http://www.onlinelawyersource.com Daily Defective Drugs News from Online Lawyer Source en-us Mon, 12 May 2008 08:00:00 EDT http://www.onlinelawyersource.com/news/heparin-family-testimony.html The families of people who died from contaminated heparin injections testified before Congress last week, expressing anger and grief over manufacturing and regulatory safety failures. “I watched my husband and my bes... Mon, 05 May 2008 :: EDT http://www.onlinelawyersource.com/news/fosamax-heartbeat.html A new study suggests that women taking the osteoporosis drug Fosamax are twice as likely to develop a chronic heart condition known as atrial fibrillation. The condition is marked by an... Wed, 30 Apr 2008 :: EDT http://www.onlinelawyersource.com/news/81-heparin-deaths.html Hundreds of injuries and at least 81 deaths have been linked to contaminated heparin, the Food and Drug Administration reported this week. On Monday, FDA officials said contaminated heparin has been ident... Wed, 23 Apr 2008 :: EDT http://www.onlinelawyersource.com/news/adhd-heart-test.html The American Heart Association is recommending a thorough heart exam and electrocardiogram test for children who are prescribed attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) drugs like Ritalin,... Tue, 22 Apr 2008 :: EDT http://www.onlinelawyersource.com/news/merck-dishonest.html Two reports released Wednesday reveal that Merck waged a deceptive promotional campaign for its top-selling painkiller Vioxx and disguised company studies as the work of outside scientists. JAMA Studies The first study accuses Merck of failing to... Thu, 17 Apr 2008 :: EDT http://www.onlinelawyersource.com/news/heparin-deaths.html The death toll associated with the blood thinner heparin has increased to 62, the Food and Drug Administration reported after a recent analysis. Most of the deaths were reported between December 2007 and... Thu, 10 Apr 2008 :: EDT http://www.onlinelawyersource.com/news/nuvaring-lawsuit.html The maker of NuvaRing is being sued by the widower of a 32-year-old woman who died after developing a fatal blood clot while using the popular contraceptive. Untimely Death Jackie Kelly Bozicev, a young mother of two, collapsed in... Tue, 01 Apr 2008 :: EDT http://www.onlinelawyersource.com/news/heparin-recall.html Twenty-three lots of heparin-containing blood thinner have been recalled by B. Braun Medical Inc. as a precautionary measure after the company’s supplier discovered possible contamin... Mon, 24 Mar 2008 :: EDT http://www.onlinelawyersource.com/news/spiriva-risk.html The Food and Drug Administration said this week that it was conducting a safety review of Spiriva, a respiratory drug administered by way of an inhaler, after studies linked it to a slightly higher risk of stroke. Spiriva is used to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a c... Thu, 20 Mar 2008 :: EDT http://www.onlinelawyersource.com/news/vote-against-procrit.html A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel is recommending restrictions on the use of anemia drugs for cancer patients. The panel recommendation comes in response to growing safety concerns over the risks associated with the anemia drugs Aranesp and Procrit, which are used to counter... Fri, 14 Mar 2008 :: EDT