News Tagged ‘Trasylol lawsuit

Zero accountability for drug companies?

Bloomberg recently ran an interesting and comprehensive article about pharmaceutical companies enjoying their “get out of jail free cards” — revisions to regulations that favor the rights of pharmaceutical companies over consumers who use their drugs. The revised regulations, written just after George W. Bush’s inauguration in 2005, allow federal law to trump (or pre-empt) state law, thereby clearing the path for drug manufacturers to develop, test, market, and essentially do business with impunity from the law.

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Two suits filed against Bayer in Illinois

Two Illinois residents have filed suit against , claiming that Trasylol injections led to acute renal failure and other problems in one case and death in the other.

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Death by Trasylol: one man’s story

Joseph Randone was a healthy 52-year old family man from Long Island when he underwent heart valve replacement surgery at Stony Brook University Hopsital in New York. The were low, according to his surgeon. Joe would likely return home to recover after less than a week in the hospital.

Months later, Randone was still in the hospital fighting a losing battle for his life. The problem began during surgery, when Randone was hooked to an IV drip containing Trasylol for four hours.

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