Miscellaneous

• Clinical Trials Influenced by Drug Companies

  Jeremy Thurman | May 17, 2006 10:31 AM | 1 CommentNew York City, NY

  Yahoo News features an article discussing a study that will be in the May 17 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. It brings to light information that plaintiff attorneys have been saying for years about so called unbiased studies by the drug companies. This article is referencing a Harvard study about the bias of for-profit funding in medical research.Among its findings,...

• New Zealand Study Shows Celebrex Increases Heart Attack Risk Nearly Two-Fold

  Jeremy Thurman | March 03, 2006 5:25 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  People taking the pain reliever Celebrex were at nearly twice the risk for heart attacks as those using rival treatments, according to a study released Wednesday conducted by New Zealand's Medical Research Institute. Celebrex, which is manufactured by Pfizer Inc. and is commonly used to treat arthritis pain, belongs to the class of drugs known as cox-2 inhibitors. Two other drugs in the class,...

• Drug Recall

  Jeremy Thurman | February 27, 2006 12:39 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  Feb. 14, 2006 - The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has requested the recall of all brands and sizes of balanced salt solution (made by Cytosol Laboratories, Inc), due to the presence of elevated endotoxin levels in some lots. The action was based on more than 300 reports of injuries, including toxic anterior segment syndrome, in patients receiving the products, according to an alert sent...

• Why is Frey Compelling.

  Jeremy Thurman | February 07, 2006 2:18 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  James Frey's mantra throughout Pieces is "I am an Alcoholic and I am a drug Addict and I am a Criminal." He uses this fictitious criminal past as a significant element in his book. For a book that spent so many weeks as the number 1 book in the country, shouldn't someone be responsible for the lies told within. A consumer has a right to know what they are purchasing, I wonder if Frey's...

• Manager Dumps Frey

  Jeremy Thurman | February 01, 2006 11:11 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  James Frey, needs a new literary manager. Brillstein-Grey Entertainment literary manager Kassie Evashevski, who represented the author of "A Million Little Pieces" for more than four years, per reports says she's not representing him anymore because of his tall tales.

• Doesn't matter if nonfiction is true - Frey

  Jeremy Thurman | January 31, 2006 2:53 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  I recently read where Random House issued a statement about James Frey book which said "it doesn't matter whether a book sold as nonfiction is true." This is truly amazing coming from a publisher. So essentially they say that fiction, nonfiction, sci fi, etc are irrelevant when it comes to the selling of books. I can assure you a consumer who enjoys nonfiction that it irritates and actually...

• Wall Street Journal on Lawsuit over James Frey's Book "A Million Little Pieces"

  Staff Writer | January 31, 2006 1:39 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  The Wall Street Journal ran an article yesterday entitled Publishers Say Fact Checking is Too Costly by Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg. Oprah Winfrey's criticism of publisher Random House and Nan Talese on her show has sparked a national debate on the responsibility of publishers to verify the vailidity of works of fiction which they represent and market as "true stories." The Wall Street Journal...

• Paid to Switch Medicines

  Jeremy Thurman | January 30, 2006 2:37 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  The NY Times is reporting that Novo Nordisk Paid Cash Rewards To Switch Patients to Novo Insulin. Of course Novo denies the accusations. However, former sales representatives who participated in the program said that Novo paid anchors as much as $25 for each prescription they helped switch to higher-priced insulin products. Isn't this a sad state of the pharmaceutical industry if its true.

• McDonalds Coffee case - The Truth

  Jeremy Thurman | December 23, 2005 11:07 AM | 1 CommentNew York City, NY

  Once again, the great debate about tort reform is heating up throughout this Country. Proponents love to cite the most well-known supposed "frivolous lawsuit" is the story of Stella Liebeck - the woman who was burned by hot coffee from McDonalds. Thought I would give some brief facts about the case to show you how corporations ahve managed to get Americans to turn on themselves.1: Stella...

• Doctor Sues Hospital for Slip and Fall

  Jeremy Thurman | December 22, 2005 11:24 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  With all the insurance industry's tort reform propaganda on the airwaves today, one might think that lawyers are the only ones bringing any malpractice or negligence lawsuits today. Doctor Loomis, a neurosurgeon, had surgery privileges at St. Mary's Medical Center. When he was visiting patients in the hospital, he stopped in the pantry to get a cup of coffee, as physicians often did. He slipped...