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• Scientific publishing giant guilty of some shonky behaviour

  Medical News - “It has been revealed that the academic publisher Elsevier has admitted its Australian office produced six fake medical journals between 2000 and 2005.” View article... Posted Jun 02 2009, 04:40 AM by Admin with | with no comments Filed under: Drugs, Drug Lawsuits

• Drugs led to deaths of patients

  BBC News -“ Three patients who died at a Hampshire hospital in the late 1990s were given the wrong medication, an inquest jury rules.” View article... Posted Apr 28 2009, 03:54 AM by Admin with | with no comments Filed under: Drugs, Drug Lawsuits

• Researcher May Have Falsified Drug Studies

  ABC news "A Massachusetts anesthesiologist has been accused of faking data for a dozen years in 21 published studies that suggested after-surgery benefits from painkillers...The hospital said a routine review in May found that some of Reuben's... Posted Mar 17 2009, 06:18 AM by Admin with | with no comments Filed under: Drugs, Drug Lawsuits

• Doctors: Under the drug industry's influence?

  By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - Reports of undisclosed financial ties between researchers and drugmakers have eroded public confidence, and restoring it will require an end to some "free" perks, health policy experts said on Tuesday... Posted Feb 12 2009, 07:53 AM by Admin with | with no comments Filed under: Drugs, Drug Lawsuits

• Aggressive drug marketing may endanger people

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Quicker drug approvals and sophisticated marketing campaigns may be putting more patients at risk of dangerous side-effects but the same techniques might be put to use to protect them, a researcher argued on Tuesday.   View... Posted Dec 15 2008, 12:46 AM by Admin with | with no comments Filed under: Drugs, Drug Lawsuits

• Surgical errors cost nearly $1.5 billion annually

  NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - An analysis by the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) indicates employers pay out $1.47 billion each year to cover the costs incurred from potentially preventable adverse medical events in surgical patients... Posted Nov 11 2008, 03:23 AM by Admin with | with no comments Filed under: Drug Lawsuits

• Liver risk, death seen with Glaxo's Avandia: group

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than one dozen cases of liver failure and death were reported in patients taking GlaxoSmithKline Plc's Avandia, advocacy group Public Citizen said on Thursday in a petition calling for a ban of the diabetes drug. View article... Posted Nov 11 2008, 03:10 AM by Admin with | with no comments Filed under: Drugs, Drug Lawsuits

• FDA: Ranbaxy Lied About Generic Drug Quality

  Federal prosecutors say the company misled the U.S. about its low-cost meds. View article... Posted Jul 19 2008, 11:38 PM by Admin with | with no comments Filed under: Drugs, Drug Lawsuits

• Walgreen agrees to pay $35 million to settle allegations of improper medication switches for Medicaid beneficiaries

  Walgreen has agreed to pay $35 million to settle allegations that the company improperly switched the form of generic medications prescribed to Medicaid beneficiaries to receive higher reimbursements from the program, the Hartford Courant reports (Levick... Posted Jul 11 2008, 05:15 PM by Admin with | with no comments Filed under: Drug Lawsuits

• House Committee leaders warn pharmaceutical companies to end use of 'misleading' advertisements

  House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair John Dingell (D-Mich.) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) in a recent letter warned four pharmaceutical companies to end the use of "misleading and deceptive" direct... Posted Jun 07 2008, 06:00 PM by Admin with | with no comments Filed under: Drugs, Drug Lawsuits

• Merck agrees to pay $58 million to settle multistate lawsuit that claimed advertisements for Vioxx played down health risks

  Merck on Tuesday agreed to a $58 million settlement with 29 states and the District of Columbia to end investigations over allegations that it downplayed cardiovascular risks caused by the COX-2 inhibitor Vioxx in direct-to-consumer advertisements dating... Posted Jun 07 2008, 05:59 PM by Admin with | with no comments Filed under: Drug Lawsuits

• Express Scripts reaches $9.5 million settlement with 28 states over allegations of misleading consumers to obtain rebates

  Officials from pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts on Tuesday said the company has agreed to pay $9.5 million to settle lawsuits brought by 28 states and Washington, D.C., alleging it defrauded the states and D.C., the AP/Denver Post reports. View... Posted Jun 07 2008, 05:55 PM by Admin with | with no comments Filed under: Drug Lawsuits

• The Truth Behind Drug Ads

  Lawmakers question whether pharmaceutical drug ads tell the truth. View article... Posted Jun 07 2008, 05:35 PM by Admin with | with no comments Filed under: Drugs, Drug Lawsuits

• Merck says thousands file for Vioxx payments

  CHICAGO (Reuters) - Merck & Co on Monday said it has moved closer to resolving thousands of claims arising from its 2004 withdrawal of arthritis pill Vioxx, with 93 percent of people alleging the drug caused a heart attack or stroke submitting documents... Posted Mar 09 2008, 12:29 AM by Admin with | with no comments Filed under: Drug Lawsuits

• UCB urges stronger warning on cough medicine

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Belgian pharmaceutical group UCB SA has proposed a stronger warning for its prescription cough medicine Tussionex following reports that five young children died, a company spokesman said on Friday. View article... Posted Mar 09 2008, 12:24 AM by Admin with | with no comments Filed under: Drugs, Drug Lawsuits