Lawsuit

AAI Pharma Files Lawsuit Against Dr. Reddy's Laboratories

Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (DRL) has been slapped with a lawsuit for patent infringement by the US based AAI Pharma Inc for the generic version of the anti-depressant drug Prozac. DRL has a 180 days exclusivity to sell the drug's 40 mg dosage form along with Barr Laboratories that holds the exclusivity for the 10 and 20 mg dosage forms. DRL expects this to be a routine move as the para IV filing af...

Doctors' decisions are affected by fear of lawsuits- says a study

Physicians treating people in emergencies may be asking patients to go for more tests// and procedures if they are afraid of being named in a lawsuit for malpractice. In a study done by researchers from University of Iowa had said that fear of being sued for malpractice may be the guiding point in treating patients by the emergency doctors, especially for those who are more afraid of a...

UCI Liver Program jinxed with 4 more lawsuits

University of California was slapped with four additional law suits, after the Liver Transplant Program of the UCI Medical center had failed miserably. // Orange county Superior court has been a witness to three claims filed by the families of patients who died just waiting for the transplants; the fourth, a patient who never received a liver. The liver transplant program...

Lawsuit Against Sunscreen Makers For False Claims of Protection Against Skin Cancer

A consumer lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court accuses sunscreen makers of exposing millions of innocent people to cancer by making false claims on their products.// The suit, which is a combination of nine other lawsuits, has named manufacturers like Coppertone, Banana Boat, Hawaiian Tropic, Bullfrog and Neutrogena. It says that by inflating the claims of protection against sk...

Pepsi company in a lawsuit(soup)!

Health conscious people here lawyers in California have sued PepsiCo alleging one of its drinks may contain the cancer-causing chemical benzene//. The drink in question is Pepsi Twist drink, and it is the first time one of America's 'big three' soft drinks firms has been drawn into a legal battle. Lawyers Howard Hewell and Howard Rubinstein, allege in the lawsuit, "Pepsi Twi...

Lawsuit against Google

Google, the Mountain View, Calif.-based company is one of the leading search engines is sued for advertising child pornography. // Hence Long Island politician sued Google. He said that the company is profiting billions of dollars from illegal child pornography. Jeffrey Toback, a member of the Nassau County Legislature accused Google of paying the websites that contains pornography involving mino...

KFC Targeted in Lawsuit

A Lawsuit that aims to eliminate the use of partially hydrogenated oil laden with trans fats has targeted Kentucky Fried Chicken //. The Center for Science in the Public Interest filed the suit with the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, which demands that KFC either stop using partially hydrogenated oil or use signs to warn customers of the high trans-fat content in the food...

American Wins Lawsuit Over Penile Implant Malfunction

An American has won more than $400,000 in a lawsuit over a malfunctioned penile implant that gave him a 10-year erection//. Charles 'Chick' Lennon, 68, of New York city, received the steel and plastic implant in 1996, about two years before Viagra entered the market, reported the online edition of Jamaica Observer. The impotent former handyman's plastic implant, Dura-II, w...

Soft Drink Companies Settle Lawsuit

Two soft drink companies have reached an agreement with courts in US not to use chemicals that would ultimately form benzene. In Zone Brands Inc, and TalkingRain Beverage// Co were taken to court by parents for using chemicals in their drinks, which increased benzene formation. Presence of vitamin C and potassium or sodium benzoate in soft drinks or fruit juices can cause formation of...

Wyeth Embroiled in a Lawsuit over its Hormone Replacement Therapy

Monday saw the conclusion of the first of a wave of prescription drug trials with the hearing of the closing arguments as Wyeth defended// its hormone replacement therapy Prempro against claims of increased risk of heart disease, stroke and cancer. Zoe Littlepage, an attorney for plaintiff Linda Reeves, told the jury at the federal court in Little Rock said, "Wyeth was negligent in not t...

Costliest Lawsuit for Chinese Hospital

In a case of dubious consolation, nineteen persons infected with AIDS will be given $2.5 million in compensation, making this Chinas most moneyed lawsuit//. This money should provide some relief to the affected and their families as most of them are living in poverty. Fifteen persons were contaminated via transfusions of blood during operations carried out at a provincial hospital of n...

Fast-Multiplying Lawsuits Can Stymie Medical Science, Authors Warn

Class-action lawsuits can significantly slow or halt science's ability to establish links between neurological illness and environmental //factors produced by industry, a team of scientists and lawyers warns in the journal Neurology. The authors caution that litigation's effects could seriously impair efforts to identify compounds that contribute to a wide variety of diseases, includin...

AIDS Healthcare Foundation to File Lawsuit Against Pfizer

The Los Angeles-based AIDS Healthcare Foundation on Monday is expected to file a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court against the pharmaceutical company Pfizer//. The decision is the outcome for allegedly promoting recreational use of its erectile dysfunction drug Viagra in advertisements, Reuters reports. According to Reuters, AHF said Pfizer's ads for the drug have increased risky...

Medical Marijuana Activist Drops Lawsuit

Angel Raich, the well-known activist, who had been crusading for the right to use marijuana for medicinal purposes has dropped her lawsuit against the federal government. "I've lost all faith in the judicial system, I don't understand how somebody can lose their constitutional right to life in this country," she said Thursday. "It's been really, really hard for me these last few mont...

Nigeria Files New Lawsuit Against Pfizer

Nigeria filed a new lawsuit Friday against US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer claiming some 6.5 billion dollars in damages for deaths allegedly stemming from drug trials. Hours after dropping its original suit claiming seven billion dollars in damages, government lawyer Babatunde Irukera presented a new complaint to the high court alleging the tests conducted in 1996 were "unlawful and...