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Allergan Wants Court To Find Off-Label Promotion Rules Are UnconstitutionalEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Already under federal investigation for the off-label marketing of Botox, manufacturer Allergan Inc. on Oct. 1 asked a federal court to declare that federal regulations barring promotion of off-label uses of drugs are an unconstitutional violation of its First Amendment free speech rights (Allergan, Inc. v. United States of America, et al., No. 09-1879, D. D.C.). Full story on lexis.com (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Arthritis Drugs Legal News)
Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Arthritis Drugs Legal News - October 29, 2009 Category: Medical Law Source Type: info

ACLU, Others Attack Patents on Breast Cancer Genes; PTO Upholds Patents on Uses of Stem Cells; Venture Capital Group Says 12 Years of Exclusivity Required for Biologics; DoJ Objects to Pay-to-Delay Agreements; EU Acts on Pay-to-Delay Issue; U.K. Minister Asks for Surrender of Patent Rights to Anti-HIV DrugsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Biotechnology Law Report Aug 2009, Vol. 28, No. 4: 514-516. (Source: Biotechnology Law Report)
Source: Biotechnology Law Report - October 30, 2009 Category: Medical Law Tags: article Source Type: journals

Steps Taken to Prevent Federal Preemption; CAFC Finds Vaccine Did Cause Child's InjuryEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Biotechnology Law Report Aug 2009, Vol. 28, No. 4: 512-513. (Source: Biotechnology Law Report)
Source: Biotechnology Law Report - October 30, 2009 Category: Medical Law Tags: article Source Type: journals

Yaz Complaint Says Decedent Died Of Lung Blood ClotsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - A complaint was filed July 22 in an Iowa federal court alleging that a woman who used Yaz birth control for nine months developed pulmonary emboli and died (Jill Fender, et al. v. Bayer Corporation, et al., No. 09-24, S.D. Iowa, W. Div.). Full story on lexis.com (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Hormone Replacement Therapy Legal News)
Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Hormone Replacement Therapy Legal News - August 18, 2009 Category: Medical Law Source Type: info

Payment Policy & Decision Making: 2010 Medicare Fee Schedule Changes Include Elimination of Payment for Consultation CodesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
On November 1, the CMS released its final ruling regarding the 2010 Physician Fee Schedule. One of the major announcements in the Final Rule is the elimination of payment for consultation codes as of January 1, 2010. (Source: American Academy of Neurology)
Source: American Academy of Neurology - November 9, 2009 Category: Medical Law Source Type: organizations

Researcher Says Arsenic Inhalation, Ingestion EqualEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
BERKELEY, Calif. - Inhalation of arsenic and ingestion of arsenic produce the same risk of developing lung cancer, according to an Oct. 7 National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences announcement of the publication of the research by an institute Superfund program researcher in the Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology (2009;19:343-348). Full story on lexis.com (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News)
Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News - October 21, 2009 Category: Medical Law Source Type: info

Hotelier Granted Extension To Answer Western Pennsylvania Personal Injury LawsuitEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - By joint stipulation filed Oct. 14, Ramada Worldwide Inc. has until Nov. 18 to file an answer to a personal injury complaint pending in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania alleging personal injuries from exposure to raw sewage in a Breezewood, Pa., motel shower (Evan Lee, et al. v. Wyndham Hotel Group, et al., No. 09-222, W.D. Pa.). Full story on lexis.com (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News)
Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News - October 21, 2009 Category: Medical Law Source Type: info

Bextra-Celebrex Judge Approves $89M Settlement Resolving Consumer ClaimsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
SAN FRANCISCO - An $89 million settlement of consumer claims over Pfizer Inc.'s painkillers Bextra and Celebrex was approved Sept. 28 by the federal judge supervising consolidated litigation (In Re: Bextra and Celebrex Marketing Sales Practices and Product Liability Litigation, MDL Docket No. 1699, No. M:05-CV-1699, N.D. Calif.; See September 2009, Page 12). Full story on lexis.com (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Arthritis Drugs Legal News)
Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Arthritis Drugs Legal News - October 29, 2009 Category: Medical Law Source Type: info

