AbbVie must pay $15 million in Depakote birth-defect trial: jury
A federal jury on Friday awarded $15 million to a 10-year-old boy whose mother blamed his birth defect on AbbVie Inc's (ABBV.N) bipolar disorder drug Depakote that she took while pregnant, in the latest trial among hundreds of lawsuits over the product.
Jurors in federal court in East St. Louis, Illinois, awarded the compensatory damages...
FDA asks drugmaker to stop selling opioid painkiller because benefits ‘may no longer outweigh its risks’
The FDA has requested that a major drugmaker pull one of its prescription painkillers because the agency is believes “the benefits of the drug may no longer outweigh its risks.”
The agency has asked Endo...
Crummy situation: Massive food recalls for labeling error
Millions of pounds of food — packaged under major brands including Libby’s, Tyson and Chef Boyardee and ranging from canned spaghetti and meatballs to frozen, ready-to-eat chicken strips — are under recall in the U.S. and Canada because of a labeling error by an unidentified bread crumb supplier.
The recalls started Thursday with an 87-ton...
Opioids Over-Prescribed After C-Sections: Studies
THURSDAY, June 8, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Women are routinely prescribed more opioid painkillers than they need after Cesarean sections, creating a high risk for misuse, a trio of new studies suggests.
C-sections are the most common inpatient surgery in the United States, with 1.3 million procedures performed a year, according to the researchers. But...
7 of the deadliest cars on the road
Which cars carry the greatest risk of fatal accidents? If you said "smaller is more dangerous," you're on the right track.
In latest Insurance Institute for Highway Safety study of which car models sustain the highest rate of driver fatalities, the seven worst models were all what IIHS classifies as minicars or small cars....
CMS drops appeal in arbitration lawsuit, proposes revisions to agreement requirements
In what is being seen as a victory for long-term care providers, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has abandoned its appeal of a court ruling blocking its prohibition of pre-dispute nursing home arbitration agreements and proposed removing the ban.
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Legislative malpractice: Doing right by Lavern Wilkinson
In March 2013, lung cancer took the life of Lavern Wilkinson, a 41-year-old Brooklyn single mom and church librarian.
The Republican leader of the state Senate, John Flanagan, has been insulting Wilkinson’s memory ever since by refusing to let a bill known as Lavern’s Law come up for a vote, even though more than 60%...
Harley-Davidson recalls 57,000 motorcycles for oil-line defect
Harley-Davidson is recalling about 57,000 motorcycles worldwide because an oil line can come loose, spewing oil into the path of the rear tire.
The recall covers certain 2017 Electra Glide Ultra Classic, Police Electra Glide, Police Road King, Road King, Road King Special, Street Glide, Street Glide Special, Road Glide and Road Glide Special motorcycles...
Dangerously Addictive Painkiller Prescribed for Patients Who Shouldn’t Have Received It, Says Whistleblower
It's called Subsys and it's a painkiller 100 times more powerful than morphine that was approved by the FDA for cancer patients whose agony can't be relieved by other narcotics alone.
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Mylan may have overcharged U.S. for EpiPen by $1.27 billion: HHS
The U.S. government may have overpaid drugmaker Mylan N.V. by as much as $1.27 billion between 2006 and 2016 for its EpiPen emergency allergy treatment, the Department of Health and Human Services said on Wednesday.
The amount is nearly three times a proposed settlement that the company announced in October.
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