Can “Small Pharma” Do it Better?
Colossal drug makers like Pfizer, Merck, and Eli Lilly hold a huge portion of the pharmaceutical industry market share. In addition to being protected by anti-consumer legislation like Michigan's...
Colossal drug makers like Pfizer, Merck, and Eli Lilly hold a huge portion of the pharmaceutical industry market share. In addition to being protected by anti-consumer legislation like Michigan's...
The compelling documentary Hot Coffee tells the story of how corporations and insurance companies have utilized so-called “tort reform” to limit access to justice for injured...
In a lawsuit filed last Friday in Ingham County, Michigan, two unnamed plaintiffs allege that the Boy Scouts of America and the Chief Okemos Council are liable for sexual abuse they suffered at the...
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about so-called tort reform and how it operates to protect corporations at the expense of individuals. This anti-consumer movement began following the now-famous (or...
One of the most heart-wrenching stories of 2011 in Mid-Michigan is the deaths of three teenagers in an auto accident following a keg party hosted by three 21-year-olds in January. The tragic,...
One of several reasons I stopped working as a pharmacist not long after becoming licensed in Pennsylvania in 1980 was a fear of the growing number of pharmacy break-ins. The writing was on the wall...
Today the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released images that will be required on all new cigarette packaging beginning in October 2012. The pictures are the first new regulation on warning...
Just in time for summer 2011, new regulations on what sunscreen manufacturers are allowed to post on their products have been issued by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The changes, which...
We are barely past the midway mark in June and already there have been a number of water-related tragedies in the Lansing area. Unfortunately, simple precautionary measures could have avoided some...
These days, you can scarcely mention McDonald's coffee without conjuring memories of the “Hot Coffee Case.” Some 15 years ago, this lawsuit was held up as an example of a frivolous claim...