Is this the same J&J that forged a reputation for consumer safety with the Tylenol recall. The following was reported in today’s NJ Law Journal: JOHNSON & JOHNSON UNIT TO PAY $85M FINE FOR MISBRANDING HEART DRUGSJohnson & Johnson subsidiary Scios Inc. pleaded guilty last Wednesday to a criminal misdemeanor count of misbranding its heart… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Dangerous Drugs
Neurontin: 142 Millions Reasons Why You Need to Ask Lots of Questions When a Doctor Prescribes a New Drug
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Neurontin: 142 Millions Reasons Why You Need to Ask Lots of Questions When a Doctor Prescribes a New Drug
A Massachusetts Jury yesterday found Pfizer Inc. violated U.S. racketeering law in the marketing of its epilepsy drug Neurontin and should pay $142.1 million in damages. … Continue Reading
If Drugs Were Like Cars I Guess We Would Be a Lot Safer
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If people are afraid to buy Toyotas, they should be about 400 times more afraid to take AVANDIA! I base this on an estimate of yearly death rates for AVANDIA (1333) vs Toyota (3.4).
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Avandia: Money or Patient Safety? That is the Question.
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GlaxoSmithKline’s Avandia diabetes pill shows that those with ties to the drug industry were more likely to conclude that the drug didn’t increase the risk of myocardial infarction compared with authors with no ties … Continue Reading
Avandia: Are 500 Heart Attacks Per Month Enough to Convince You
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A decade ago people were afraid of big the profit motives of Big Tobacco. Today those fears no turn to the profit motives of Big Pharma. The story appearing in today’s NYT is frightening to say the least.
According to the NYT, “The reports, obtained by The New York Times, say that if every diabetic now taking Avandia were instead given a similar pill named Actos, about 500 heart attacks and 300 cases of heart failure would be averted every month because Avandia can hurt the heart.
How much longer do we need to wait before Congress fixes this problem. If an airplane dropped from the sky every month killing 500 people do you think someone from Washington might do something about it?
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Accutane Verdict: More Evidence that Drug Safety System is Broken
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An Atlantic County jury awarded $25.16 million to Andrew McCarrell of Birmingham, Ala., after finding that Roche knew or should have known that Accutane caused inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and failed to warn prescribing physicians. It’s the largest of five victories that Accutane users have won against the drug maker, including a $13 million verdict last November for three plaintiffs… Continue Reading
Eli Lilly to pay 18.5 million over Zyprexa Marketing
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This is yet another example of how improper marketing of pharmaceutical products continues to cost the public financially which has a direct affect on our tax base. The cost of healthcare should not be driven by the marketing practices of the pharmaceutical industry.… Continue Reading