Study Says – U.S. Has A Drug Recall Problem
Drug Recalls in the U.S. happen frequently, about once every month, according to researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. In a new study, the researchers found that although the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has systems for communicating these recalls, they might not be enough to warn health care providers of important drug recall information.
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Angela Beck talks about the dangers of the Yaz birth control bill and how it affected her life.
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Pfizer Birth Control Recall – Ovral & Norgestrel
Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer ordered the recall Tuesday of at least a million oral contractive packets because the pills might not be potent enough to prevent pregnancy. Pfizer said the recall affected 14 lots of Lo/Ovral-28 tablets and 14 lots of Norgestrel and Ethinyl Estradiol tablets.
Dr. Manny Alvarez, senior managing health editor of FoxNews.com, said this recall of birth control pills is one of the largest he can remember in recent years. “If there’s one thing that for years women have relied on, it’s that the sun is going to come out in the morning, you have to pay taxes, and that your birth control pills will work,” he said.
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Bayer Healthcare Now Settling Yaz and Yasmin Injury Cases
Bayer Healthcare reports that they have reached agreements
to settle Yaz and Yasmin deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary
embolism lawsuits brought on by at least 70 women.
Over the next few months it is expected that many more Yaz and Yasmin
injury cases will be settled and finially women will achieve
the justice they deserve.
– March 2012
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Katun employees sue over payments
The company demanded payments from employee shareholders to help cover fines levied by the government.
Published: Star Tribune: Newspaper of the Twin Cities
Author: David Phelps; Staff Writer
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Iowa explosion victims awarded $9.6M
Published: Minnesota Lawyer
Author: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Reporter
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Plaintiffs lawyers assert train case has gone off-track
Published: Minnesota Lawyer
Author: Barbara L. Jones
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$1 million settlement in Red Lake
The settlement with the school district will be distributed among the 21 families of those killed or injured in the March 2005 shootings.
Published: Star Tribune: Newspaper to the Twin Cities
Author: Tony Collins; Chuck Haga; Staff Writers
Location: Red Lake, Minn.
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Ordeal by fire leads to suit
The victim of a propane blast says the industry fails to issue sufficient warnings
Published: Star Tribune: Newspaper of the Twin Cities
Author: Pam Louwagie
Location: Lakefield, Minn.
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Ford, tire company settle with families over SUV lawsuits
Published: Star Tribune: Newspaper of the Twin Cities
Author: Pam Louwagie
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Paralyzed teen sues Ford, Firestone
His suit and that of another Minnesota family are believed to be among the state’s first in the tide of legal action related to rollovers.
Published: Star Tribune: Newspaper of the Twin Cities
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Sex-abuse suit against juvenile center settled
Deal made for Ramsey County man who is an ex-resident of S.D. facility
Published: Star Tribune: Newspaper of the Twin Cities
Author: Mark Brunswick; Staff Writer
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Trial set to begin in juvenile abuse case
Five of six plaintiffs have already accepted cash settlements over alleged sexual crimes at a South Dakota center for young offenders.
Published: Star Tribune: Newspaper of the Twin Cities
Author: Mark Brunswick; Staff Writer
Location: Chamberlain, S.D.