A woman recently filed a pharmaceutical liability lawsuit against Abbott Laboratories alleging that its popular arthritis drug Humira caused her to develop cancer. The woman received Humira injections for about two years before she developed B-cell non-Hodgkin’s follicular lymphoma. The cancer is now in remission, but she will have to undergo a lifetime of treatment…
A recently released CDC study indicates that a third of U.S. prescription painkiller overdoses are caused by methadone, despite the drug only accounting for two percent of all painkiller prescriptions. The prevalence of methadone overdoses appears to be linked to medical negligence, as physicians often inappropriately prescribe methadone for patients to use on a long-term…
Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline was recently slapped with a $3 billion fine for illegally marketing a variety of drugs for unapproved, off-label uses. Authorities brought criminal and civil fines against GSK for its marketing of Paxil, Webutrin, Avandia, and other drugs, which may have exposed many patients to unnecessary personal injuries. Authorities specifically accuse GSK of…
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