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Apr-20-10 Washington, DC The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is considering halting a safety trial of competing diabetes medications Avandia , made by GlaxoSmithKline (Glaxo), and Actos, by Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Some experts have said it is unethical to compare Avandia, a drug known to increase the risk of heart attacks, with a drug that is reportedly s... - New Study Suggests Avandia Worse than Actos, Glaxo Cries Foul
Aug-23-09 Toronto, ON: New research out of Canada pertaining to Avandia side effects and Avandia risks appears to suggest that patients taking Avandia have a greater chance for developing heart failure—and have a greater risk of death—than those taking rival type 2 diabetes drug Actos. Avandia, made by GlaxoSmithKline (Glaxo) and Actos, manufactur... - Avandia: A New Black Box Warning, and a Reprieve from the FDA
Nov-18-07 Washington, DC As some had predicted, GlaxoSmithKline caved to sustained pressure by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and agreed to add a second black box warning for Avandia , the diabetes drug linked to increased risk of heart attack. However, the warning is somewhat watered-down, and in the absence of any unforeseen, blockbuster medical r... - Avandia Remains on Market Despite Health Risks
Aug-7-07 Los Angeles, CA: Despite expert testimony about its side effects risk, a Food and Drug Administration advisory committee has recommended that the diabetes drug Avandia should be allowed to stay on the market. But while the committee did not call for an Avandia recall, it says that the drug's label should carry a stronger warning about its risk of causing... - Is Avandia Safe? Depends On Who You Talk To
Aug-5-07 Gaithersburg, MD When Dr. David Graham testified at the federal drug panel July 30th, reviewing the fate of diabetes drug Avandia and its alleged relationship to heart attack, stroke and kidney failure, he didn't mince words. "It's well established that rosiglitazone increases congestive heart failure," he said. The drug safety reviewer with the U.S... - CDC Leads SSRI Disinformation Media Blitz
Jul-20-07 Washington, DC: In a June 27, 2007 press release that made headlines all over the world the US Centers for Disease Control announced that birth defects associated with the use of antidepressants by pregnant women are rare. As proof for this claim, the CDC cited two new studies published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Over the following 2 week... - 2005 Profitable Year for Whistleblowers
Oct-1-06 Washington, DC The year 2005 was a very good year for Whistleblowers . According to a report by the Department of Health and Human Services, a grand total of $136,756,946 was awarded to Whistleblowers who filed q The Act requires that recoveries from health care investigations, including criminal fines, forfeitures, civil settlements and judgments, and... - Psych Drugs - Doctors Serve As Middle-Man Pushers
Feb-21-06 Although peddling psychiatric drugs for off-label treatment of every ailment known to man is highly profitable, it is also illegal. Marketing schemes that increase the rates at which drugs are prescribed for off-label use, result in the sale of drugs that have not been proven safer or superior to FDA approved medications already on the market. That said,... - Avandia FAQ
What is Avandia? Avandia (known generically as rosiglitazone maleate) is a drug that was developed to treat type 2 diabetes mellitus. It is manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline and was first approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1999. Avandia reduces the patient's insulin resistance and helps the patient's body use the insulin it produce... - Avandia - Avandia Lawsuit, Avandia Side Effects - LawyersAndSettlements.com
Avandia (rosiglitazone maleate) is a GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) drug developed to treat type 2 diabetes mellitus. First approved by the FDA in 1999, the agency reported eight years later a significant increase in the risk of heart attack in those patients to whom Avandia had been prescribed. And many deaths have been linked to Avandia. More recently, two... - Wellbutrin Side Effects - Wellbutrin Birth Defects, Zyban Side Effects, Wellbutrin Lawsuit
Wellbutrin (known generically as bupropion hydrochloride) is approved to treat patients with major depressive disorder. Wellbutrin side effects may include serious health events, such as Wellbutrin birth defects in infants when taking Wellbutrin while pregnant . Those birth defects include potentially serious congenital heart defects. ... - Avandia Settlement Reached in Burford Case
London, UK: GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), has settled an Avandia lawsuit that alleged the diabetes medication caused the death of a North Carolina man. The suit was filed by the family of James Burford who died of a heart attack in 2006 while using the drug. The settlement was arranged the night before GSK was due to go to court over the case, which is t... - GlaxoSmithKline Paxil Monopoly Settlement
The New York Attorney General filed a lawsuit against the drug manufacturer on behalf of 49 states for allegedly creating a monopoly of its anti-depressant drug Paxil. Glaxo allegedly used frivolous patent infringement lawsuits against generic producers of Paxil to keep the drug's cost higher than necessary. By holding a monopoly for a popular drug, con... - GlaxoSmithKline Antitrust Settlement
With accusations from the U.S. Department of Justice, the pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline has agreed to pay a $150 million settlement for allegedly inflating prices of cancer drugs to maximize profits. With a whistle blower lawsuit from Ven-A-Care of the Florida Keys Inc., the Justice Department was alerted to a potential violation of the federal F... - What to Expect in Zantac Cancer Lawsuits for 2021 and Beyond
Dec-8-20 West Palm Beach, FL As 2020 draws to a close, the toll of death and injury from Zantac-related cancers continues to rise, as do the number of Zantac cancer lawsuits . Meanwhile, In Re: Zantac (Ranitidine) Products Liability Litigation , the multidistrict litigation into which many of the individual lawsuits have been consolidated, grinds on without muc... - Zofran Litigation Making Progress
Sep-12-16 Houston, TX: Another Zofran lawsuit filed by parents in Texas joins more than 300 suits filed nationwide against the manufacturer. Most all federal cases consolidated into a multidistrict litigation in Massachusetts are making progress and a first trial date is expected soon. Zofran Litigation Summary July 2016: Glaxo Smith Kline (GSK) prop... - Will We Ever Know for Sure if Paxil Causes Paxil Birth Defects?
Dec-29-10 Toronto, Ontario The debate over Paxil side effects as they relate to infants born with heart defects continues to be hotly contested—especially given the need for some women to remain on antidepressants on a consistent basis for depression. So do you stop an antidepressant like Paxil during pregnancy and risk harming the mother? Or do you continue a... - Paxil Suit Is Still On!
Dec-24-10 Philadelphia, PA From the point of view of the attorneys for the plaintiff, everything seemed to be on track as the product liability trial against Glaxo Smith Kline (GSK) got under way. Anna Blyth had been born with a heart defect, a defect that could be easily linked to the fact that her mother had been prescribed Paxil , a GSK drug used to help patie... - Details Still Sparse on Fixodent Zinc Poisoning
Dec-6-10 Cincinatti, OH The manufacturer of Fixodent denture adhesive continues to resist following the path blazed by rival Poligrip, after GlaxoSmithKline (Glaxo) decided to remove zinc from its denture cream formulation. That announcement came on February 18, 2010. Almost a year later, Procter & Gamble (P&G) has not advanced a similar decision, and i... - Will New Potential Benefit Breathe New Life into Avandia?
Nov-4-10 Vancouver, BC In what will likely serve to only complicate the continuing debate over the safety and efficacy of Avandia , new research is suggesting that the class of diabetes drugs to which Avandia belongs may both prevent, and contain lung cancer. The findings were presented yesterday (November 2nd) at the annual meeting of the American College of Ch...