Pfizer Gets FDA Warning Over Contaminated Drugs at Hospira Plant
Pfizer Inc. received a warning letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration after inspectors found “significant violations” at a manufacturing plant for drugs made by its Hospira unit.
The inspection, conducted over about three weeks in May and June last year at a McPherson, Kansas, drug plant, found “significant violations of current good manufacturing...
Takata Pleads Guilty In Air Bag Scheme, Will Pay $1 Billion In Penalties
Japanese auto parts maker Takata Corp. has pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud, and agreed to pay $1 billion for concealing a defect in millions of its air bag inflators.
The decision played out in a federal courtroom in Detroit on Monday, following a deal with the U.S. Justice Department.
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Takata agrees to $1B plea deal to settle airbag case
DETROIT -- Japanese auto supplier Takata, one of the world's largest automotive suppliers, pleaded guilty Monday as a corporation in federal court, agreed to a $1 billion plea deal and told a federal judge its behavior over a 15-year period was "deeply inappropriate."
Takata, a 70-year-old supplier of airbags, seatbelts and other safety equipment to...
Judge certifies NY class action over big debt collector’s high rates
Feb 27 A federal judge has certified a class-action lawsuit accusing the big U.S. debt collector Midland Funding LLC of violating New York usury laws by charging thousands of struggling borrowers interest rates above 25 percent when trying to collect.
Monday's decision by U.S. District Judge Cathy Seibel in White Plains, New York came eight...
Pacemakers may malfunction near certain appliances or tools
(Reuters Health) - Pacemakers may fail to properly regulate patients’ heartbeats near certain appliances and tools that generate electric and magnetic fields, a German study suggests.
Researchers tested how electric and magnetic fields impact pacemakers, small battery-operated devices that help patients’ hearts beat in a regular rhythm, for 119 people under different conditions.
2017 Volvo XC90, S90, V90 Cross Country: Recall Alert
Vehicles Affected: Approximately 5,500 model-year 2017 Volvo XC90 SUVs, S90 sedans and V90 Cross Country wagons
The Problem: The bolts that secure the inflatable curtain airbags in place may break, possibly resulting in the airbag deploying improperly in a crash and increasing the risk of an injury.
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When driverless cars crash, who gets the blame and pays the damages?
If anything about driverless cars can be considered an old riddle it is this one: the car is driving itself down a residential street when a woman pushing a baby stroller suddenly enters a crosswalk. Unable to stop, should the car’s computer opt to hit mother and child, or veer off to strike a...
Hospital illegally overcharged patients for medical records: suit
One of the city’s top hospitals is gouging patients for copies of their medical records — charging them twice what the law allows, according to a new class-action lawsuit.
The illegal move, which potentially affects thousands of patients, came to light when 72-year-old retiree Vicky Ortiz sought copies of her records from...
Dangerous antibiotic-resistant infections on the rise for children in the U.S., study finds
Rising infections caused by a type of bacteria resistant to multiple antibiotics is causing longer hospitalizations and may mean a higher risk of death for children in the United States, according to a new study.
The study, published this week in the Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, found that 3 out of 5 children...
The No. 1 killer in US hospital is … secrecy
What’s the biggest killer in hospitals? Secrecy. That’s the takeaway from the feds — specifically, the Government Accountability Office and the Food and Drug Administration.
Both agencies report that hospitals are failing to disclose when medical devices injure or kill patients by spreading cancer cells throughout their bodies or infecting them with...
