USA: Dan Walters sent me a heads up on this thoughtful piece written by Emily Beitiko for The Center of Genetics & Society. Like many of you, I personally know several people who have received faulty medical devices – devices that turned out to be recalled long before they were ever implanted in their bodies.… [Read more…]
July 7, 2011
USA: The NYT ran this scathing story yesterday about Duke University’s colossal genetics research testing failure that lead to the deaths of patients enrolled in clinical trials, patients who were sent to Duke to get a treatment lauded to be nothing short of miraculous. Junk science and the persuit of lucrative research money were put before patient safety.… [Read more…]
June 23, 2011
USA: The Supreme Court today ruled against the state of Vermont and in favor of pharmaceutical companies who use data-mining to direct-sell their products to physicians and others in the healthcare industry. Data-mining in this case involves the sale of consumer purchasing history and information to pharmaceutical companies; the data is gathered by local pharmacies… [Read more…]
June 16, 2011
USA: The FDA announced today warned consumers that the drug Actos, popular for the treatment of diabetes, increases the risk for bladder cancer if used more than one year. Germany and France pulled Actos for the same reason several days ago. Avandia has already been removed from the market due to heart risks; it is in… [Read more…]
April 16, 2011
USA: Over 96,000 patients have been affected by a recall of hip replacement components manufactured by DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. What happens to these patients now? Mass Device offers details in this story.
March 31, 2011
WISCONSIN: MSNBC reports that the FDA knew of problems plaguing H & P Industries, the Wisconsin based manufacturer at the heart center of a nation-wide recall of medical wipes. The wipes are blamed for several serious infections and the death of a 2-year-old Houston boy.
March 30, 2011
USA: Reuters reports Johnson & Johnson has issued another recall of some of its most popular drugs including Tylenol, Benedryl and Sudafed, the result of continuing problems at its Fort Washington manufacturing plant.
March 30, 2011
USA: University of California study of Lipitor finds it does increase the risk of Type 2 Diabetes, especially in people who are predisposed. This report comes from Reuters by way of HuffPo.
September 6, 2011
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