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• Task Force Study Regarding Effectiveness of Mammograms Sparks Political Debate

  Posted by: Salvatore J. Zambri, Esquire A recent federal task force's study that discourages routine mammograms for most women below the age of 50 has sparked a major political debate.  As a Washington Post article…

• Federal Task Force Challenges Uefulness of Mammograms, Sparks Intense Debate

  Posted by: Salvatore J. Zambri, Esquire As reported in the Washington Post, a federal task force has concluded, "Women in their 40s should stop routinely getting annual mammograms, and older women should cut back to…

• Drug Warning: Vials of Genzyme Drugs Potentially Contaminated

  Posted by: Salvatore J. Zambri, Esquire The New York Times reported that according to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), "Vials of five different Genzyme drugs for rare diseases may be contaminated with tiny…

• 2008-2009 American Association for Justice Media Highlights Promoting the Civil Justice System

  Over the last year, the American Association for Justice (AAJ), has fought to reverse the Bush administration's legacy of complete immunity preemption, pushed to end forced arbitration and advanced the rights of all Americans to…

• Multiple Sclerosis Drug Tysabri Linked to Lethal Brain Inflammation

  Posted by: Salvatore J. Zambri, Esquire The Associated Press (AP) recently reported that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) "says it confirmed three new cases of a potentially lethal brain inflammation linked to the multiple…

• Drugmaker Hid Dangers of Drug from Public to Pad Profits

  Posted by: Salvatore J. Zambri, Esquire According to a Bloomberg report, a former GlaxoSmithKline executive testified under oath that the drug company knew as early as 2001 that its anti-depressant drug--Paxil--could cause birth defects in…

• Medical Malpractice Victims' Right to Sue in Court Only Nominally Impacts Overall Healthcare Costs

  Posted by: Salvatore J. Zambri, Esquire According to the AP (9/18), the Obama Administration "announced $25 million in grants for states and health care systems to experiment with alternatives to costly medical malpractice lawsuits." The…

• FDA Mandates "Black Box" Warning for Promethazine

  Posted by: Salvatore J. Zambri, Esquire The AP (9/17, Johnson) reports that the FDA has determined that "[m]akers of injected promethazine, a sedative also used to treat nausea and vomiting, are being required to put…

• American Association of Justice Rightly Defends Access to Justice

  Posted by: Salvatore J. Zambri, Esquire In a segment on CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360" (9/15), the immediate past-president of the American Association of Justice, Les Weisbrod, and another past-president, Todd Smith, addressed the notion of…

• Pfizer Subsidiary Pleads Guilty to Illegally Promoting Pain Killer

  Posted by: Salvatore J. Zambri, Esquire According to an AP (9/16) report, Pharmacia and Upjohn, a subsidiary of Pfizer, "has pleaded guilty to illegally promoting the pain killer Bextra [valdecoxib]" as part of "a settlement…