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Major oil spills in Arkansas, Texas, Utah receive little notice in the public eye

Posted: April 13, 2013 Environmental

Have oil spills become so common in the U.S. that they are no longer considered news? The same week that ExxonMobil’s Pegasus pipeline ruptured, spewing thousands of barrels of sticky bitumen sludge all over an Arkansas town, two other oil

Homeowners sue ExxonMobil over Arkansas oil spill damage

Posted: April 11, 2013 Environmental

Despite ExxonMobil’s promises to clean up thousands of barrels of dense Canadian tar sands oil that flooded an Arkansas community, residents of the contaminated town have filed a class-action lawsuit against the oil giant.

Montana man awarded $8.3 million in first of 10,000+ DePuy metal hip implant lawsuits

Posted: March 14, 2013 Pharmaceutical

Johnson & Johnson subsidiary DePuy Orthopaedics designed a flawed metal-on-metal hip replacement system and owes a retired prison guard from Montana $8.3 million in compensatory damages, a California jury decided in the first of more than 10,000 lawsuits regarding the

Fungal meningitis outbreak victim files lawsuit against Nashville medical facility

Posted: February 14, 2013 Pharmaceutical

Victims of the deadly meningitis outbreak tied to steroid shots mass produced by New England Compounding Center (NECC) and distributed to medical facilities across the country are now aiming their lawsuits at bigger fish than the pharmacy in question. To

Companies should avoid covering up issues related to product recalls

Posted: January 10, 2013 Pharmaceutical

When companies are required to recall their products due to problems or reports of injury, the worst thing they can do is try to cover up the mistake, says Kevin Erb, a public relations and social media director. “It’s not

FDA approves Tamiflu for young infants

Posted: December 28, 2012 Pharmaceutical

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Tamiflu for infants as young as two weeks who have flu symptoms, even though scientists in Europe are urging European governments to sue its maker because the drug company will not provide

Patients, consumers should be aware of potential risks with at-home medical devices

Posted: December 16, 2012 Pharmaceutical

Patients and consumers are using medical devices more often at home and not just in health care facilities. These home-use medical devices were once designed only to keep a person alive, but now they’re designed to keep people as independent

Roche agrees to compromise with BMJ over Tamiflu safety, efficacy data

Posted: December 12, 2012 Pharmaceutical

Pharmaceutical company Roche says it has agreed to talk to external groups about full access to data on its anti-flu medication Tamiflu (oseltamivir), a move prompted by criticism that the drug company had refused to release data on the safety

Scientists say no data to support Tamiflu’s flu-fighting claims

Posted: November 13, 2012 Pharmaceutical

The British Medical Journal (BMJ) is asking the European governments to sue drug company Roche, claiming there is no evidence that its antiviral medication Tamiflu is effective in stopping the disease.

Lawsuits mount against new, blockbuster blood thinner Pradaxa

Posted: August 23, 2012 Pharmaceutical

Not long after Roy Heady switched from the blood thinner Coumadin (warfarin) to the newly approved Pradaxa, he suffered a hemorrhage. Now he is one of hundreds of patients suing the drug’s maker claiming the anticoagulant causes serious and sometimes