When pharmaceutical companies market drugs, they must market the drug only for a specified use. Advertising unapproved uses to the public is illegal and misleading, but this is exactly what Abbott, the company marketing Depakote, has been accused of doing. In addition, suits against Abbott state that the agency did not adequately warn patients about risks and…
A U.S. District Court in Boston tripled a $47 million jury verdict ordering drug maker Pfizer to pay $142 million in damages for violating federal racketeering laws in the marketing Neurontin, an epilepsy drug. The suit stemmed from Kaiser officials claiming that they were intentionally misled by Pfizer representatives into believing that bipolar disorder and…
Raynor Marketing, Ltd., of New York (NY) agreed to pay a civil penalty of $390,000 in a settlement with the Consumer Product Safety Commission. The case in question involved broken office chairs. Raynor Marketing denies any violation, and will not state that the chairs contain a hazardous defect. However, the company did import and distribute…
A woman was driving a Ford Explorer in 2005 when she was hit by another vehicle. The impact from the crash combined with her weight was apparently enough to cause the driver’s seat to collapse backward. This defect caused a fracture in the woman’s vertebra as she hit the back seat. The victim filed a…
It seems there is always a new dangerous drug on the horizon. This time the newest drug is posing as bath salts, say police. Yes, bath salts. While it seems humorous that someone would try to get high off bath salts the result is far from amusing. Most recently when a man got high on…