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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Audi Widens Europe Diesel-Car Recall as Emission Woes Spread
Audi’s effort to emerge from the diesel scandal that has engulfed parent Volkswagen AG for more than a year suffered a setback as the luxury-car brand identified more cars in Europe that might breach emission rules.
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J&J’s Ethicon hit with $2.16 million verdict in vaginal-mesh case
A state court jury in Philadelphia on Friday ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $2.16 million to a Pennsylvania woman who claimed she suffered injuries due to pelvic mesh devices manufactured by the company's Ethicon unit.
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Survey: Medical device makers expect to be hacked but few are doing anything about it
More than ⅔ of medical device makers believe their products are vulnerable to cyberattack, but less than ⅕ are taking significant steps to do anything about it, according to a survey funded by software firm Synopsys.
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Doctor who faced retaliation for raising concerns about double-booked surgeries wins lawsuit
A prominent Boston neurosurgeon was illegally forced out of his previous job at a New York hospital for strongly objecting to a policy that allowed another surgeon to perform complex spine surgeries on two patients simultaneously, a judge ruled.
Double-booking, as the practice is sometimes called, triggered a fierce dispute among doctors...
Wells Fargo, Consumers Try to Rescue Bogus-Account Settlement
Both sides of Wells Fargo & Co.’s $142 million settlement over its fake-accounts scandal made last-ditch efforts to salvage the class-action pact after a federal judge voiced misgivings about some of its terms.
Lawyers for the bank and customers submitted new information late Wednesday in an attempt to address U.S District Judge...
$553 Million Accord for U.S. Drivers Over Takata Airbags
The legal battle over the deadly flaws in Takata airbags moved a step closer to resolution on Thursday when four automakers agreed to compensate owners of recalled cars.
Under a proposed settlement in a class-action case, Toyota, BMW, Subaru and Mazda are set to pay a total of $553 million to current...
UCI doctor’s plan to stop superbugs is widely used. At her own hospital, it didn’t work
By the end of December, a lethal bacterium had swept through UC Irvine Medical Center’s intensive care unit, sickening seven infants. Dr. Susan Huang, the hospital’s infection control expert, had a plan.
The strategy — which she had promoted so successfully that most U.S. hospitals now use it — included bathing all...
A teen chugged a latte, a Mountain Dew and an energy drink. The caffeine binge led to his death.
Davis Cripe left home April 26 an active and healthy teenage boy, but in art class that afternoon he fell to his knees and told worried classmates that he felt lightheaded.
He passed out on the floor and was rushed to a nearby hospital. By 3:30 p.m., around the time the final...
