Latest Xarelto News

The anticoagulant drug, Xarelto, has been the subject of warnings on this site on more than one occasion due to its dangerous bleeding complications with no proven antidote to date. Now reports are coming in pointing to misconduct and discrepancies carried out by Xarelto’s makers to bring even more insult to injuries. There are new reports suggesting that in clinical trials the drug’s safety was falsified and evidence of danger was destroyed. In fact it has been reported that one of the reports for Xarelto trials by Bayer Pharmaceuticals was carried out with such disregard for safety and protocol the Federal Drug Administration had to reject the drug’s approval. Presumably, the researchers in the particular study on Xarelto flat out falsified their data and destroyed medical records in an ugly cover-up. Xarelto’s makers seemed to care more about getting their drug out on the market than providing consumers with a safe anticoagulant. It seems they believe it is perfectly fine to endanger consumers everywhere in their self-serving cause of making money.

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Warmer Weather and Rise in Motorcycle Accidents

As the temperatures slowly begin to rise, all things outdoors start to welcome Spring. This includes a great increase in motorcycles being out on the roads in states that have been waiting for winter’s grasp to ease. With more motorcycles on the road, there is unfortunately a resulting increase in motorcycle accidents leading to injuries and death. Savvy drivers will be those who take in all their surroundings, including those motorcycles that are harder to see but rightful users of the same roadways as any other motor vehicle. Motorists should be on the lookout for motorcycles and be cautious in approaching them out on the roadways to help prevent unnecessary accidents. Motorcyclists should also take all the necessary precautions and cautions while enjoying the freedom of the ride their bike affords.

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Tylenol Makers Plead Guilty

Walk to your medicine cabinet and throw away all your over-the-counter drugs made by Johnson & Johnson.  Does that sound alarmist?  Perhaps it does, but Johnson & Johnson subsidiary (McNeil Consumer Healthcare) just pled guilty on March 10, 2015 to selling their millions of loyal consumers contaminated drugs.  From 2008 to 2010 Johnson & Johnson did mass recalls on over-the-counter medications such as Tylenol, Motrin, Rolaids, Benadryl, Sudafed, and others because of manufacturing practices that resulted in metal particles, moldy odors, and labeling problems.  In 2010 they had to do mass recalls of children’s over-the-counter medications, including Infants’ Tylenol and Children’s Motrin made in their plant in Pennsylvania.  Parents actually found black specks in the bottom of their liquid Infants’ Tylenol starting in 2009 and that was due to metals such as nickel and chromium. 

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Johnson & Johnson — Guilty Plea

Walk to your medicine cabinet and throw away all your over-the-counter drugs made by Johnson & Johnson. Does that sound alarmist? Perhaps it does, but Johnson & Johnson subsidiary (McNeil Consumer Healthcare) just pled guilty on March 10, 2015 to selling their millions of loyal consumers contaminated drugs. From 2008 to 2010 Johnson & Johnson did mass recalls on over-the-counter medications such as Tylenol, Motrin, Rolaids, Benadryl, Sudafed, and others because of manufacturing practices that resulted in metal particles, moldy odors, and labeling problems. In 2010 they had to do mass recalls of children’s over-the-counter medications, including Infants’ Tylenol and Children’s Motrin made in their plant in Pennsylvania. Parents actually found black specks in the bottom of their liquid Infants’ Tylenol starting in 2009 and that was due to metals such as nickel and chromium.

One might think Johnson & Johnson would learn from their huge recall fueled decline in sales, with 2009 and 2010 sales that were the worst since World War II. Perhaps they will learn from the $25 million dollars that will be paid out to settle their federal case. A McNeil Consumer Healthcare spokesperson did come out after the U.S. Department of Justice settlement and state that their company has “been implementing enhanced quality and oversight standards across its entire business.” Let us hope so. It is time that companies, like this one, start having respect for health and well-being of loyal consumers over their bottom line.

If you or someone you know has had an issue related to any of the Johnson & Johnson (McNeil Consumer Healthcare) over-the-counter products, do not hesitate to contact the caring professionals at Inserra & Kelley, who emphasize this type of case. We would be privileged to research your particular case and see whether compensation may be due to you.

