Category: pharmacutical liability

FEMUR FRACTURE | Panel Recommends Thigh Fracture Warning for Bone Drugs | Actonel, Boniva, and Fosamax

NATIONAL – The American Society of Bone and Mineral Research Femoral Fracture Task Force is recommending that US health regulators rewrite the warning labels for a popular class of osteoporosis drugs called bisphosphonates because of their possible association with atypical femur fractures. Bisphosphonates include drugs sold under the brand names Actonel, Boniva, and Fosamax.  The task…

PATIENTS AT RISK | Avandia | FDA approval | GSK

NATIONAL – According to TIME (8/12, Park) reports that the FDA panel’s recent decision to recommend keeping Avandia (rosiglitazone) on the market is “a move worth billions of dollars to GSK but that also may have put millions of patients at risk.” The move is also an example “of the drug industry’s outmaneuvering FDA regulators,”…

Avastin may cause significant kidney damage in some patients

NATIONAL – Today, The Los Angeles Times reported that Avastin (bevacizumab) “can cause significant kidney damage in some patients,” according to a new study. Researchers, “reporting in this month’s issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology…wrote that patients on Avastin were at increased risk of severe protein loss from the kidneys, which can…

$19.4 MILLION DOLLAR JURY AWARD | Wyeth | Upjohn

The U.S. Supreme Court rejected Pfizer Inc.’s appeal of a ruling that ordered a retrial on how much punitive damages should be awarded to a woman who developed breast cancer after taking the company’s hormone replacement therapy drugs. Pfizer in its appeal argued that a retrial limited to just punitive damages had violated its constitutional…

Yaz ◊ Yasmin ◊ Blood clots ◊ DVT ◊ heart problems

Yaz and Yasmin have a wide range of side effects. Blood clots, DVT, and heart problems just to name a few. Yaz and Yasmin are both made with a type of progestin called drospirenone, making them different from many other oral contraceptives. Drospirenone can elevate the body’s potassium levels, which can lead to a condition…