http://www.drugwatch.com Tue, 15 May 2012 14:56:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.drugwatch.com/depuy-blames-bmj-for-overstating-dangers.php http://www.drugwatch.com/depuy-blames-bmj-for-overstating-dangers.php#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 13:25:49 +0000 Linda Grayling http://www.drugwatch.com/?p=5989 overstating the dangers of the DePuy ASR and Pinnacle hip replacement. The company says the publication used alarmist language, while critics argue that the facts attest to the clear dangers of DePuy’s hip replacements. ]]> http://www.drugwatch.com/depuy-blames-bmj-for-overstating-dangers.php/feed/ 0 http://www.drugwatch.com/clinical-trials-come-into-question.php http://www.drugwatch.com/clinical-trials-come-into-question.php#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 15:02:06 +0000 Barb Stephens http://www.drugwatch.com/?p=5890 Actos maker Takeda Pharmaceuticals, may have avoided rules of reporting clinical trial results. The Journal of the American Medical Association stated that reporting requirements lack enforcement and leaves the public blind to study results.]]> http://www.drugwatch.com/clinical-trials-come-into-question.php/feed/ 0 http://www.drugwatch.com/increase-in-canadian-transvaginal-mesh-lawsuits-expected.php http://www.drugwatch.com/increase-in-canadian-transvaginal-mesh-lawsuits-expected.php#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 12:30:52 +0000 Barb Stephens http://www.drugwatch.com/?p=5699 reporting that more women are coming forward to learn more about their legal options, after hearing about the class-action lawsuit filed against Johnson & Johnson, a transvaginal mesh maker. ]]> http://www.drugwatch.com/increase-in-canadian-transvaginal-mesh-lawsuits-expected.php/feed/ 0 http://www.drugwatch.com/europe-hip-replacement-crisis-demands-registry.php http://www.drugwatch.com/europe-hip-replacement-crisis-demands-registry.php#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 12:57:47 +0000 Linda Grayling http://www.drugwatch.com/?p=5816 revision surgery, officials believe that a registry will better measure the safety of medical devices in the long-term.]]> http://www.drugwatch.com/europe-hip-replacement-crisis-demands-registry.php/feed/ 0 http://www.drugwatch.com/judge-makes-suing-takeda-easier.php http://www.drugwatch.com/judge-makes-suing-takeda-easier.php#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 11:07:25 +0000 Barb Stephens http://www.drugwatch.com/?p=5823 easier process into the Actos MDL. Judge Rebecca Doherty has signed a direct-filing order allowing patients to join instead of filing at local courts, waiting to be transferred The MDL has now grown to include hundreds of cases.]]> http://www.drugwatch.com/judge-makes-suing-takeda-easier.php/feed/ 0 http://www.drugwatch.com/suspicious-link-between-actos-and-doctor.php http://www.drugwatch.com/suspicious-link-between-actos-and-doctor.php#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 16:30:16 +0000 Barb Stephens http://www.drugwatch.com/?p=5736 Dr. Steven Nissen contributed to the research that discovered Avandia’s dangers, but it has been recently been discovered that he has received payments from Takeda, the maker of Actos, for contributing to the drug’s promotion. ]]> http://www.drugwatch.com/suspicious-link-between-actos-and-doctor.php/feed/ 0 http://www.drugwatch.com/first-transvaginal-mesh-mdl-receives-trial-date.php http://www.drugwatch.com/first-transvaginal-mesh-mdl-receives-trial-date.php#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 12:30:56 +0000 Linda Grayling http://www.drugwatch.com/?p=5740 set to begin February 5, 2013. Women who suffered painful side effects, such as erosion, extrusion and dysfunction, will be able to seek justice against the device makers who sold defective products, through the collective federal trial.]]> http://www.drugwatch.com/first-transvaginal-mesh-mdl-receives-trial-date.php/feed/ 0 http://www.drugwatch.com/judge-allows-for-more-yaz-settlements.php http://www.drugwatch.com/judge-allows-for-more-yaz-settlements.php#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 17:00:14 +0000 Barb Stephens http://www.drugwatch.com/?p=5777 settled approximately 651 cases and will pay out $142 million. Judge David Herndon has agreed to postpone lawsuit deadlines allowing plaintiffs and Bayer to continue settling cases, avoiding them from going to trial. ]]> http://www.drugwatch.com/judge-allows-for-more-yaz-settlements.php/feed/ 0 http://www.drugwatch.com/judges-update-on-depuy-hip-case.php http://www.drugwatch.com/judges-update-on-depuy-hip-case.php#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 12:12:12 +0000 Linda Grayling http://www.drugwatch.com/?p=5780 announced that a total of 6,000 federal and state lawsuits have been filedagainst the device manufacturer after countless hazards and injuries were attributed to the device.]]> http://www.drugwatch.com/judges-update-on-depuy-hip-case.php/feed/ 0 http://www.drugwatch.com/new-york-times-criticizes-fda.php http://www.drugwatch.com/new-york-times-criticizes-fda.php#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 05:01:29 +0000 Linda Grayling http://www.drugwatch.com/?p=5703 transvaginal mesh products to hit the market, has faced criticism for a long time. Beyond Congress and device makers pressuring the FDA, the New York Times has now joined this list to become extremely critical of the agency.]]> http://www.drugwatch.com/new-york-times-criticizes-fda.php/feed/ 0