctors and patients about a medical device that is used to prevent blood clots from traveling to the lungs. These
All people make mistakes and doctors are no exception to this rule. While most doctors get it right, a startling number of errors that providers
ABC reports an old saying among some doctors: do not let your friends and family schedule surgery in July. New residents, fresh out of medical
GlaxoSmithKline has agreed to pay $460 Million dollar to settle roughly 12 thousand lawsuits that have been filed over Avandia, a diabetes pill. The worst
Health officials once considered MRSA (methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus) a low-level threat and the infection was usually contracted only in hospitals, nursing homes and other health
Long-acting-beta-agonists such as Advair, Foradil, Symbicort, Serevent, Brovana, Perforomist are being required to update their Black Box warnings after the FDA reviewed new studies linking
In a decision by a US District Court, Judge Berle Schiller used the landmark Supreme Court case Wyeth v. Levine to argue that generic manufacturers
Yesterday the Supreme Court granted certiorari to Williamson v Mazda Motors of America, Inc., a case that will challenge how far preemption extends with respect to
Two new studies in Europe have confirmed what our firm has long believed about the prescription birth controls Yaz® /Yasmin®/Ocella®. The use of birth controls
For many, compiling a to-do list is a helpful, everyday habit. The introduction of a safety checklist created by Dr. Peter J. Pronovost, medical director of
Advice is often sought from the wise. But advice is also often trusted and credibility quickly earned when someone with an official, prestigious title gives
WRITTEN BY PAUL D. RHEINGOLD The NuvaRing birth control litigation has taken a major step forward with the selection of cases which will be tried first. These
After the long wait since the October, 2009, proposal for consolidated litigation, the decision has been made to consolidate the cases before Judge Brian R.
