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• Tobacco Ruling Hurts Companies

  Robert Blanchard | November 30, 2007 4:27 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  The Tobacco Companies are back in the Appellate Court after a Federal Judge ruled that they violated anti-racketeering laws by promoting lite cigarettes as safe. Judge Kessler wrote a 1600 page decision to support her finding that the tobacco companies acted the same as an organized crime syndicate when they promoted their lite cigarettes. And she also banned the cigarette companies from...

• New Ruling in Celebrex cases

  Robert Blanchard | November 28, 2007 4:25 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  Judge Brier has just ruled in the Celebrex cases that the 200 milligram daily dosagethat was common for Celebrex has not been scientifically shown to cause heart attacks and strokes. You may recall that Celebrex is the Cox-2 inhibitor drug just like Vioxx that hasbeen subject to allegations that its use causes heart attacks and strokes, very much like Vioxx.This may sound like very good news...

• Vioxx Settlement Rattles Conservatives

  Robert Blanchard | November 25, 2007 10:02 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  I watched in amazement as Neil Covuto failed to conceal his anguish and outrage as he interviewed a Vioxx trial lawyer about the recent announced settlement of Vioxx case litigation. Neil had no concern about the horrible things that the drug company was willing to do to make a profit, including hiding and distorting important safety data from the medical community and the FDA. Nor was Neil...

• Federal Posting Requirements

  Robert Blanchard | November 21, 2007 9:50 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Injuries

  One impediment to an injured worker receiving fair compensation is the employee lack of knowledge about the laws an rules that apply in the workplace. If an injured worker does not know that there should be compensation for certain injuries (carpal tunnel syndrome, for example), the claim for benefits may not be timely filed. Interestingly, Federal law requires the posting of information about a...

• Heart ByPass Drug Recalled

  Robert Blanchard | November 05, 2007 12:06 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  If you are soon to receive a heart bypass, at least you won't face the propsect ohf being given the medication known as Trasylol. After consultation with agencies in the U.S., Canada, and Germany, the drug manufacturer has announced that it is wiithdrawing the drug worldwide. See Article. The FDA approved the drug in 1993 and started re-evaluating the drug's side effects after the publication ...