Pharmacy benefit managers must face lawsuit over EpiPen prices – judge
Four pharmacy benefit managers must face a lawsuit alleging they breached their duties as administrators of employee health insurance plans’ drug benefits by causing Mylan NV to raise the EpiPen allergy medication’s price, a federal judge has ruled.
U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson in St. Paul, Minnesota on Friday denied motions by CVS Health Corp,...
Wells Fargo hit with lawsuit over robocalls to wrong numbers
(Reuters) - A proposed class action lawsuit in San Francisco federal court accuses Wells Fargo of making tens of thousands of automatically dialed, or “robo,” calls to cell phones without consumers’ consent.
Filed on Thursday on behalf of a nationwide class, the lawsuit accuses Wells Fargo of calling wrong numbers with auto-dialing equipment and failing...
Common antibiotic doctors say could give you organ failure as millions of Britons are at risk of devastating permanent side effect as a result of over-prescribing
The threat posed by the overuse of antibiotics is becoming increasingly worrying. Last week, a Public Health England report warned that antibiotic-resistant superbugs – resulting from prolific prescriptions – are now killing more than 2,500 Britons every year.
Given the endless headlines, it’s safe to assume most British patients are now aware that large quantities...
Mercedes-Benz sent recall notices too late: feds
Federal regulators are investigating Mercedes-Benz over whether it was too slow to mail out notices for a recall of 1.4 million cars in 2017.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration sent the German carmaker a 14-page letter asking it to explain why customers weren’t informed of the recall within the federally mandated time period.
The US...
FDA set to approve potent opioid for market despite adviser’s objections
The Food and Drug Administration is poised to approve a new form of a powerful opioid for use in hospitals and emergency rooms despite opposition from the head of the committee that reviewed the drug.
The FDA is scheduled to decide by Nov. 3 whether to allow a California company to produce a 30-microgram pill...
UPDATE: Potential Eye Damage from Alcon CyPass Micro-Stent Used to Treat Open-Angle Glaucoma: FDA Safety Communication
On August 29, 2018, Alcon announced an immediate, voluntary market withdrawal of the CyPass Micro-Stent from the global market. In addition, Alcon advised surgeons to immediately cease further implantation with the CyPass Micro-Stent and to return any unused devices to Alcon. This action was based on an analysis of five-year post-surgery data from the...
Jury Awards $1.25 Million in Pradaxa Bleeding Death Case
Ridgefield, Connecticut-based Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc. was not upfront about the risks of its blood thinner, Pradaxa, a federal jury found Wednesday evening before returning a $1.25 million award for the family of an 84-year-old woman who died of severe bleeding.
The nine-person jury in the Southern District of West Virginia, Huntington Division, found for...
Wells Fargo pays $65 million to settle ‘cross-sell’ fraud claims with New York
(Reuters) - Wells Fargo & Co will pay $65 million to settle claims that it misled investors about its “cross-selling” business strategy, the New York Attorney General’s office said on Monday.
A push by Wells Fargo to get existing customers to buy more of the bank’s products, known as “cross-selling,” was at the center of...
U.S. judge affirms Monsanto weed-killer verdict, slashes damages
(Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Monday affirmed a verdict against Bayer AG unit Monsanto that found its glyphosate-based weed-killers responsible for a man’s terminal cancer, sending the German company’s shares down 8 percent.
In a ruling by San Francisco’s Superior Court of California, Judge Suzanne Bolanos said she would slash the punitive damages award...
What the tests don’t show
The man was 66 when he came to the hospital with a serious skin infection. He had a fever and low blood pressure, as well as a headache. His doctors gave him a brain scan just to be safe. They found a very small bulge in one of his cranial arteries, which probably had...
