- Jason Edward Ochs
- August 27, 2017
Actemra is a drug used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, which affects 1.5 million Americans. It can be taken via injection or intravenously. With 760,000 patients worldwide, one would expect the drug to be safe; however, post-clinical studies have found that…
- Jason Edward Ochs
- August 24, 2017
Johnson & Johnson (J&J) suffered yet another major blow to its brand on Monday August 21st, when a Los Angeles County judge ordered them to pay $417 million in damages to a plaintiff who alleged she was diagnosed with ovarian…
- Jason Edward Ochs
- August 14, 2017
In a startling new study by the Boston Medical Center that will surely help the numerous counties and states persecuting opioid manufactures and distributors for the nationwide addiction epidemic, it was shown that one in twelve doctors was paid personally…
- Jason Edward Ochs
- August 11, 2017
In a recent statement, Weyerhaeuser Timber said it would recollect all TJI-joists that were manufactured after December 1st, 2016. TJI is Weyerhaeuser’s branded joist. Joists are a type of lumber that is supposed to resist warping and allow for faster…
- Jason Edward Ochs
- August 10, 2017
Experts are urging the president to declare a state of emergency due to the severity of the national opioid epidemic. President Trump campaigned on a promise of stopping the nation-wide crisis, which killed 33,000 people in 2015 alone. More Americans…
- Jason Edward Ochs
- August 7, 2017
A lawsuit filed in the Superior Court of California in Los Angeles County last week resulted in a verdict against Nissan of America and its brake manufacturer, Continental Auto Systems, for $25 million for faulty brakes. Plaintiffs claimed that Nissan…
- Jason Edward Ochs
- August 4, 2017
Abbvie Pharmaceuticals was ordered to pay out $150 million by a federal court in Illinois for misrepresenting their drug, AndroGel. The medication is meant to treat low testosterone (Low-T) in middle age and older men. The jury found that Abbvie…
- Jason Edward Ochs
- July 31, 2017
In order to control their blood sugar levels, some diabetics use Invokana, the better-known name of the chemical canagliflozin. It is a sodium-glucose cotransporter-2. The drug functions as a cell function inhibitor. To lower the body’s blood sugar levels, Invokana…
- Jason Edward Ochs
- July 26, 2017
We have blogged before on the storm that is brewing around Monsanto’s weed-killer Roundup and the allegations that the herbicide causes cancer such as lymphoma. See more here. The lawsuits have gathered steam as Monsanto suffered yet another blow to…
- Jason Edward Ochs
- July 19, 2017
If one were to watch or read an advertisement for Xarelto, one would likely think it perfectly safe to use for various medical applications. These would include: Blood thinning, including clotting prevention Stroke prevention Systemic and pulmonary embolism prevention Deep…
