Judge dismisses Fosamax lawsuit
A New York federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Merck in which the plaintiff alleged the drug Fosamax causes…
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Laptop Stolen from Aurora St. Luke’s Hospital
A Milwaukee hospital is warning more than six-thousand patients whose personal identifying information may have been stolen. A laptop was…
Read More →FICO reveals credit report damage points data
FICO, for the first time, has publicly disclosed the extent of “damage points” data on consumers’ credit scores (aka beacon…
Read More →$6.3 Million Verdict Against Pfizer, Maker of Prempro
A Philadelphia jury has awarded $6.3 million in damages to a woman who claimed she developed breast cancer after taking…
Read More →Pfizer/Wyeth Pharmaceuticals to Release 300,000 Prempro Documents
Pfizer unit, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, has agreed to release as many as 300,000 documents related to the development, sales and marketing…
Read More →STRYKER RECALLS SURGICAL NAVIGATION OPERATING SYSTEM
Stryker Corporation’s Instruments division initiated a worldwide, Class 1 recall of 23 Operating Room System II Surgical Navigation Systems because…
Read More →TEXAS COURT DISMISSES VIOXX LAWSUIT
A Texas court recently granted Merck’s motion for summary judgment to dismiss a lawsuit over the withdrawn painkiller Vioxx, reports…
Read More →Possible ATM Fraud Link to Hancock Fabrics
Customers of banks located in California, Missouri and Wisconsin are reporting unauthorized ATM withdrawals from their accounts. The customers have…
Read More →IDENTITY THIEF SENTENCED TO PRISON
A former Johns Hopkins Medicine employee, Michelle Courtney Johnson, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison. In addition to…
Read More →AVAILABILITY OF CREDIT LINES STILL IN DECLINE?
Meredith Whitney, a Wall Street banking analyst says creditors are continue to reduce credit lines to small businesses. Whitney states…
Read More →Health Net Loses Over 1.5 Million Patient Records on Hard Drive
1.5 million Health Net customers’ personal and medical information is at risk after a hard drive was lost six months…
Read More →Drop Side Baby Cribs Recalled by Federal Safety Regulators
Over 2 million drop side baby cribs have been recalled by federal safety regulators. The baby cribs were manufactured by…
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