Plavix ruling paves way for more mass torts in Calif.

Calif. Supreme Court decision clarifies boundaries in exercising specific jurisdiction – What will this mean for Essure? SAN DIEGO, CALIF., Sept. 2 2016 -- A ruling made by the California Supreme...

Ky. attorney general accuses GranuFlo maker of Medicaid fraud, files lawsuit

Sept. 1, 2016 – San Diego, CA Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear filed a lawsuit today against Fresenius Medical Care Holdings Inc., the nation’s largest dialysis provider and maker of...

Popular heartburn meds may cause serious health problems in people with cirrhosis, new study finds

Aug. 31, 2016 – San Diego, CA People with cirrhosis should be cautious about taking their heartburn medications, a new study out this month suggests. The Danish study, published in...

Portola unveils interim AndexXa data in wake of FDA’s refusal to approve the Xarelto antidote

Aug. 30, 2016 – San Diego, CA Portola Pharmaceuticals unveiled new data at the European Society of Cardiology’s annual meeting in Rome today regarding its breakthrough factor Xa inhibitor antidote...

Power morcellator use down 80% since FDA’s safety warning, new study finds

Aug. 29, 2016 – San Diego, CA The use of power morcellators has gone down since the Food and Drug Administration recommended against using them during hysterectomies in 2014, a...

Market for diabetes to double by 2022 with Invokana leading the charge

Despite risks for diabetic ketoacidosis, type II diabetes drug Invokana expected to continue billion-dollar sales as diabetes market as whole estimated to double Aug. 26, 2016 -- San Diego, CA...

Kids head back to school with books, backpacks and stimulant medications?

Aug. 25, 2016 -- San Diego, CA The dog days of summer are coming to an end and students across the country are once again heading back to school where test-taking...

How Big Pharma Helped Create the ADHD Boom

“This is a concoction to justify the giving out of medication at unprecedented and unjustifiable levels,” Dr. Keith Conners, psychologist and professor emeritus at Duke University, told the New York...

Xarelto, Eliquis antidote approval stalled

Aug. 23, 2016 -- San Diego, CA Patients taking the anticoagulants Xarelto or Eliquis will have to wait even longer for an antidote – the FDA just put the brakes on an...

Abilify whistleblowers ask court to revive False Claims Act lawsuit

Aug. 22, 2016 – San Diego, CA Two former Big Pharma sales reps asked the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals to revive their False Claims Act suit against Otsuka and...