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Doctors Urge Ending Use of Heart Surgery Drug Trasylol

A drug used worldwide to reduce bleeding during heart surgery can increase the risk of kidney failure, heart attacks and strokes, and should be abandoned, doctors are reporting today. They say other medicines are safer and cheaper, and should be used instead. The drug, aprotinin, is sold under the b

By The Legal Examiner

/ 29 Jan 2006

Lawyer Subpoenaed for Guidant Documents

An attorney suing Guidant Corporation has been ordered by the Justice Department to turn over the documents he received from the company. The subpoena, part of the federal government’s investigation into the Indianapolis-based company, requires Texas attorney Bob Hilliard to turn over handwritten no

By The Legal Examiner

/ 29 Jan 2006

Boston Scientific Medical Device Recall

Attorney Jordan Margolis posted a nice piece on two Boston Scientific medical device recalls. Those who have had these devices should check the product information against their medical records and seek both medical and legal advice regarding these product recalls.

By The Legal Examiner

/ 27 Jan 2006

Guidant's Troubles Aren't Over

On January 19, 2006, a Texas judge ordered Guidant to hand over internal documents that might show the company continued to sell some of its heart defibrillator models after knowing that the devices might prove faulty. The NY Times reported the following day that the documents appear to show that so

By The Legal Examiner

/ 23 Jan 2006

New England Journal of Medicine Accuses Drug Companies of Hiding Key Data

According to a study published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine, several major pharmaceuticals are withholding important details about clinical drug trials, despite urging from federal regulators and medical journal editors. The New England Journal of Medicine specifically cites Merc

By The Legal Examiner

/ 29 Dec 2005

Guidant Withholds Info About the Dangers of its Defibrillators

In documents filed in a Texas lawsuit against Guidant, the manufacturer of implantable defibrillators, the company failed to disclose publicly that Guidant officials had projected that some patients might die because of short circuits in their implantable defibrillator. According to the documents, G

By The Legal Examiner

/ 28 Dec 2005

Guidant Heart Device Blamed for 3 More Deaths

According to an article published in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal Guidant heart devices have been linked to three new deaths. The information arose out of a Guidant report to the US Food and Drug Administration. The deaths occurred after Guidant had recalled the devices in June.

By The Legal Examiner

/ 15 Dec 2005

New England Journal of Medicine Says Merck Left Out Data About Heart Attacks

The New England Journal of Medicine posted an “expression of concern” that three heart attacks among patients who used Vioxx were left out of the date in a crucial Vioxx study called Vigor, making Vioxx appear safer than it actually was. In a statement released December 8, 2005 the New England Journ

By The Legal Examiner

/ 8 Dec 2005