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Judge tosses medtronic lawsuits, doesn’t disclose son’s ties

Posted: February 17, 2009 Pharmaceutical

U.S. District Judge Richard Kyle dismissed thousands of lawsuits against Medtronic Inc., manufacturer of the faulty Sprint Fidelis defibrillators that have allegedly injured and killed several people. Attorneys serving the patients, however, may seek to have the judge disqualified from

Avandia heart attack controversy results in black box warning

Posted: November 29, 2007 Pharmaceutical

Avandia, a drug used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes, has been at the center of controversy since being linked to an increased risk of heart attack last May. An update to the black box warning-today’s strongest drug warning-is

A patient an advocate a fixer

Posted: November 10, 2007 Pharmaceutical

When it comes to her health, Laurel Lewis is positively fearless. The 54-year-old Minneapolis woman has stared down a rare breed of late-stage cancer. And last year, she technically died after her heart stopped beating, but luckily her near-fatal attack

Kugel Mesh patients not out of the woods yet

Posted: October 16, 2007 Pharmaceutical

Rockville, MD: Just because the Kugel Mesh Patch was recalled over a year ago does not mean that adverse event reports regarding the hernia patch are no longer being submitted to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). In fact,