Daily Archives: January 31, 2012

FDA monitored emails of staff who questioned medical device safety

January 31, 2012 Pharmaceutical

A group of former and current Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials have filed a lawsuit against the agency alleging the FDA secretly monitored their private email after they questioned the approval of certain medical devices which they felt put ... Read More

Drug company ‘check lists’ influence patient choice

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January 31, 2012 Pharmaceutical

How ethical is it for pharmaceutical companies to target consumers with advertising for their prescription drugs? ... Read More

Lawsuit claims BP fired Miss. man for blowing whistle on oil cleanup

January 31, 2012 Environmental

A former BP employee who helped form BP’s oil-spill cleanup response in Mississippi is suing the oil giant, alleging his bosses terminated him after he complained to them about how the company was handling cleanup efforts. ... Read More

Blinding fog and smoke eyed as a cause of deadly Florida pileup

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January 31, 2012 Personal Injury

Survivors of a deadly multi-vehicle pileup on Interstate 75 south of Gainesville, Florida, blamed a blinding mixture of fog and smoke from a brush fire for the crash that killed 10 people and injured 18 others, some of them seriously. ... Read More

Actos bladder cancer lawsuits consolidated in Louisiana

January 31, 2012 Pharmaceutical

Lawsuits against drug company Takeda claiming its type 2 diabetes drug Actos causes bladder cancer have been consolidated before one judge in federal court in Louisiana. The Federal Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation sent the lawsuits to the Western District ... Read More