FDA & Prescription Drugs

• New Zealand Patients Injured by Zyprexa

  Jenny Albano | June 30, 2007 3:58 PM | 0 CommentsJefferson City, MO

  New Zealand patients who took the drug Zyprexa and were injured may be eligible to join a class action suit in the U.S. against the manufacturer Eli Lilly. A lawyer named Simon Harrison is acting for the victims who have had life-threatening side-effects from the drug.Zyprexa is one of the four main drugs that is used for the treatment of mental illness in New Zealand. Some of the dangerous...

• Gleevec Linked to Heart Failure

  Staff Writer | July 27, 2006 1:28 PM | 0 CommentsJefferson City, MO

  Jamie Sheller at Philadelphia Personal Injury Lawyer brings my attention to the news that Gleevec, a successful treatment for chronic myelogenous leukemia, had been linked to congestive heart failure in rare cases.Ten CML patients treated with Gleevec at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston developed congestive heart failure, although they had normal heart function when they began taking...