Dangerous Drugs Archive

Date Title Publication
4/8/09 Raptiva (efalizumab) Withdrawn from Market FDA.gov
11/17/08 $16.5 Million Jury Verdict in Duragesic Fentanyl Trial CNN Money
11/14/08 J&J Units Should Pay $25 Million for Death, Jury Told Bloomberg
10/30/08 Jury awards $13.3M to family in fentanyl pain-patch death Orlando Sentinel
10/30/08 J&J Fentanyl Pain Patch Gave Woman Fatal Dose, Lawyer Jim Orr Tells Chicago Jury Bloomberg
6/23/08 More fentanyl patch overdoses spur new warning RNWEB
6/22/08 Coroner investigates high-risk painkiller Globe Life
6/22/08 Mom claims pain drug killed baby The Toronto Sun
6/22/08 Dangers of drug patches overlooked The Los Angeles Times
6/20/08 How to determine if your Duragesic® patch has been recalled FDA
6/20/08 Ongoing, preventable fatal events with fentanyl transdermal patches are alarming! ISMP
6/19/08 Special Report: Fentanyl Patch Overdose Report Video FDA
6/2/08 Preventing Patient Deaths from Fentanyl Patches FDA
5/28/08 Pfizer Starts Media Ad Blitz to Address Smoking Drug Concerns  
5/16/08 Bayer Removes Remaining Trasylol Stock FDA
5/14/08 Bayer Pharmaceuticals to Remove Remaining Supplies of Trasylol FDA
5/2/08 North Carolina Case Claims Financial Calamity from Bayer Drug Trasylol Triangle Business Journal
3/22/08 Jim Orr on Actavis Generic Fentanyl Patch Recall Legal Broadcast Network
2/18/08 Researcher Estimates 22,000 Lives Could Have Been Saved Had Trasylol Been Pulled Earlier CBS 60 Minutes Transcript
2/15/08 22,000 died amid delayed Bayer drug recall: doctor Reuters
2/12/08 PRICARA Recallas 25mcg/hr Duragesic Fentanyl CII Pain Patches Johnson & Johnson PR
1/28/08 Panel May Issue Subpoenas Related to FDA Approval on Antibiotic Drug Ketek Congress Daily
12/21/07 Second Safety Warning on Fentanyl Skin Patch FDA.gov
11/20/07 F.D.A. Investigates Quit-Smoking Drug New York Times
9/21/07 FDA information on Actiq FDA.gov
9/21/07 Narco-Pops Showing Up On Street CBS News
9/17/07 Analyst Reiterates 'Buy' on Cephalon Forbes.com
9/17/07 Fentora (fentanyl buccal tablet) FDA.gov
9/17/07 Deaths Blamed on Improper Painkiller Use Google.com
9/14/07 Cephalon Drug Is Tied to Several Deaths Wall Street Journal
9/14/07 Four Deaths Reported in Patients Improperly Using Painkiller KVIA.com
9/14/07 Painkiller Kills Four People FoodConsumer.org
9/14/07 Fentora Cancer Pain Drug Linked To Deaths Medical News Today
9/13/07 Pain Pill Linked to 4 Deaths Salt Lake Tribune
9/13/07 Cephalon warns doctors over pain drug deaths: FDA Reuters
9/13/07 Cephalon Reinforces Important Prescribing and Dosing Information for FENTORA CNN
8/27/07 Dangers of drug patches overlooked LA Times
7/19/07 Heygood, Orr, Reyes & Bartolomei and Gulas & Stuckey: $5.5 Million Award in First Federal Fentanyl Patch Trial Medadnews.com
7/10/07 Civil Action Radio Features Interview with Trial Team on Duragesic Fentanyl Patch $5.5M Verdict Civil Action Radio
6/26/07 Jim Orr Podcast Interview regarding the June 19 Duragesic Fentanyl Settlement Civil Action Radio
6/19/07 Jury deciding if Duragesic pain patch leaked, killing man, 28 Palm Beach Post
6/7/07 Johnson & Johnson Ignored Duragesic Defects, Lawyer Says HO&P Press Release
12/16/06 Eli Lilly Played Down Risks of Zyprexa New York Times
12/15/06 FDA Revises Labeling for Trasylol FDA.gov
10/6/06 Aprotinin safety again in spotlight as new study suggests increased cardiac events HeartWire.com
8/17/06 Merck Found Liable for Vioxx Misrepresentation CNN.com
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