| 10 Health - Legal Issue Resources |
| Alabama bacteria outbreak: US officials join probe |
| Federal officials are investigating an outbreak of a bacterial blood infection that killed nine patients and made 10 others ill in Alabama hospitals. |
| March 30, 2011 |
| Australian man sues over surgical mistake |
| An Australian man endured seven rounds of chemotherapy and had 80 percent of his stomach removed after being told he had cancer, only to later learn it was a misdiagnosis, reports said Sunday. |
| November 13, 2011 |
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| Brain-collection practices on trial in Maine |
| The practices of a prestigious medical research institute that studies schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are on trial in Maine, where the organization collected at least 99 brains from organ donors. |
| September 22, 2011 |
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| California Bone Injury Lawyers - Broken Bone law Firm - Demas " Rosenthal. |
| California Bone Injury Lawyers - Demas & Rosenthal - bone injury attorneys experienced in bone fracture injuries and broken bone cases. Aggressive Sacramento lawyers experienced in recovering maximum results. |
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| Families win asbestos payouts in Supreme Court hearing |
| Two families have won ground-breaking claims for compensation after loved ones died from cancer after exposure to "low level" asbestos on Merseyside. |
| March 9, 2011 |
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| Lilly disappointed with Court's decision to grant Amylin's request for temporary restraining order |
| Eli Lilly and Company today commented on a ruling issued by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California granting a request by Amylin Pharmaceuticals for a temporary restraining order (TRO) related to litigation involving the two companies' diabetes collaboration agreement. |
| May 27, 2011 |
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| No evidence WHO in cahoots with vaccine makers: members |
| The World Health Organisation had problems handling the swine flu epidemic, but there was no evidence it tried to boost vaccine makers, the UN body's member countries agreed on Friday. |
| May 20, 2011 |
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| U.S. Supreme Court petitioned to review AMP, et al. lawsuit on gene patents |
| The American Civil Liberties Union and the Public Patent Foundation have petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to hear Association for Molecular Pathology v. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, a case that challenges the validity of patents on two human genes associated with hereditary breast and ovarian cancer. |
| December 15, 2011 |
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| US court hears appeal in key gene patent case |
| A US appeals court heard arguments Monday in a closely watched patent case involving a pharmaceutical firm seeking to patent two genes linked to cancer. |
| April 4, 2011 |
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| Whistle-blower lawsuit alleges dialysis provider wasted drugs to boost profits |
| The New York Times: Lawsuit Says Drugs Were Wasted To Buoy Profit One of the nation's largest providers of kidney dialysis deliberately wasted medicine in order to reap hundreds of millions of dollars in extra payments from Medicare, a former clinic nurse and a doctor are charging in a whistle-blower lawsuit (Pollack, 7/25). |
| July 29, 2011 |