Can You Sue If Harmed By A Weight-Loss Drug?
You may be able to recover financial compensation for such losses as your medical bills if you were harmed as a result of taking a weight-loss drug. Losing weight is a goal many share. It’s also a
The Vitamin Shoppe recalls Vthrive bioactive multivitamins due to failure to meet child resistant packaging requirement; risk of poisoning
This recall involves The Vitamin Shoppe’s Vthrive Bioactive Women’s One-Daily Multivitamins. The 60-count capsules were sold in an amber bottle with a gray top. Vthrive and Bioactive Women’s One-Daily Multi are printed on a blue label on the bottle. Item number VS-6104
AG Settles With Andover Pharmacy Over Illegal Opioid Prescribing
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey has reached an $11 million settlement with an Andover mail-order pharmacy over allegations the company had a role in shipping thousands of illegitimate opioid painkiller prescriptions around the country. The allegations involve Injured Workers Pharmacy (IWP) in
West Virginia sues Walgreens, Rite Aid, claims they flooded state with opioids
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey filed two lawsuits against Walgreens and Rite Aid this week, claiming they failed to monitor and report suspicious orders of controlled substances and ordered excessive amounts of opioids to their pharmacies in the state. In the
First Big Metformin Product Recalled, More on the Way
Immediately after the FDA said it found elevated levels of the carcinogenic ingredient N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) in certain extended release (ER) metformin products, the first 2 major recalls are underway. Both Apotex Corp and Amneal Pharmaceuticals have issued a voluntary recall of its metformin hydrochloride extended-release
MEDICAL DEVICE ALERA UPGRADED TO A CLASS I RECALL BY FDA
The FDA (Food and Drug Administration) has recently upgraded the recall of Alere INRatio and INRatio2 Monitor systems to a Class I recall. This means that there is a probability that using the Alere system will cause serious health consequences or possibly lead to death.
Compounding Pharmacy Update
According to the Boston Globe, on at least two occasions in the past decade, Massachusetts pharmacy officials have displayed indifference in their supervision of a concerning Framingham compounding pharmacy (The New England Compounding Center) that is linked to the nationwide meningitis outbreak that has
Meningitis Sister Company Issues Massive Product Recall
The sister company of Framingham’s New England Compounding Center (NECC) – Ameridose – recalled all of its products on October 31, 2012. According to health officials, the NECC is the source of fungus-contaminated steroid injections that have killed 28 people and sickened at least 363