Published: October 6, 2008
New measures are in place at one hospital in the east, after they lost funding following an investigation.
Officials say reports made at Cherry Hospital in Goldsboro, showed employees used money from drug companies and foreign medical schools for overnight travel.
According to reports, the hospital administrators approved almost $140,000 for travel to medical events.
Officials say the measures will help monitor and Read the rest of this entry »
between the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the nation’s largest retail drugstore chain.
CVS, which operates more than 6,000 pharmacies, has agreed to pay the record-setting settlement and implement a “robust corrective action plan” after WTHR found the company was tossing its customers’ private healthcare records into unsecured dumpsters in Indianapolis and other cities nationwide.
“This is a very important settlement,” Read the rest of this entry »
The investigation revealed 16,000 violations in Kentucky and seven other states.
About 12,600 of the violations came from one Lexington Rite Aid from 2001 to August 2005, according to a Department of Justice news release. The store moved from 393 Waller Ave. to 1335 South Broadway.
Patients from the Bluegrass Weight Loss Center at 366 Waller Ave. came in droves to the pharmacy to acquire phentermine, a mild stimulant and diet drug and one part Read the rest of this entry »
Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro is based in Seattle with offices in Chicago,
Cambridge, Los Angeles, Phoenix, San Francisco and New York. Since 1993,
it has developed a nationally recognized practice in class-action and
complex litigation.Among recent successes, HBSS has negotiated a $300
million settlement in the DRAM memory antitrust litigation; a $340
million recovery on behalf of Enron employees; a $150 million Read the rest of this entry »
Despite reports of serious adverse side effects, doctors are still prescribing
, a popular allergy and asthma medication that the
(FDA) is investigating it for possibly causing behavioral changes and even suicidal thoughts. Some of Singulair’s side effects include stomach pain, cramps, unusual weakness, and upset stomachs; however, aside from mentioning irritability, Singulair’s packaging does not mention these or other side effects such Read the rest of this entry »
In a report screened on Wednesday night on ABC News in the US, it was claimed
that Stanford was suspected of laundering money for the notorious Gulf
cartel, and that one of his private jets was detained as part of the
investigation last year.
The reports come 36 hours after the Security and Exchanges Commission charged
the Texan financier with an alleged $8bn fraud. Stanford is still at large
having failed to respond to the SEC’s Read the rest of this entry »
The company is facing inquiries from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri. And now the FDA’s Office of Criminal Investigations has joined the fray.
According to a Jan. 26 filing with the SEC, the FDA could take action against the company in the form of “administrative action, civil enforcement by means of judicial proceedings and criminal Read the rest of this entry »
Tennessean Editorials, Opinions Discuss FDA Investigation Drug List
to publish online a quarterly list of drugs being investigated for potential safety risks. Summaries appear below.
Concerns that “some patients will overreact” and stop taking a medication if they see it on the FDA list “may have some foundation,” but “FDA will never be in position where people are fully satisfied with every aspect of drugs in use,” a
editorial states. According Read the rest of this entry »
A Susquehanna County Community is the center of an investigation by the Department of Environmental Protection.
It found elevated natural gas levels in four water wells.
The impact has yet to be determined.
Action News reporter Landon Sears speaks with one family who is worried for their health and their house.
Julie Sautner noticed water from her kitchen sink faucet was dirty one day in October.
“How would you like to drink that water?” Read the rest of this entry »
Medical investigators, who’ve identified 14 medications prescribed regularly for purposes other than those approved by federal drug regulators, are calling for research on so-called off-label uses to determine safety for patients.
For decades, doctors have relied on anecdotal evidence and their own knowledge of disease — beyond findings in clinical trials — to provide therapy for conditions that are difficult to treat. Following Read the rest of this entry »