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Baycol Cases Settled to Date: 2,995 Claims Paid Total of $1.133 Billion
About 6,000 Baycol Lawsuits Remain In U.S.; Bayer Says Only 50 of Those Cases to be Settled At Bayer AG’s annual general meeting in late April 2005, the company said that as of April…
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New “Drug Watch” Web Page for Drug-safety Information
Emerging Drug-safety Issues Will be Posted on New FDA Site Late last week the FDA announced guidelines for its proposed "Drug Watch" web site, which would be aimed at letting patients know about emerging…
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Vioxx Lawsuits Will Take Several Years to Resolve
Legal Claims Filed Against Merck May Exceed 100,000 The federal court judge overseeing the recently established Multi-district Litigation ("MDL") for the personal injury and wrongful death cases involving the withdrawn pain drug Vioxx said…
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Natrecor Linked to Increased Death Rates and Kidney Problems
Medical Journals Raised Questions about Safety of Natrecor Natrecor has been reported to increase kidney problems and death rates among patients in recent editions of Circulation and The Journal of the American Medical Association…
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Rhabdomyolysis Risk for Statin Users Increased By Drinking Grapefruit Juice
Risk is Most Significant for Patients on Cholesterol-lowering Zocor There is an increased risk of developing rhabdomyolysis, a potentially life-threatening muscle disorder, for patients taking statins when they drink grapefruit juice. This problem occurs…
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Multiple Prescription Medication Use by Americans Has Increased
Identification of Serious Drug-Drug Interactions: Internet Tools The aging of the population and increasing complexity of medication regimens used by patients, coupled with a fragmented health care system involving multiple prescribers, has made the…
