Children versus wildlife. The gorilla named Harambe was killed to save a 4-year-old child from his grasp at the Cincinnati Zoo. Now, sadly, a 2-year-old boy was pulled into Seven Seas Lagoon at Walt Disney World by an alligator. The Walt Disney World Resort &…
All of us have wondered what that powdery stuff is in white latex gloves. Now we have an answer. It is bad stuff. The Food & Drug Administration issued a proposed rule today asking that powdered gloves be banned for use in American healthcare. The…
In September, the United States Food & Drug Administration (“FDA”) strengthened its warning of adverse reactions–such as bone fractures–from Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.’s blockbuster type 2 diabetes drugs Invokana and Invokamet (canaglifozin). The initial adverse reactions for Invokana and Invokamet included the risk for bone fractures.…
You can’t watch television or read the news without seeing an advertisement (usually from lawyers, I admit) warning about the dangers of new age blood thinners Xarelto (rivarobaxan) and Eliquis (apixaban). The main dangers associated with these drugs are major bleeding events requiring emergency hospital…
Alright, I am coming out of the closet for this article. Get your attention? Yeah, I thought so. I am a lover…………………of all things NASCAR. My grandfather was on the ground level of NASCAR back in the 1960’s, and I inherited his passion…
All you have to do is watch primetime television to recognize the fierce competition in the new age blood thinner industry. Bristol Myers Squib’s Eliqis® and Johnson & Johnson’s Xarelto® are dueling it out for market share supremacy in one of the largest pharmaceutical markets…