Saundersblog.com - April 2007 Archives

April 2007

Florida DUI Offenders May Have to Carry Higher Levels of Required Insurance (01:34) - Rep. Rick Kriseman (D-53) is sponsoring a bill in the Florida House that would require proof of increased financial responsibility for bodily injury or death caused by owners or operators found guilty of, or who entered plea of guilty or... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
FDA Knew Years Ago About Food Contamination Dangers (01:17) - In a recent Washington Post article, the Food and Drug Administration has known for years of contamination problems at a Sylvester, GA peanut butter plant as well as on California spinach farms, but failed to take action against the offending... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Implantable Devices Seized Over Safety Concerns (16:04) - US marshals and investigators with the Food and Drug Administration seized all implantable medical devices from Shelhigh, Inc. after the Union, NJ plant was inspected last fall. Officials had warned the company in letters sent in 2000 and 2005 about... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

New Celebrex Ad Draws Criticism (14:05) - Pfizer is airing a new Celebrex commercial that is unique in a few ways. First, it isn't the usual 20-30 second spot, it actually runs for 2 1/2 minutes! Secondly, it uses animated line drawings rather than actors. However, neither... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

FDA Says Peanut Butter Contamination Riskier than First Thought (15:39) - The FDA has decided to increase the monitoring and investigation of processing plants that make peanut butter after its initial investigation has found that the peanut butter contamination poses a greater public health risk than originally believed. "Up until this... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Public Citizen: Pharmaceutical Companies Paying Doctor Above Recommended Limits (21:02) - In today's world where transparency has become operative, Public Citizen has released a study co-authored with the Journal of the American Medical Association wherein doctors are often receiving large payments in return for writing prescriptions for certain drugs. In addition,... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
Public Citizen Scolds FDA Over Zelnorm Approval (20:56) - Citing its March 2001 petition to the FDA, Public Citizen has criticized the FDA's approval for use of the irritable bowel drug Zelnorm. According to Public Citizen, the drug should never have been approved in the first place. The watchdog... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

FDA Concerned About Anesthesia Drugs for Children (17:35) - The FDA is concerned that anesthesia drugs may harm the developing brains of children. The concern stems from a recent study of animals using certain anesthesia drugs have killed brain cells. Now, the FDA has not made a corrolation between... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments