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Sort by date 1,824 pages found matching bank of america- The Plavix Rip-Off
Jan-14-07 Washington, DC: Its real easy for drug eluting stent makers to say patients already implanted with these devices must take a combination of the blood-thinning drug, Plavix , and aspirin for the rest of their lives. But what happens to the patients who cannot afford Plavix? It appears now that many patients unlucky enough to be have received these new d... - Business Booming for SSRI Makers
Jan-8-07 Washington, DC: The market for antidepressants is the largest segment of the Central Nervous System drug sector with global sales of $16.2 billion in 2005. Depression costs the US economy an estimated $44 billion a year and the World Health Organization predicts depression will be the leading cause of disability by 2020, according to a report by Research a... - Bayer excuse for hiding Trasylol Study Not Good Enough
Jan-7-07 Washington, DC: In October 2006, the German-based drug maker, Bayer AG, said it was a "mistake" to withhold a study from the FDA that showed the drug, Trasylol , can cause lethal side effects and that the company had suspended two employees involved in the fiasco. Critics say that's not good enough. An October 4, 2006 editorial, titled, "Bayer's Dup... - Big Pharma Braces for Democrat Hurricane
Dec-17-06 Washington, DC The morning after the mid-term elections, shares of drug company stock fell as Americans handed control of Congress back to the Democrats. Shares of Eli Lilly were down 1% in early trading, shares of Pfizer as much as 3%, and Schering-Plough dropped 3.7%. Over all, since the election, major drug stocks have dropped more than 5%, according... - Flu Vaccines - Open Season
Dec-15-06 For all the frantic, unvaccinated citizens fearing the "upcoming" peak of flu season—rest assured, coming down with a flu infection is the least of your worries. Despite the governments statements urging individuals to vaccinate their children, the threat of an infantile influenza fatality is just about as serious as the dreaded hangnail. Noneth... - Inkjet Printers and Cartridge Garbage
Dec-7-06 There's no getting around it: Ink means liquid gold to the inkjet printer cartel (that includes HP, Epson and Canon, to name a few). Take a few minutes to add up how much money you spent on replacement inkjet cartridges since purchasing that deal-of-the-century inkjet printer and chances are, it wasn't such a deal after all. In fact, your printer is mo... - Five Children Born with Severe Heart Defects after Moms take Paxil
Dec-6-06 The law firm of Baum Hedlund has filed five more Paxil heart birth defect cases today against Philadelphia-based GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) in Pennsylvania State Court. The firm filed the first Paxil PPHN case and two other Paxil heart defect cases, including the Adrian Vasquez case, recently featured on CNN. The families allege that the mothers' ingestion o... - FDA's Preemption Gift to Big Pharma
Nov-20-06 Washington, DC: An item sure to end up on the chopping block with the Democrats back in power, is the Bush administration's multi-billion dollar gift to Big Pharma, that bars people who have been injured by drugs approved by the FDA from suing the drug's maker in state courts. Under the FDA's federal preemption position, victims injured by dangerous dru... - Citizenship Denied
Nov-20-06 Atlanta, GA "I'm amazed at the lack of willingness on the part of immigration officers to help people," says Julio Trejo," I didn't think that one question answered incorrectly could deny my citizenship ." "I'm a college graduate so I think I have enough smarts to understand the bureaucracy but I was na�ve enough to believe that the government i... - More Adverse Effects linked to SSRI Celexa
Nov-14-06 Avalon, NJ: According to testimony at an inquest into the deaths of Roxanne Richardson, 30, and her children, Luke, 3, and Grace, 20 months, an autopsy revealed that at the time of their murders, husband and father-turned-killer, Michael Richardson, had Celexa in his system higher than prescribed which may have caused him to become agitated and irritable... - Bausch & Lomb Fails to Warn About Dangers of ReNu Contact Lens Solution
Nov-8-06 Greenville, SC: ReNu with MoistureLoc solution has been widely used for the storing, wetting and cleaning of soft contact lenses. But here once again, a drug company has left a product on the market, with no warning to consumers, long after it was aware that serious side effects were developing in people using the product. According to the FDA, cluste... - Green Card Disconnect
Nov-2-06 Spokane, WA " Immigration says my application for citizenship is being held up by the FBI pending a name search but I had an interview 18 months ago and was issued a conditional green card," says Fahd Mohiuebin. "I think the FBI is holding my file because my first name is Arabic." Fahd's wife is a U.S. citizen and a Caucasian, and Fahd is Indian... - Uphill Battle - Warning Pharma Customers about Dangers of SSRIs
Sep-29-06 Recent concerns about the adverse effects of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor antidepressants (SSRIs) have focused on suicide risks. However, a new study published in the September 2006 journal, Public Library of Science (PLoS), reports that in addition to self-harm, the drugs can also cause some patients to become violent and homicidal. Professor... - Merck Vioxx Litigation Score Card
Sep-14-06 New Orleans, LA In the homestretch leading up to the latest trial in New Orleans, the score in the Vioxx litigation was 5 to 4 in favor of Merck. However, in mid-August, 2006, a New Jersey victory for Merck was thrown out reversing the score to 5 to 4 in favor of plaintiffs. But none of the winning plaintiffs should count their chickens before they... - Device-Maker Medtronic Weighed Down With Lawsuits
Sep-10-06 Minneapolis, MN On July 31, 2006, Jacqueline Kay Poteet, a whistleblower in a lawsuit against the giant medical device maker, Medtronic , filed a motion in a Memphis federal court to oppose the US Justice Department's plan to settle her case, along with another whistleblower's case, for $40 million. Critics point out that the identity of the other... - Big Pharma Bankrupting US Health Care System
Aug-29-06 ig Pharma is bankrupting the nation's health care system by convincing prescribing doctors to over-medicate patients with expensive psychiatric drugs and then send the bills to government programs like Medicaid and Medicare. The peddling of the new generation of psychiatric drugs that include the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors antidepressants (S... - Trucking Accidents becoming More Severe
Aug-25-06 Large trucks and passenger vehicles have been sharing the road for quite some time now. Unfortunately, the situation is not ideal and there are many instances in which the two collide, often with tragic results for people in the passenger vehicles. Some organizations are trying their best to minimize tragedy on America's roads, but it seems the problem wo... - DES Miscarriage Drug linked to more Cancer
Aug-20-06 Over the years, DES has been linked to various forms of cancer and reproductive problems in both male and female children born to women who took the drug. For years, it has been associated with cervical cancer and a rare vaginal cancer in younger women, but since 2002, studies have linked DES to breast cancer as well. Diethylstilbestrol (DES), a synthe... - Secretary of Labor called on to protect Microwave Popcorn Factory Workers
Aug-18-06 Finally, warnings have been issued regarding the link between microwave popcorn and lung disease. In an effort to protect microwave popcorn factory workers from the "grave danger" of lung disease associated with diacetyl, an artificial butter flavoring used in popcorn, the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) and the International... - Lawmakers say FDA better Clean Up its Act
Aug-18-06 For six years, the Bush administration has placed pharmaceutical industry interests ahead of public interest by appointing persons with strong ties to drug companies to high level positions at the FDA. As a result, Congressional investigations and a recent survey indicate that the health and safety of all Americans is being compromised. On July 20, 200...