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Twenty-fifth Anniversary of Powerful Whistleblower Law Commemorated Today
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A whistleblower law passed 25 years ago to little fanfare has helped the government recover more than $30 billion and become the government's most successful weapon ...
Firm Attorneys Selected to National Leadership Roles in DePuy Pinnacle Litigation
Shareholder Trent Miracle, Attorney Eric Johnson selected to plaintiff steering committee, discovery sub-committeeEast Alton, IL (PRWEB) January 16, 2012 Simmons Browder Gianaris Angelides & Barnerd LLC Shareholder Trent Miracle, head of the law firm’s pharmaceutical litigation division, was selected Jan. 9 by a federal judge to serve on the Plaintiff Steering Committee for the multidistrict ...
Key Opinion Leaders Who Lend Their Names to Ghostwritten Medical Articles Should Be Held Legally Liable, Article States
Prominent physicians who lend their names to ghostwritten, industry-financed medical articles that convey fraudulent misinformation resulting in harm to patients should be held legally liable, according to a new article published today in PLoS. The article was co-written by Baum, Hedlund, Aristei & Goldman attorney Bijan Esfandiari along with Dr. Xavier Bosch from the University of Barcelona and ...
Preliminary results from CINJ's Celebrex and Lipitor Phase II combination trial on prostrate cancer
Research from The Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ) on the FDA-approved drugs Celebrex and Lipitor -- used respectively for arthritis pain and lowering cholesterol -- shows that these drugs are well tolerated in the treatment of recurrent prostate cancer.
Deadly Dangers from Drugstore Pain Meds a Painful Surprise
Could the painkillers in your medicine cabinet be putting you at risk for heart attack, stroke and liver disease? Recent research suggests that both ibuprofen and acetominophen -- the two most popular over-the-counter painkillers -- carry some potentially and even deadly risks.