March, 2009Central Fireplace Recalls Fireplaces Due to Laceration Hazard
Excess gas can accumulate in the firebox if the pilot light is not lit or has gone out. When consumers relight the pilot light, the accumulated gas can ignite with force and shatter the glass fireplace doors posing a serious laceration hazard.
Continue →New Legislation Would Introduce Generic Biotech Drugs Faster
Bipartisan legislation introduced today in the U.S. Senate would make cheaper, generic versions of brand-name biotech drugs available faster than makers of biotech drugs want to face generic competition.
Continue →Thousands Possibly Exposed to Hepatitis and HIV During Procedures at South Florida Veterans Affairs Facility
Thousands of veterans who received colonoscopies at a Miami-area Veterans Affairs facility may have contracted hepatitis or HIV from contaminated medical equipment used during the procedures, officials said. This week, the VA sent letters to 3,260 people who had colonoscopies at the Miami Veterans Affairs Healthcare System between May 2004 and March 12, 2009. In the letters, VA officials said they have learned that tubing used in endoscope procedures was rinsed but not disinfected, increasing the risk of disease or …
Continue →SEC Stops $68 Million Ponzi Scheme Involving Caribbean Bank
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has put a halt to a $68 million Ponzi scheme centered around the sale of fake high-yield certificates of deposit in a Caribbean-based bank.
Continue →Widow of Man Killed By Asbestos-Related Cancer Awarded $2.6 Million
The wife of a former Navy firefighter who died from mesothelioma, a rare but deadly form of cancer linked to exposure to toxic asbestos, has been awarded about $2.6 million by a Connecticut jury.
Continue →Test Being Developed For Deadly Brain Infection Linked to MS Drug Tysabri
Drug maker Biogen Idec Inc. is close to finalizing a new test to detect a virus which can cause a deadly brain infection in patients taking its multiple sclerosis drug, Tysabri. The antibody-based test, which may be ready for the public by the end of 2009, is designed to detect the JC virus, which is linked to causing progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML). Tysabri and other drugs treat MS, psoriasis, and other inflammatory conditions by lowering the body’s immune system. However, …
Continue →Outerwears Inc. Recalls Filters Used in Fuel Funnels Due to Fire Hazard
The Funnel Pre-Filters can create a flash when they are removed from the fuel tank posing a fire hazard.
Continue →Assets of Madoff’s Brother Frozen Amid New Probe of Accused Wrongdoing
All financial assets of Peter Madoff, the brother of disgraced Wall Street swindler Bernard Madoff, have been ordered temporarily frozen by a New York judge due to an accusation that he mishandled a client’s $500,000 inheritance fund. Peter Madoff, who was an executive in his brother’s financial firm, Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, was the trustee of a trust for Andrew Ross Samuels, a New York City law student. Samuels said the money was left for him by his …
Continue →$8.5 Million Award Upheld in Flesh-Eating Bacteria Case
A federal judge has upheld most of an $8.5 million award to the ex-wife of an Air Force officer who lost use of one of her arms to a flesh-eating virus that was misdiagnosed by a military doctor. The woman, Jean Philips, sought treatment in 2002 from a physician at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois, where her then-husband, a captain, was stationed. Philips had developed a rash on her arm. The physician, Dr. Dan MacAlpine, assumed that Philips was …
Continue →U.S. Psychiatrists Agree to Stop Accepting Drug Company Freebies; Reducing Conflicts of Interest Behind the Move
The American Psychiatric Association will stop accepting medical education seminars sponsored by drug companies and other freebies at its annual meetings in an effort to reduce financial conflicts of interest.
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