A year before recalling an artificial hip product, an Executive at Johnson & Johnson reported in an internal e-mail that the Food and Drug Administration in the U.S.A had refused to approve the device. After reviewing company studies it showed that it had failed early with ‘significant’ numbers requiring revision surgeries. Before recalling the device […]

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland handled 11,166 queries and complaints in 2011. The FSAI stated that there was an increase of over 13% in 2011 in calls relating to consumers reporting issues concerning food and food establishments. The 2,405 complaints ranged from reports of unfit food, low hygiene standards, inaccurate labelling information and cases […]

GlaxoSmithKline PLC (GSK) has recalled more than 394,200 bottles of a drug used in the treatment for high-blood pressure due to the potential for tablet mix-ups at a plant that supplies the drug. U.K-based  Glaxo said on Friday last that it had issued a voluntary recall of all bottles of  DynaCirc remaining in the U.S […]

The European Medicines Agency has finalised a review of aliskiren-containing medicines, recommending that these should be contra-indicated in patients with diabetes or moderate to severe renal impairment who take angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors or angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs). The agency has also recommended the inclusion of a warning that the combination of aliskiren and […]

The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by Bus Eireann against a High Court judgement in a personal injury case where an injured plaintiff was awarded a sum of €260,000.00 damages for injuries sustained in a road traffic accident on 31st of July 1999 at Rathcoole County Dublin. The High Court awarded damages to Ms. […]

Serious safety concerns   have been voiced about a drug licensed by the Irish Medicines Board for the treatment of relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis in patients whose disease has failed to respond to other treatment or is severe and getting worse. On the 20th of December 2011 the U.S Food and Drug administration reported that a […]

There have long been suspicions over the level of toxins in make-up. There have been numerous reports of safety risks and in particular the lead levels in lipsticks. According to a recent report by e Max Health,  eyeliner and concealers contain Cadmium , powders and blushers are not Nickel-free, Beryllium is found in bronzers, eye-shadows, […]

GSK is paying $3 billion to resolve US government claims that it illegally marketed drugs such as Avandia, which is a diabetes drug. Glaxo who are one of the world’s biggest drug makers agreed last month to resolve more than 20,000 outstanding cases which alleged Avandia caused heart attacks. The settlements are part of London-based […]

Marks and Spencer has recalled four of its own brand products as they have been incorrectly date coded “use by 09 March” instead of “use by 09 February”. Consumers have been advised by the Food Safety Authority not to eat the implicated batches after the 9th of February 2012. No other products or date codes […]

Private hospitals carried out more than 2/3rds of the surgeries involving the use of two defective hip implant devices as a result of which almost 300 patients in Ireland require revision surgeries. The latest figures from the HSE show that the Whitfield Clinic in Waterford made most use of the DePuy products which became the […]