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Product News and Litigation Week-In-Review – February 11, 2020
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Canada Warns of Suicide Risk for Adolescents Taking Popular ADHD Medication, But Still No Warning From the US FDA
Concerta, a popular ADHD medication being prescribed to adolescents across the country is coming under strict scrutiny as a result of recent studies calling into question the safety of the drug.
A recent study in the Drug Safety Journal found a 162-fold increase in suicide rates for the under-14 age group in patients taking ADHD
Prescription Drugs Tainted with Cancer-Causing Contaminants: Chinese Manufacturing
Such is the case in the broadening discovery of NDMA in a variety of pharmaceutical drugs, that hasn’t near received the attention it deserves.
NDMA is an industrial chemical known as n-nitrosidomethylamin (NDMA). It’s presence should not be detected in any pharmaceutical drugs as the chemical is classified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as
E-Cigs Linked to Obstructive Lung Disease and Seizures
This week eight teenagers in Wisconsin were admitted to the hospital for suffering severe lung disease believed to be linked to e-cigarettes. Shortly after the news story broke, Illinois also announced that they had minors admitted to the emergency room as well and diagnosed with the same lung disease.
Jury Tags Johnson & Johnson for Hundreds of Millions for Talculm Powder Mesothelioma Lawsuit
The Mesothelioma frontier continues to build against Johnson & Johnson and their talculm-powder based products.
Late last week a New York State Jury awarded a woman diagnosed with mesothelioma, who contended that her disease was related to her years of use of Johnson & Johnson’s talculm baby powder, millions. The jury found that J&J’s talculm
FDA Acts on Sleeping-Pill Deaths
The US Food and Drug Administration on April 30, 2019 required revised warnings on a host of popular and often used sleep aides warning of a whole host of dangerous risks that have been linked to the drugs.
The drugs, such as Lunesta and Ambien, have been linked to 66 examples of patients who took
FDA Adds Black Box Warning to Popular Gout Medicine Regarding Increased Risk of Death
The US Food and Drug Administration recently issues their strongest warning, known as the “black box” warning, to Takeda Pharmaceuticals, who manufactures the popular gout medicine, Uloric.
The FDA warning states in part:
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has concluded there is an increased risk of death with Uloric (febuxostat) compared to another
Valsartan Heart Med Contaminants Linked to Cancer
FDA Announces Valsartan Recall
In July 2018, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a recall of a number pharmaceutical drugs containing valsartan used to treat hypertension (high blood pressure) and heart failure due to the increased risk of certain cancers associated with NDMA. Not all drugs containing valsartan were named in the recall.
Pride Mobility Wheelchairs Subject of Lawsuits Alleging Fires
Pride Mobility, the maker of electric wheelchairs, has come under strict scrutiny as a result of reports of their wheelchairs causing fires.
The fires, in at least one case, was alleged to have burned to death the man occupying the wheelchair in a lawsuit brought by his wife after his death.
The cause of the