By Michelle Llamas 
There’s nothing like an anniversary or commemoration to remind you about things you take for granted or people that have inspired you. The AMC movie network pays tribute to die-hard consumer advocate, Erin Brockovich. I still remember watching Julia Roberts portray Erin...
By Michelle Llamas 
Amid growing concerns about the link between the blood-thinner Xarelto (rivaroxaban) to dangerous bleeding risks, a new serious side effect of the drug is coming to the forefront: post-surgical infections that could send people back into the hospital. Attorney Ellen Relkin of...
By Michelle Llamas 
After several years of hard-fought litigation, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company and its American subsidiary, Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., this week settled thousands of lawsuits in one of the largest drug company payouts in U.S. history. The Japanese drug company agreed to pay...
By Michelle Llamas 
U.S. lawmakers are wondering why European hospitals were warned about contaminated duodenoscopes two years before the deadly Superbug outbreak in Los Angeles and U.S. health care providers weren’t warned until earlier this year. Two warning letters Olympus Corp sent to European...
By Michelle Llamas 
The largest knee implant maker in the world recently recalled thousands of its Persona Knee implants, leading the Food and Drug Administration to issue a warning that the implants can loosen early and cause complications. The manufacturer, Zimmer, says its recall is voluntary....
By Michelle Llamas 
Under pressure to strengthen oversight on the superbug scope that killed two people and possibly infected hundreds of others at UCLA, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is creating an advisory panel to deal with the spread of potentially deadly bacteria linked to...
By Michelle Llamas 
The company that manufactured the endoscope linked to UCLA’s deadly superbug infections never obtained approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the device, an agency official told CNN. Doctors use these scopes in more than 500,000 procedures annually, and a...
By Michelle Llamas 
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ordered testosterone drugmakers to add heart attack and stroke risk warnings to medication labels and also warned doctors against over-prescribing the medication. The agency announced recently that pharmaceutical companies must clarify that...
By Michelle Llamas 
Johnson & Johnson and subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceuticals face ongoing legal troubles with Risperdal after the drug giant was slapped with two multimillion dollar verdicts this week – one awarded to a family of a young man who claimed he grew breasts while on the drug and the... Page 10 of 17
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