On January 7, 2014, a Louisiana federal judge denied Takeda Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s summary judgment on failure-to-warn claims in their Actos lawsuit. The judge found that these failure-to-warn claims were not preempted because Takeda was not...
Toxic Chemical Spill in Charleston Leaves 300,000 Without Water
A chemical spill in West Virginia’s capital city of Charleston has left at least 300,000 people without safe tap water. State officials reported approximately 28,400 liters (or 7,500 gallons) of the chemical 4-methylcyclohexane methanol had...
FDA Warns Users of OTC Laxatives About Serious Health Risks
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning that using more than one dose in a 24 hour period of over-the-counter (OTC) sodium phosphate drugs to treat constipation can cause rare, but serious harm to the kidneys and heart and can even...