http://money.cnn.com/2010/05/25/news/companies/tylenol_recall_adverse_consumer_complaints/index.htm
I just can't get past the low level of quality control.
It's everywhere I turn.
Politicians,Banks,Oil spills,Pharma, Autos,Insurance, ect....ect......
It would seem nothing is working properly anymore
The Food and Drug Administration is looking into reports of at least 775 serious side effects from drugs recalled by McNeil, a division of Johnson & Johnson, according to a source close to a Congressional investigation.
Included in the reports were 30 deaths, nearly all of which were found to not be tied to McNeil's recall of Tylenol, Motrin and Benadryl drugs from Jan. 1, 2008 through April 30, 2010, according to another source close to the investigation.
The FDA is also investigating reports of several hundred serious side effects -- or "adverse events" -- and seven deaths since May 1, when McNeil recalled 50 children's versions of these non-prescription medicines because of serious quality and safety concerns.
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Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Friday, December 4, 2009
Drugmakers' Payments Draw Heat
http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/nov2009/db2009114_700374.htm
What exactly is the point of the probe? The collection of payoff fees to the coffer?
Because it sure wasn't to hold someone criminally responsible for medicaid fraud.
Big boys never go to prision for crimes committed against "the system" or "The People"
A $112 million settlement involving alleged drug kickbacks that the Justice Dept. announced with the nation's largest nursing home pharmacy and a generic drug manufacturer on Nov. 3 is part of a wide-ranging investigation of suspected Medicaid fraud by the pharmaceutical industry. Critics say the continuing probe, which involves Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) and other major drugmakers, highlights what they describe as an industry practice of paying money to outfits that provide drugs to consumers, in return for preferential treatment.
Because those alleged payoffs have the effect of compromising patient care and driving up costs for government and private health insurers, cases like the settlement unsealed with Omnicare (OCR) in Covington, Ky., and IVAX Pharmaceuticals in Weston, Fla., could bolster opposition to the controversial deal the Obama Administration reached with the pharmaceutical industry to win its support for health-reform legislation
No Admission of Wrongdoing
Omnicare and IVAX entered "corporate integrity agreements" to establish new training and policies to prevent future problems. Neither company admitted any wrongdoing. An Omnicare spokesman said the company agreed to settle the matter "to avoid expensive and time-consuming litigation" and "to focus on its mission of providing high-quality pharmaceutical care for the frail elderly
What exactly is the point of the probe? The collection of payoff fees to the coffer?
Because it sure wasn't to hold someone criminally responsible for medicaid fraud.
Big boys never go to prision for crimes committed against "the system" or "The People"
A $112 million settlement involving alleged drug kickbacks that the Justice Dept. announced with the nation's largest nursing home pharmacy and a generic drug manufacturer on Nov. 3 is part of a wide-ranging investigation of suspected Medicaid fraud by the pharmaceutical industry. Critics say the continuing probe, which involves Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) and other major drugmakers, highlights what they describe as an industry practice of paying money to outfits that provide drugs to consumers, in return for preferential treatment.
Because those alleged payoffs have the effect of compromising patient care and driving up costs for government and private health insurers, cases like the settlement unsealed with Omnicare (OCR) in Covington, Ky., and IVAX Pharmaceuticals in Weston, Fla., could bolster opposition to the controversial deal the Obama Administration reached with the pharmaceutical industry to win its support for health-reform legislation
No Admission of Wrongdoing
Omnicare and IVAX entered "corporate integrity agreements" to establish new training and policies to prevent future problems. Neither company admitted any wrongdoing. An Omnicare spokesman said the company agreed to settle the matter "to avoid expensive and time-consuming litigation" and "to focus on its mission of providing high-quality pharmaceutical care for the frail elderly
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