Chinese pharma firm recalls heart drug in U.S. after possible impurity
BEIJING (Reuters) - The Chinese bulk manufacturer of the common blood and heart drug valsartan said it was recalling the product from consumers in the United States and would halt supplies to the country, after an impurity linked to cancer had been detected.
Earlier this week, European regulators said the problem likely dates to changes...
Women who sued J&J declare victory after $4.69 billion talc verdict
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A woman who claimed her cancer was caused by using Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder for decades said she believes justice was served after a jury found the company should pay her and 21 other women $4.69 billion in damages.
A St. Louis jury on July 12 concluded that J&J’s talc-based...
Suffolk judge rules counties’ suit against opioid makers can go forward
A Suffolk judge ruled this week that opioid manufacturers and distributors have shown no reason why dozens of suits against them by counties and municipalities from across New York State should be dismissed.
Similar suits from around the state, including those filed by Nassau and Suffolk counties, were consolidated into one action before state Supreme...
Las Vegas shooting survivor says MGM lawsuit is like ‘bullets flying at my head’
Survivors of the worst mass shooting in modern American history feel they are again in the line of fire.
MGM Resorts International took aim at more than 1,000 victims in a pair of lawsuits filed this month in its bid to avoid all liability for the deadly Las Vegas Massacre last October.
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Blood Pressure Medicine Is Recalled
The Food and Drug Administration has announced a voluntary recall of a widely prescribed blood pressure medication made in China, reviving fears about the safety of imported drugs.
Three companies that sell the generic drug, valsartan, in the United States agreed to recall it after the F.D.A. said it might be tainted by N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA),...
Is Baby Powder Dangerous? Does Industry Even Care?
The size of the award sends a message that should be heard by the whole drug and medical device industry: Stop placing profits over safety. Or, as the women’s lawyer, Mark Lanier, put it in his closing remarks, “You don’t jack with people’s lives like this.”
Johnson & Johnson and its peers were once lauded...
McDonald’s pulls salad from thousands of locations after people are sickened by parasite
McDonald's has stopped selling salads at some 3,000 locations across the country amid a multi-state parasite outbreak that has sickened dozens of customers.
Officials with the fast-food restaurant chain said in a statement Friday that the salads have been removed from “impacted restaurants,” mainly in the Midwest, “out of an abundance of caution” until it...
‘Do Not Eat’ Kellogg’s Honey Smacks Cereal, CDC Warns
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is telling people not to eat Kellogg's Honey Smacks cereal, which has been linked to an outbreak of salmonella infections now numbering at least 100 people in 33 states.
"Do not eat this cereal," the agency declared on Twitter.
An updated advisory from the CDC recommends that consumers throw...
Source of romaine lettuce E. coli outbreak identified
The source of romaine lettuce E. coli bacteria that sickened 210 people in 36 states, including 11 in New York, has been detected in canal waters in the Yuma, Arizona, growing region, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced.
The CDC said this week that the agency and the U.S. Food and Drug...
Johnson & Johnson Told to Pay $4.7 Billion in Talcum Powder Case
Johnson & Johnson was ordered Thursday to pay $4.69 billion to 22 women and their families who had claimed that asbestos in the company’s talcum powder products caused them to develop ovarian cancer.
A jury in a Missouri circuit court awarded $4.14 billion in punitive damages and $550 million in compensatory damages to the women,...
