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El Pasoan Gets $400,000 In Lawsuit Against Bayer
Oct 17, 2004 | AP
An El Paso jury awarded $400,000 to a man who blamed a chemical formerly used in Alka-Seltzer Plus for a stroke he suffered in 1997. The verdict for...
Legal Blow Prompts Bayer Warning On Settlements
Oct 15, 2004 | The Times, UK
BAYER, the German chemicals to healthcare giant, last night admitted that it may need to set aside extra provisions as it said it would consider...
Drug Agency Bans 167 Cold Medicines Over Stroke Risk
Aug 2, 2004 | The Korean Herald
The government ordered a ban on the prescription and manufacturing of cold medicines containing Phenylpropanolamine yesterday, citing risk of brain...
FDA Warns of Over-the-Counter Drug
Mar 5, 2004 | AP
The Food and Drug Administration warned Americans Monday not to use dozens of over-the-counter cold remedies or appetite suppressants until their...
Lawsuit Over OTC-Drug Ingredient Begins
Nov 16, 2003 | The Star Ledger
Five years ago, Rosemary Krenfeld took a popular nasal decongestant called Tavist-D, which was regularly sold without a prescription. She later...
Lawsuit Claims Inmate's Death Linked To Decongestant
Nov 12, 2003 | AP
A family suing over the death of a prison inmate altered their lawsuit Wednesday to include a theory that her brain hemorrhage was caused by a...
Woman Sues Drug Maker, Pharmacy
Sep 8, 2003 | The Greenville News.
A Greenville woman who says she suffered a stroke from taking cold medicine five years ago filed a lawsuit Monday against the drug's manufacturer and...
Judge Allows Study Linking Products To Strokes
Jul 24, 2003 | The Star Ledger
A controversial scientific study can be used as evidence in lawsuits charging several drug makers knew their products contained an ingredient linked...
Drug Makers Knew of PPA Link To Stroke
Apr 15, 2003 | The Star-Ledger
Two big drug makers knew of possible health risks posed by a key ingredient in their over-the-counter medicines, despite company denials consumers...
Some Medicines Linked To Strokes
Mar 6, 2003 | Knight Ridder Newspapers
A stimulant once doled out by the billions in weight-loss and cold medications, then later linked to deaths, is the subject of a slew of federal...
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