News & Commentary on Prescription Drug & Medical Device Lawsuits
If you have a furry little friend who eats Premium Edge cat food, you’ll want to read this:
On September 23, Diamond Pet Foods issued a voluntary recall for Premium Edge Finicky Adult Cat and Premium Edge Hairball cat because they have the potential to produce Thiamine Deficiency. Today’s announcement provides additional information from the
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You’ve probably heard that Children’s Tylenol was recalled earlier this month. Fresh from the FDA, here’s the complete list of all products that were recalled. If you have any of them, DON’T USE THEM.
1) Children's Tylenol Plus, Multi-Symptom Cold, (each 5 mL contains: Acetaminophen 160 mg, Chlorpheniramine maleate 1 mg, Dextromethorphan HBr 5 mg,
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Unlike the previous Duragesic and Fentanyl recalls of millions of patches, this one covers only one lot of one size patch:
Watson Pharmaceuticals has recalled one lot of its 75-mcg/hour fentanyl transdermal system in the U.S. because a small number of patches were leaking a gel form of the pain medicine.
The recalled patches are
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I saw that the press have tracked down the name of the person who can answer the important questions about the Digitek recall, but he seems to be ducking the press:
Numerous attempts to reach someone with Actavis Totowa were unsuccessful by press time.
A receptionist, who declined to identify herself, said the only person
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Watson Pharmaceuticals has announced a recall of all 75mcg Fentanyl patches from lot number 92461850. These patches are being recalled for the same reason many of Johnson & Johnson’s Duragesic patches were recalled: Manufacturing defects that could lead to leakage. Here’s an excerpt from Watson’s press release:
CORONA, CA – August 8, 2008 – Watson
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On February 12th of 2008, Pricara announced a recall of 38 million Duragesic and generic Fentanyl patches because they "may have a cut along one side of the drug reservoir within the patch." (Duragesic is the brand name of a patch that contains the drug Fentanyl.) …
On April 25th of 2008, Actavis Totowa, LLC announced a Class I Recall of Digitek tablets. A Class I Recall occurs when there is an immediate risk of death or injury from a drug or medical device.
In this case, Actavis announced the recall because certain batches…