Litigation

• Mich. Drug Companies Now Less Immune Under Tort Reform (subscription required)
• 9^th Circ. To Reconsider Its Remand of Teva Painkiller Suit (subscription required)
• Medtronic Tells 10^th Circ. Bone Device Suit is Preempted (subscription required)
• Unilever to Pay $10M Over Hair Loss Tied to Suave Product (subscription required)
• Expert Testimony Barred in Denture-Adhesive Mass Tort (subscription required)
• Roche Looks to Sink $2M Accutane Verdict on Appeal (subscription required)
• Pfizer Says 2^nd Circ. Can’t Review Lipitor FCA Suit (subscription required)
• Court Split Over Medical Device Claims Persists (subscription required)
• MDL Trial for Ethicon Gynecare Mesh Lawsuit to Begin This Week
• Pradaxa Documents Reveal Company Changed New Study’s Conclusions
• J&J Wants Discovery Mishaps Barred from Vaginal Mesh Trial (subscription required)
• NuvaRing Birth Control Settlement to Result in $100M Payment by Merck
• Bellwether Plan to Be Proposed for Propecia Sexual Side Effects Lawsuits
• Pfizer Wants Professor’s Report Out of Birth Defect MDL (subscription required)

Regulatory

• Aleve Heart Risk Warnings Should Be Kept, FDA Panel Says
• FDA Panel Says Data Don’t Show Naproxen is Safer NSAID (subscription required)
• Amgen Hit with FDA Warning Over Drug-Device Combos (subscription required)
• Sens. Seek to Limit FDA’s Health IT Regulatory Oversight (subscription required)
• CPSC Refuses to Neuter Product Info Disclosure Proposal (subscription required)
• FDA Hammers Active Ingredient Maker Over “Severe Hazard” (subscription required)
• FDA to Review Heart Failure Risk with Diabetes Drug Saxagliptin
• FDA Panel Addresses Painkiller Cardiac Safety Labels This Week
• 5 Lessons Doctors Can Take From FDA’s Big Stem-Cell Win (subscription required)
• FDA Updates Disclosure Rules on Medical Device Changes (subscription required)
• FDA Details Expectations for Approval of New Painkillers (subscription required)

Recalls

• Calcium gluconate 10 percent Injections by Rx Formulations: Recall – Microbial Contamination

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