Valsartan Recalled After Testing Positive for Potentially Cancer-Causing Chemicals
Beginning in July, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a series of recalls for multiple medications that contain the drug valsartan after…
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Hernia Mesh Complications Can Also Cause Mental and Emotional Issues
Today, hernia mesh manufacturers such as Johnson & Johnson, Atrium, Covidien, and C.R. Bard, Inc., are the target of thousands of lawsuits because of medical…
Stryker Hip Replacement Failure Endangers Thousands
Stryker Corporation, a medical technologies firm based in Michigan, is one of the biggest name brands in the world for manufacturing implants used in joint…
Breaking News: First Georgia Case Filed Against Exactech for Issues with Optetrak Knee Replacement System
Medical device manufacturer Exactech has been making knee replacement components for a number of years now, servicing the growing market for joint replacement surgery that…
FDA Seeks to Prevent Pharmaceutical Companies from Abusing ‘Orphan Drug’ Law
Recently, I discussed a couple of reports that have come to light, potentially exposing the shortcomings of an FDA policy on “fast tracking” the approval…
Could the FDA Be Approving Drugs Based on Questionable Evidence?
Every time you turn on the television, you are most likely bombarded by a barrage of advertisements for prescription drugs. While you might be wary…
FDA Tracks Ongoing Optetrak Issues as Exactech Releases New Knee Replacement Product
In an effort to provide surgeons with an all-inclusive range of knee replacement systems, Exactech has recently announced the launch of their ExactechGPS TKA Plus—a…
Knee Replacement Surgeries are Growing and DePuy Attune Implants Could Be Failing: Are You Affected?
Currently, knee surgery is the most prevalent procedure performed on patients aged 45 years and older – totaling about 600,000 procedures in the U.S. and…
‘My Skin Was Melting’: One Woman’s Horror Story and the Generic Prescription Drug for Lamictal that Caused It.
In 2014, A young woman in Snellville, Georgia visited her doctor with claims of depression. Her physician prescribed lamotrigine, also marketed under the tradename Lamictal,…
MAUDE Database Points to Problems with Exactech’s Optetrak Replacement Knee
First established in the early nineties, the Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience—or MAUDE—database is mandated reporting system maintained by the Food and Drug Administration…