News tagged with 'Alli'

U.S. District Judge who on Tuesday overturned the administration's moratorium on deepwater drilling for six months, reportedly owns stock in the oil industry according to a 2008 financial disclosure form disclosed by the group, Judicial Watch.

The popular weight loss drug, Alli, and its prescription cousin, Xenical, will have to carry an additional warning about its potential link to liver damage after 13 cases were reported to the FDA.

The Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit saying the KBR, the world's largest defense contractor violated its contract with the Army and has overcharged U.S. taxpayers.

Alli, the weight-loss product sold in retail stores and over-the-counter, has a counterfeit counterpart sold on eBay. Complaints have come into the maker, GlaxoSmithKline and the FDA. Know what to look for.

Liraglutide shows promise in helping patients, even those without diabetes, lose weight says maker Novo Nordisk which is hoping for FDA approval. Both it and rival, Alli are being studied for their side effects.

Jamie Leigh Jones Daigle still has not had her rape case heard by a jury because former employer KBR/Halliburton wants the issue to be decided by arbitration. Sen. Al Franken's amendment to next year's defense bill does away with arbitration for violent assault cases.

Alli and Xenical, the same drug with different strengths, are available to help people fight weight gain. The benefit may not offset liver damage, which the FDA is investigating.

National Voices  - For years, Texas District Judge Michael Schattman sat on the bench in Fort Worth listening to product liability and personal injury cases.  Now he is a medical device injury victim who feels the Riegel decision prevents Americans from exercising an American right. 

In a victory for consumer rights, the U.S. Supreme Court today ruled that consumers do have the right to sue a pharmaceutical company when it does not make a drug warning label clear enough to prevent injury.  The decision is a defeat for drugmaker, Wyeth and a victory for musician Diana Levine, who had won $7 million in a lower court ruling that Wyeth was challenging.