Focus Factor Makers Settle Over Marketing Claims
Marketing Claims Settlement. The people behind a heavily advertised dietary supplement called Focus Factor have agreed to a more than $1 million settlement with the government. Ads from Vital Basics, Inc. of Portland, Maine, promised that Focus Factor could improve a person's focus, memory, mood and concentration but the Federal … [Read more...]
FDA Warns Cosmetics Makers About Overstated Claims for Wrinkle Creams
FDA Warning The Industry About Wrinkle Creams. In a series of warning letters to cosmetics manufacturers, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning the industry about claims being made for wrinkle creams. Five warnings letters have been sent to companies since November, the latest of which addressed claims for … [Read more...]
Protein Powder Makers May be Spiking Their Products with Inferior Ingredients
Manufacturers Adding Low Quality Ingredients In Protein Powder. In an effort to cut manufacturing costs, some protein powder companies are adding less expensive ingredients that can trick a protein-content test into registering a higher protein concentration that the product actually has. The practice – called nitrogen spiking or … [Read more...]
PW represents Florida Man in Class-Action Against Makers of Exploding Toilets
Exploding Toilets A Very Serious Safety Threat. What may have seemed almost comical - reports of exploding toilets - is actually a very serious safety threat to consumers. The defective Series 503 Flushmate® III Pressure-Assist Flushing System has caused hundreds or more toilets across the country and in Canada to explode without … [Read more...]
Vytorin Makers Spent Millions on Medical Education
Vytorin Makers Spent Millions on Medical Education Merck & Co. and Schering-Plough, the makers of Vytorin, spent millions over the past four years to educate doctors about the latest treatments for heart disease, according to The Wall Street Journal. Critics of the pharmaceutical industry assert that marketing, not medical … [Read more...]
Vytorin Makers $41.5M Settlement
Vytorin Makers Class Action Settlement. Vytorin is a combination of Zetia and the statin Zocor. It has been under the microscope since the ENHANCE study was released in January 2008. ENHANCE found that the drug was no better than a cheaper, generic statin in preventing clogged arteries, and raised serious questions about the … [Read more...]
Baby Bottle Makers to Stop Using BPA
Baby Bottle Makers Under Tight Scrutiny. On the heels of Suffolk County’s announcement this week that legislative officials there voted to implement a bill to ban the controversial, toxic chemical Bisphenol A (BPA) from baby bottles and sippy cups, MSNBC is reporting that Connecticut’s attorney general, Richard Blumenthal, made … [Read more...]
Drug Makers, Consumer Groups Push Candidates to Head Up FDA
Drug Makers, Consumer Groups Push Candidates. Dr. Janet Woodcock, current head of the Food & Drug Administration's (FDA) drug division, is said to be a drug industry favorite to head up the agency in a new Obama Administration. However, consumer advocate groups are said to be favoring agency critics like Dr. Stephen Nissan and … [Read more...]
California AG Suing Artificial Turf Makers
A Lawsuit Against Artificial Turf Manufacturers. California Attorney General Jerry Brown filed a lawsuit against three artificial turf manufacturers Tuesday, saying turf –which contains lead—violates the state's environmental laws as stipulated in Proposition 65. The lawsuit cites high levels of lead in turf samples from the three … [Read more...]
Lawsuit Alleges Medical Device Makers Paid Illegal Kickbacks to Doctors
Medical Device Makers Paid Kickbacks To Doctors. A Pennsylvania medical supply company is suing six joint implant manufacturers over alleged illegal kickbacks to doctors. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Pittsburgh on Monday, alleges that the defendants blocked Intermedics-McCullough out of the market despite selling … [Read more...]
Vytorin Makers Defend Drug
Vytorin Makers Defend Drug. Vytorin makers Merck and Schering-Plough are preparing to send a letter to thousands of physicians in an attempt to address cancer concerns raised by a recently published study. While the companies acknowledge that Vytorin users enrolled in the SEAS study had higher rates of cancer than those taking … [Read more...]
Artificial Turf Makers Could Face Lawsuits over Lead Contamination
CDC Test Some Artificial Turf For Lead. Just days after the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommended testing some types of artificial turf for lead, an environmental advocacy group is issuing its own warning. The non-profit Center for Environmental Health has also threatened to take legal action against some of the biggest … [Read more...]
China to Crack Down on Medical Device Makers
China Warns to Revoke The Licenses of Medical Device Makers. China will revoke the licenses of those manufacturers producing unqualified medical devices that cause disastrous results, according to a draft on the administration of medical device recalls. The Chinese government will assign compulsory recalls and levy penalties of … [Read more...]
Three Lead Paint Makers Are Found Guilty
Lead Paint Makers Created A Nuisance That Continues To Poison Children. Three former makers of lead paint created a public nuisance that continues to poison children, a jury decided Wednesday in the state’s landmark lawsuit against the companies. The verdict means the companies that once made lead paint and pigment could be held … [Read more...]
Antidepressant Makers Ordered To Cite Suicidal Risk In Labeling
Antidepressant Suicidal Risk In Labeling. The health ministry has ordered drugmakers to revise the labeling for their antidepressant drugs to include a warning on an increased risk of suicide, the first order of its kind in Japan, according to ministry officials. Twelve types of drugs will be subject to the measure, the officials … [Read more...]
The makers of birth control patch are putting out a warning
Blood Clots Were Linked To The Birth Control Patch. DR. SANJAY GUPTA, CNN SENIOR MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: The FDA approves an updated warning regarding the Ortho Evra patch, specifically saying that in fact it was probably delivering much more estrogen than previously thought, up to 50 to 60 percent higher. The concern specifically … [Read more...]
