News tagged with 'TB'

Another drugmaker has found that its products have the same problem that plagued J & J, an unusual musty odor in over-the-counter products. A recall of 52 lots of 500 mg of the diabetes drug, Glumetza, has been initiated.

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a common brain change seen in about one in five veterans returning from Iraq and Afganistan. Now researchers are scanning the brain and are able to see subtle traumatic brain injuries - the first step to effective treatment for all kinds of neurological disorders that come from trauma.

Bombastic pitchman, Billy Mays, suffered a blow to the head on a flight shortly before complaining he didn't feel well. He was found dead in his bed Sunday morning.  USAirways says no passengers complained of injuries when the plane blew two tires upon landing.

Comcast, the largest cable-television corporation, has pulled ads critical of General Motors bankruptcy plan that leaves injured consumers or their survivors uncompensated.  The media giant says it wants to check them for accuracy, even though the New Chrysler required it be "free and clear of all liens and claims” as a condition of bankruptcy. 

Results of an ongoing study of the experimental drug TMC207 have been released, by Johnson & Johnson. The drug will be used for the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB).

Andrew Speaker, an attorney from Atlanta, was in the news in 2007 for the tuberculosis he carried as he boarded commercial flights into and out of Europe.  Now he is suing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for publicly revealing his name and medical condition. His lawsuit says it ruined his reputation and his marriage. 

More than 14 million boxes of Thin Mint cookie boxes are missing the kosher symbol which informs consumers that the contents adhere to Jewish dietary laws. Recent news releases confirm that Girl Scout Peanut Butter Sandwiches are not affected by the salmonella outbreak.

Johnson & Johnson attorneys will have their hands full over the next few weeks as two new trials began Monday over its withdrawn heartburn medication Propulsid. The cases, which will be heard in New Orleans and Napa County, California, are the first Propulsid claims in over a year to reach trial. The lawsuits were

The two remaining defendants involved in an MTBE underground water contamination lawsuit agreed to settle with the plaintiff Monday for more than $28 million. The agreement ends a three year battle waged by the South Tahoe Public Utility District, which sued 16 corporations in 1998 after MTBE contamination forced the

A San Francisco Superior Court jury recently found Shell Oil, Tosco Corporation and Lyondell Co., formerly Arco, responsible for polluting Lake Tahoe groundwater with the gasoline additive MTBE. The verdict ends a three year battle waged by the South Tahoe Public Utility District, which sued the oil corporations in 19

A Mississippi Circuit Court judge has reduced a $100 million verdict in a case involving Johnson & Johnson's heartburn drug Propulsid. The former Propulsid users filed suit against the manufacturer of the drug, Janssen Pharmaceutica, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, alleging that Propulsid caused their serious heart

Patients who took Propulsid, Janssen Pharmaceutica's heartburn drug banned in 2000 after it was linked to serious heart problems, are seeking retribution. If the results of the first case against the drug maker are any indication, Propulsid victims will succeed. A Mississippi jury recently awarded ten plaintiffs $100

Originally, methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) was added to gasoline in order to help the environment. Unfortunately, today it seems to be having the opposite effect. The chemical, which is added to gasoline to limit air pollution, is now thought to be a carcinogen. MTBE is contaminating soil and water across the Nat

In late September 2001, a Mississippi jury awarded ten plaintiffs $100 million in compensatory damages after they alleged that the heartburn drug Propulsid caused their serious heart rhythm disturbances. The defendant and manufacturer of Propulsid, Janssen Pharmaceutica, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, said it woul

In 1998, Communities for a Better Environment (CBE), a San Francisco environmental group, filed suit against Texaco, Chevron, Shell, Arco, Unocal, Tosco, Equilon Enterprises, Exxon, and Mobil, claiming that the companies knew the gasoline additive Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) could leak into local groundwater sup