The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently announced that a listeria outbreak arising out of stone fruit—nectarines, peaches, and plums—made people in seven states sick. Up to 11 people reported they became sick due to the outbreak. Ten of those people who reported their sickness were hospitalized while one…
The Supreme Court heard arguments related to a challenge to the bankruptcy deal that’s intended to compensate victims of highly addictive pain killer OxyContin. Based on the questions judges asked, court watchers believe the Court is split. The manufacturer of Oxycontin, Purdue Pharma, entered into a deal to pay billions…
Recently, manufacturer WanaBana agreed with the FDA to voluntarily recall all WanaBana apple cinnamon fruit puree pouches because they have elevated lead levels. The warning asked parents and caregivers of children who consumed the pouches to contact their healthcare providers to get blood tests and advised parents not to buy…
The Joint Commission has released its data for the first half of 2023, and alarmingly, it shows that sentinel events are on track to surpass a record high found in 2022. Sentinel events are patient safety events that cause severe temporary harm, permanent harm, or death. If you or a…
Recently, Eli Lilly announced that it is planning a clinical trial of its diabetes drug Mounjaro in patients who are six years old or older that have obesity. In fact, according to a United States government registry, Eli Lilly is already underway with a Mounjaro trial on children as young…
Recently, a jury found the company Bayer liable in a product liability lawsuit brought by plaintiff Mike Dennis who alleged his non-Hodgkin lymphoma was the result of exposure to Bayer’s Roundup weed killer. The jury ordered Bayer to pay $332 million in damages, of which $7 million is in compensatory…
Manufacturer Medline Industries initiated a recall of its Hudson RCI Addipak Unit Dose Vial, 0.9% full normal saline solution in July of this year. The FDA has categorized this recall as a Class I recall, which is the most severe kind of recall, reserved for cases in which use of…
Manufacturer Kraft Heinz discovered that one of the machines that individually wraps Kraft Singles American processed cheese slices permits thin strips of film to say on the slices even after removal of the wrapper. The food company announced a voluntary recall of more than 83,800 cases these slices. It’s believed…
The Food and Drug Administration recently updated the warning label on Horizon Pharmaceutical’s TEPEZZA. The label now includes that one of the “major recent changes” for warnings and precautions is “hearing impairment including hearing loss.” Hearing loss is just one of four warnings. The others are hyperglycemia, exacerbation of preexisting…
Bard’s PowerPort devices are implanted under the skin and pump intravenous chemotherapy and other fluid into a patient’s bloodstream. These are two-part devices with an injection reservoir and a catheter. Recently, plaintiffs in eight lawsuits against Becton, Dickinson & Company, C.R. Bard, Inc., and Bard Access Systems made a motion…