Hormone Replacement Therapy and Ovarian Cancer Risk

If you happen to be a woman beginning to experience problems related to hormone levels (i.e. with menopause), you may have noticed the commercials out there for Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) to help alleviate symptoms. There is a story out there that after the analysis of over fifty studies, experts are seeing a distinct link between HRT and a forty percent increased risk of ovarian cancer (specifically the epithelial and endometrioid ovarian cancers). Many women begin receiving HRT to combat the hot flashes, night sweats, vaginal symptoms, and discomfort during sex that crop up in menopausal women. This latest research, however, shows it definitely may not be the risk to start HRT.

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California Apple Plant and Listeria

An apple a day keeps the doctor away, as long as the apple is not one of the apples from a California plant recently connected to a deadly listeria outbreak, according to the Federal Drug Administration (FDA). The subject plant apple processing plant in question is Bidart Brothers near Bakersfield, California. The main apples affected were those apples made into packaged caramel apples, products often purchased and frozen for later. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned consumers to avoid eating any prepackaged caramel apples, whether plain or with nuts, sprinkles, or chocolate, even if frozen.

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Recalls, Defects Dominate Automotive Headlines for 2014

For the automotive industry, 2014 was the year of the recall. You couldn’t pick up a newspaper, turn on the evening news or check your favorite news site without hearing about another new and alarming recall. And unfortunately for car owners everywhere, recalls show no sign of letting up. What’s even more concerning is a lapse by automakers and federal regulators in responding soon enough to reports of serious injury and death. Visit Fatal Flaws: Crisis in Auto Safety by The New York Times for an interactive overview of the issue.

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Syngenta GMO Corn Seed Lawsuits

Genetically modified (GMO) corn seeds are the norm in today’s farming world and many American farmers rely on them for choice income producing crops each year. Now American farmers are taking up a fight against at least one big seed company for selling those GMO seeds that are not approved for many importers in the global market (mainly China). Farmers in the United States, in states such as North Carolina and Iowa, have filed lawsuits against Syngenta AG, due to financial losses suffered when China boycotted their corn, and also due to the need for clarification on the seed approval process in this country. Not only were the farmers affected, but also the supportive businesses involved in growth production, transportation, or trade of corn in the United States. Syngenta is a large multinational company that sold the subject corn seeds as Agrisure Viptera MR162.

To date, the lawsuits filed total 360 against Syngenta. Farmers are certainly involved in the lawsuits, but other eligible parties include land owners where corn crops are farmed, grain elevator owner/operators, distributors, transporters (trucking companies, truck drivers, railroads, etc.) and corn exporters. These are occupations built around an American tradition passed from one generation to the next. This industry certainly faces many unknowns every year with the weather, corn prices, pests, and the like, but being misled by companies they must rely on, like Syngenta, is an affront they do not deserve.

Do not hesitate to contact Inserra & Kelley Law Offices if you are a victim of the questionable, irresponsible actions of Syngenta AG. Our caring, knowledgeable experts are committed to help protect the rights of those in the beloved agricultural industry. A lot is owed to those honoring longstanding traditions and back breaking work to bring food to the tables of people around the world.

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SynchroMed Medication Pumps

SynchroMed implantable medication pumps are utilized for patients whom it benefits to have pain drugs directly delivered to cerebral spinal fluid when they have pain conditions that are intractable, or when they experience severe spasticity symptoms not alleviated by prescribed oral medications. Such medication delivery also has the purpose of helping patients receive the medication without the fatigue side effects that occur with oral or injected medications that have to travel throughout the body. While this might sound like a fairly noninvasive way to experience pain relief, there have been dangerous problems with the pump manufactured by Minneapolis-based Medtronic.

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Xarelto: Latest News

Xarelto blood thinning medication continues to be the subject of lawsuits due to its dangerous bleeding risks, with no approved antidote to date. Janssen Pharmaceuticals (Johnson & Johnson subsidiary) and Bayer Corporation are now the subjects of consolidated lawsuits on behalf of patients injured by the commonly prescribed drug. Xarelto has been common to complaints of internal bleeding, including gastrointestinal bleeding and brain bleeding, as well as death. Federal judges have found that a large enough number of the lawsuits includes common complains and similar facts, including the possibility that the drugs were not labeled with the dire warning of severe bleeding possibilities as a large side effect.

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