In a recent editorial piece, the New York Times articulated what injured victims and plaintiffs lawyers have been saying for the last year – Congress should not allow generic drug manufacturers special protections when those manufacturers fail to warn patients of the generic drug’s dangers. Last year, the United States Supreme Court ruled that although…
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Contrary to popular belief, not all oil and gas pipelines are strictly regulated. In fact, pipelines classified as “gathering” pipelines, which transport gas from well fields to transmission lines, often face less strict safety rules. And depending on how rural their location, such pipelines might not be regulated at all. Federal regulators are trying to…
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According to a recent Bloomberg article, a study found that the recalled St. Jude Medical Inc. (“St. Jude”) wires, still in use to connect life-saving defibrillators to the hearts of 79,000 patients, had multiple defects that led to melted conductors, electrical abnormalities, and shocks. St. Jude stopped selling its Riata wires in December 2010, and…
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At the request of the Securities and Exchange Commission, on February 17, 2009, United States District Judge David Godbey in Dallas issued the first of many orders which, in effect, seized Stanford Financial Group and placed it in a receivership. Thus began a lengthy civil case concerning the assets of the organization, which included various…
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The United States Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has announced an urgent recall of Brilliant Blue G, distributed by Franck’s Compounding Lab in Ocala, Florida. The recall has issued on March 9, 2012. According to the recall notice, Brilliant Blue G has been associated with fungal infections of the eye. According to the pharmacy, lots…
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Teen driving is taking a toll – a toll on the lives of the teenage drivers themselves, that is. From January to June 2011, there was an 11 percent increase in fatal car accidents involving 16- and 17-year-old drivers, according to the Governors Highway Safety Association. While the statistics for the remaining six months of…
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Washington, D.C. – On March 7th, the HNBA joined other national partners in a rally and press conference to launch a bus trip to Selma, Alabama from where the groups participated in a historic recreation of the 1965 Selma to Montgomery, AL march led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. “As the National Voice of…
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GlaxoSmithKline has decided to recall 394,230 bottles of its DynaCirc CR from the United States market. DynaCirc CR, a drug used to treat hypertension, is being pulled from the market due to inconsistent packaging practices. Novartis, the drug’s manufacturer, has had issues with the integrity of it packaging out of its Lincoln, Nebraska plant. The…
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