A controversial drug being used to treat eye cancers and other ocular diseases has been linked to blindness in at least five patients and eye infections in many more. The growing catalog of problems linked to Genentech’s Avastin (bevacizumab) are detailed in a report in the New York Times. According to the newspaper, the latest victims were…
Jeff Sipple wasn’t “in a war zone being doused with napalm.” He was at a friend’s housewarming party. But that’s the comparison the Chicago Tribune made to the terrible accident in which gel used to fire a decorative flame exploded and covered his face and arms. Sipple spent two days in an intensive care unit, and…
A Virginia Beach, VA-based chain of souvenir stores has been ordered to pay $60,000 to settle allegations that it was too slow to take a dangerous product off its shelves. Sunsations, Inc. is known allong the Virginia Beach Oceanfront According to the Virginian-Pilot, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commissions announced that Sunsations sold sweatshirts for…
When people walk into their local pharmacy or nutrition store in Virginia (VA) or North Carolina (NC), they usually feel safe buying and taking any supplements that are for sale.This is America, after all, and all those products have been tested, right? Wrong. Many reputable stores carry tainted products. Many people unknowingly spend a lot of…
The U.S. Supreme Court on June 20, 2011, declined to review a state court decision in Wyeth LLC, et al., v. Jeraldine Scofield, et al., that affirmed a $35 million punitive damages award in a Prempro/Premarin injury case. The issues before the Supreme Court were: “(1) Whether, when a verdict has been tainted by a…