Juul bought ad space on kids’ websites, including Cartoon Network: lawsuit
(Reuters) - E-cigarette maker Juul Labs Inc bought online advertisements on teen-focused websites for Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network and Seventeen magazine after it launched its product in 2015, according to a lawsuit filed on Wednesday by the Massachusetts attorney general’s office.
The allegations in the lawsuit, stemming from a more than year-long investigation, contradict repeated claims...
FDA delayed reporting, recalling faulty HF pacemaker for more than 1 year
Medtronic and the FDA were both aware of battery and wire connection defects in a now-recalled heart failure pacemaker for over a year before patients developed serious side effects, according to a report published in JAMA Internal Medicine.
When the FDA did issue a recall, the report found, the agency’s information was incomplete and underestimated...
Medtronic recalls certain MiniMed insulin pumps tied to 1 death
(CNN)Medtronic has recalled some of its insulin pumps after injuries and one death were reported due to the device malfunctioning, according to a US Food and Drug Administration announcement on Wednesday.
The FDA identified it as a Class I recall, the most serious type of recall.
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Evenflo kept selling its Big Kid booster seat even after tests showed children could get severely injured or killed in a crash
In February 2012, a safety engineer at Evenflo, one of the biggest sellers of children's booster seats, wanted the company to make a major change to its instructions for parents.
He recommended Evenflo stop selling booster seats for children who weigh less than 40 pounds.
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Vape-Related Deaths Rise To 64 As Experts Worry That Danger Remains
The official number of people who have died after suffering from lung injuries linked to the use of vape pens and e-cigarettes has risen to 64.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the deaths have been confirmed in 28 states and the District of Columbia as of Feb. 4. Four of those...
AWC Joins Duffy & Duffy
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I am pleased to inform you that my law firm has joined with the prestigious personal injury law firm of Duffy & Duffy, PLLC, located in Uniondale, Long Island. Our association will provide more resources and experienced attorneys to better serve our clients throughout greater New York and Long Island. Duffy...
Johnson & Johnson hit with $750M verdict in baby powder lawsuit
A New Jersey jury ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $750 million in punitive damages to four people who said the company’s baby powder gave them cancer.
The Thursday verdict came after the pharmaceutical giant’s CEO, Alex Gorsky, testified in the lawsuit last month, marking the first time he had taken the stand in a...
Walgreens Will Pay $7.5 Million to Settle Unlicensed-Pharmacist Claims
Walgreens will pay $7.5 million to settle allegations that for more than a decade it let an unlicensed pharmacist handle hundreds of thousands of prescriptions, including some for highly addictive painkillers, the authorities in California said on Monday, another setback for a company already facing broader accusations that it helped feed the opioid epidemic.
Pharmacists Make Mistakes. You Can Protect Yourself.
Lynne Calloway had been taking a newly refilled arthritis prescription for a few days when she mentioned she wasn’t feeling well.
So her husband, Joseph Calloway, did some investigating. When he looked up her medication in a book detailing prescription drugs, he said, he discovered that she had been given the wrong one.
Johnson & Johnson Is Told to Pay $344 Million in Pelvic Mesh Suit
Johnson & Johnson should pay $344 million in damages because the company deceptively marketed transvaginal pelvic mesh implants to tens of thousands of women in California, a judge ruled Thursday.
Johnson & Johnson said it intended to appeal the ruling, which it said “disregards” the company’s compliance with federal regulations.
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