All the headlines from our Drugs Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 20 2010 // A federal jury in New Hampshire has awarded $21 million to a woman blinded and scarred by a prescription drug she took for shoulder pain.Karen Bartlett, 51, of Plaistow suffered extreme burns to her skin, mucus membranes...
Sep 13 2010 // A federal appeals court decertified a class of unions and insurers that accused Eli Lilly and Co. of overpricing its Zyprexa anti-psychotic drug after misrepresenting its efficacy and side effects.The U.S. Second Circuit...
Sep 13 2010 // A federal jury in New Hampshire has awarded $21 million to a woman blinded and scarred by a prescription drug she took for shoulder pain.Karen Bartlett, 51, of Plaistow suffered extreme burns to her skin, mucus membranes...
Sep 10 2010 // A proposal would allow Michigan police to use new, portable drug testing kits when they suspect a motorist is under the influence of substances other than alcohol.Legislation to allow the roadside drug tests was introduced...
Sep 7 2010 // A New Hampshire woman is seeking more than $24 million in damages from the maker of a prescription drug she took to ease shoulder pain, but suffered a reaction so severe that she is now blind and scarred by internal and...
Aug 31 2010 // The use of compound drugs, medical foods, and so-called convenience packs that combine prescription drugs and medical foods, increased dramatically in the second quarter of 2007 — driving up costs in the...
Jul 19 2010 // An insurance company must defend a homeowner who was sued after a woman overdosed on drugs at a house party he held, the New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled.The ruling by Justice Helen E. Hoens reversed an appeals court...
Jul 8 2010 // An insurance company must defend a homeowner who was sued after a woman overdosed on drugs at a house party he held, the New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled.This week’s ruling written by Justice Helen E. Hoens...
Jul 1 2010 // The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today the launch of a Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP) that will offer coverage to uninsured Americans who have been unable to obtain health...
May 17 2010 // 26.4%The U.S. Department of Agriculture said crop insurance companies posted profits of 26.4 percent last year, and the federal government wants to reduce its spending on crop insurance. Participating farmers pay premiums...
May 11 2010 // The payment per claim for prescription drugs used to treat injured workers in Texas was nearly one-third higher than in most study states, according to a new study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI).The...
May 11 2010 // A jury in Las Vegas ordered two drug companies to pay a combined $500 million in punitive damages in the first of hundreds of civil cases stemming from a hepatitis C outbreak two years ago.The Clark County District Court...
May 10 2010 // The cost per claim of prescription drugs used to treat injured workers in Wisconsin was significantly lower than in most study states, according to a new report by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI).The...
May 3 2010 // 30Terry Lisotta, former CEO of Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. was sentenced to 30 months in prison for improperly spending more than $29,000 of the company’s money on lavish meals, trips, sports tickets...
Apr 28 2010 // The cost per claim of prescription drugs used to treat injured workers in Michigan is the lowest among 16 states studied.According to the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI), the average payment per claim for...
Apr 19 2010 // The payment per claim for prescription drugs used to treat injured workers in Illinois was slightly lower than in most study states, according to a new study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI).The...
Apr 19 2010 // Investigators have seized a small fortune from a Mingo County, West Virginia doctor in a case that parallels a previous raid of a Williamson pain clinic, court filings show.The U.S. District Court papers disclose that...
Apr 15 2010 // The payment per claim for prescription drugs used to treat injured workers in Florida was nearly 40 percent higher than in most study states, according to a new study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute...
Mar 26 2010 // The U.S. Congress approved a package of final changes to President Barack Obama’s landmark healthcare overhaul Thursday, and Obama dared Republicans to try to repeal the new law.The House put the finishing touches on...
Mar 2 2010 // An insurance company operating in Hawaii and 20 other states has been ordered to stop marketing and enrollment of new members to its Medicare Part D prescription drug plan.The order affecting Fox Insurance Co. of New York...