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mysan.de/international - MARF Applauds Long Overdue Acknowledgment of Need to Fund Cure for Mesothelioma

MARF Applauds Long Overdue Acknowledgment of Need to Fund Cure for ...
mysan.de (Pressemitteilung) - Heidelberg,Germany
... awarded over $2.1 million in mesothelioma research grants, has proposed the creation of a $140 million federal mesothelioma research and treatment program. ...


Senator offers bill to resolve asbestos claims
Sacramento Bee - Sacramento,CA,USA
... faces "a death sentence." He learned in May that he has mesothelioma, apparently from ... leave his family with a "pile of debt" from his costly medical treatment. ...


Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization Says Fairness in Asbestos ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
... Reinstein, whose husband is undergoing treatment for mesothelioma, concluded by saying: "For many of us, it's too late, but it's not too late for Congress to ...


New Treatment Helps Stop Cancer Growth
WSOCtv.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
He's taking part in a clinical trial for a brand new type of cancer treatment. ... Billie has mesothelioma, a type of lung cancer linked to asbestos exposure. ...


Zooming in on cancer
Wisconsin State Journal - Madison,WI,USA
... the treatment's effectiveness, while spreading less radiation to healthy tissues nearby. The system is being used, for example, in cases of mesothelioma, a ...


Allos Therapeutics Announces Expansion of ENRICH Trial Into Europe
ArriveNet (press release) - Castle Rock,CO,USA
... By increasing tumor oxygenation at the time of treatment, EFAPROXYN has the ... DHFR inhibitor) intended to treat non-small cell lung cancer, mesothelioma and non ...


First asbestos case of '05 filed in Madison County
Madison County Record - Edwardsville,IL,USA
... was filed by Illinois resident Daisy Gardner, who claims she was diagnosed with mesothelioma on Aug ... She seeks damages to help pay for the cost of her treatment. ...


Asbestos Victims Organization Requests Meeting with President Bush
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
... Mesothelioma, a cancer caused by asbestos, killed (singer Warren Zevon

VIOXX Plaintiffs News Center

VIOXX Plaintiffs News Center

Problem with the FDA

Google Search:: "Risks vs. benefits
News-Leader.com, MO - 7 hours ago
The removal of painkiller Vioxx shows no drug is perfect. It is linked to heart attacks and strokes, but it has helped many. Patients ...

FDA Defends Treatment of Whistleblower
Kansas City Star (subscription), MO - Dec 3, 2004
WASHINGTON - The acting head of the Food and Drug Administration, which has been accused of intimidating a whistleblowing employee who raised early concerns ...

FDA Chief to Meet with Top Lawmaker Regarding Vioxx
Yahoo News - Dec 3, 2004
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - US Food and Drug Administration (news - web sites) Acting Commissioner Lester Crawford on Friday agreed to meet with a top Republican ...

COMMENT: FDA is just another agency too lax to demand ...
Detroit Free Press, MI - Dec 2, 2004
BY JAY BOOKMAN. After the US Food and Drug Administration discovered unsanitary conditions at a plant producing flu vaccine for the ...

More experts question drug safety system
MSNBC - Dec 2, 2004
BOSTON - In a sharp pivot, many medical authorities are questioning the fundamental safety guarantees for American drugs, threatening to dull the national ...

FDA needs more power, resources to ensure safety of drugs
Canton Repository (subscription), OH - 2 hours ago
By William B. Schultz The Washington Post. It has been a tough three years for the Food and Drug Administration, which until recently ...

Time for a change ?
Orlando Sentinel (subscription), FL - 6 hours ago
A spate of safety lapses is leading to pressure to reform t"

FDA Defends Itself

Google Search:: "Risks vs. benefits
News-Leader.com, MO - 7 hours ago
The removal of painkiller Vioxx shows no drug is perfect. It is linked to heart attacks and strokes, but it has helped many. Patients ...

FDA Defends Treatment of Whistleblower
Kansas City Star (subscription), MO - Dec 3, 2004
WASHINGTON - The acting head of the Food and Drug Administration, which has been accused of intimidating a whistleblowing employee who raised early concerns ...

FDA Chief to Meet with Top Lawmaker Regarding Vioxx
Yahoo News - Dec 3, 2004
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - US Food and Drug Administration (news - web sites) Acting Commissioner Lester Crawford on Friday agreed to meet with a top Republican ...

COMMENT: FDA is just another agency too lax to demand ...
Detroit Free Press, MI - Dec 2, 2004
BY JAY BOOKMAN. After the US Food and Drug Administration discovered unsanitary conditions at a plant producing flu vaccine for the ...

More experts question drug safety system
MSNBC - Dec 2, 2004
BOSTON - In a sharp pivot, many medical authorities are questioning the fundamental safety guarantees for American drugs, threatening to dull the national ...

FDA needs more power, resources to ensure safety of drugs
Canton Repository (subscription), OH - 2 hours ago
By William B. Schultz The Washington Post. It has been a tough three years for the Food and Drug Administration, which until recently ...

Time for a change ?
Orlando Sentinel (subscription), FL - 6 hours ago
A spate of safety lapses is leading to pressure to reform t"

Bridgeatone Firestone Knew the Tires Could Explode

law.com - Article:

"A Florida mother and two children who were involved in a blowout-rollover accident caused by the failure of their Bridgestone/Firestone tires may sue the company for punitive damages, a state appeals court has concluded.

In a Nov. 24 opinion, the state's 4th District Court of Appeal ruled that evidence offered by the Broward County plaintiffs showed that Firestone knew about defects in its tires but delayed warning the public in order to protect its own financial interests. "

DaimlerChrysler hit with $105 million verdict in minivan seat trial

DaimlerChrysler hit with $105 million verdict in minivan seat trial:

"'Daimler has known for over 20 years that these seats are deadly dangerous and never warned anybody,' said James Butler, an attorney who represents Joshua's parents, Jeremy Flax and Rachel Sparkman. 'Instead they continue to claim there's nothing wrong and try to mislead the press, public and juries.' "

Lies and Injury

"In one Michigan lawsuit arising from an accident that left a toddler with brain damage, Kent County Circuit Judge Dennis Kolenda ruled the automaker’s conduct was an “outrageous fraud” and directed a verdict for the plaintiffs.“For over two years, Ford has concealed very significant documents and information, and, worse, had blatantly lied about these documents and about the information in them,”By Jeff Plungis / Detroit News Washington Bureau http://www.detnews.com/2004/autosinsider/0405/26/a01-164587.htm