Survivors Object To Arbitration Demand By Late Father's 'Girlfriend'Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
NEW ORLEANS - The surviving children of a former Vioxx user object to a motion for arbitration filed by their father's "on-and-off girlfriend," arguing in an Oct. 6 brief that she failed to notify the federal multidistrict litigation court of her disclaimer of rights in the estate or of the estate's interest in the decedent's claim in the national Vioxx settlement (In Re: VIOXX Products Liability Litigation, MDL 1657, Mary de la Garza v. Merck & Co. Inc., No. 05-5543, E.D. La.). Full story on lexis.com (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Arthritis Drugs Legal News)
Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Arthritis Drugs Legal News - October 29, 2009 Category: Medical Law Source Type: info

Alabama Residents Claim Failure To Report Emissions Creates Wrongful Death ClaimsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Representatives of the estates of four Prattville, Ala., residents who died of cancer sued International Paper Co. on Oct. 8 in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama for compensatory and punitive damages; the plaintiffs allege that International Paper knowingly released dioxins, furans, volatile organic compounds and particulate matter into the environment around a paper mill and had a duty to disclose the releases under federal and state hazardous materials statutes (Virginia Brooks, et al. v. International Paper Co., No. 09-946, M.D. Ala.). Full story on lexis.com (Source: LexisN...
Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News - October 21, 2009 Category: Medical Law Source Type: info

Eli Lilly Awarded Summary Judgment In Cymbalta Suicide CaseEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
NEW ORLEANS - A federal judge on May 8 entered judgment in favor of Eli Lilly & Co. after finding that a widow's claims alleging that Cymbalta's suicide warning was inadequate were barred by the learned intermediary doctrine and the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals' recent ruling in Ackermann v. Wyeth (2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 8838 [5th Cir.]; See April 2008, Page 8) (Leslie Eschete v. A. Kennison Roy III, et al., No. 06-2835, E.D. La.). Full story on lexis.com (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Antidepressant Drugs Legal News)
Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Antidepressant Drugs Legal News - May 28, 2008 Category: Medical Law Source Type: info

Court: Insurer Entitled To Rescind 2 PoliciesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
TACOMA, Wash. - A federal judge on Oct. 15 ruled that a disability insurer is entitled to rescind two policies that were issued based in part on an oral personal history interview where the claimant did not disclose that he had been treated by a psychiatrist within six months of the interview date (The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. v. Richard L. Koch, No. C08-5394, W.D. Wash.; 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 96210). Full story on lexis.com (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Disability Insurance Legal News)
Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Disability Insurance Legal News - October 27, 2009 Category: Medical Law Source Type: info

Evidence Not Newly Discovered, Judge Rules, Denies Motion To VacateEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
DENVER - A Colorado federal judge on Dec. 3 rejected an insured's motion to vacate his order dismissing her complaint asserting breach of contract and bad faith claims against a lifetime own-occupation disability insurer, finding that two medical authorizations and two independent medical examination (IME) reports are not newly discovered evidence and that the insured has not demonstrated that she was diligent in discovering them (Tina Garcia v. Berkshire Life Insurance Company of America, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, and The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, a fore...
Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Disability Insurance Legal News - January 28, 2009 Category: Medical Law Source Type: info

Dismissal Sanction Was Not Abuse Of Discretion, 10th Circuit HoldsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
DENVER - The 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on June 10 upheld sanctions that dismissed a breach of contract action against a disability insurer that denied benefits to a claimant with post-traumatic stress syndrome and other ailments. The appeals court said the lower court did not abuse its discretion in issuing sanctions (Tina Garcia v. Berkshire Life Insurance Company of America, et al., No. 08-1022, 10th Cir.; 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 12503). Full story on lexis.com (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Disability Insurance Legal News)
Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Disability Insurance Legal News - June 25, 2009 Category: Medical Law Source Type: info

Coding & Reimbursement: Medicare Eliminates Consults: What the Academy is Doing For YouEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
When the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed eliminating consults in the summer of 2009, the Academy, along with other consultative specialties and the AMA, opposed the change. (Source: American Academy of Neurology)
Source: American Academy of Neurology - November 17, 2009 Category: Medical Law Source Type: organizations

ICD-9, CPT & E/M Coding : Read the Latest on CMS Elimination of Consultation CodesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The recent announcement by CMS that it will stop paying for consultation services has raised a lot of concern and questions from specialists. The AAN answers your questions in an effort to help neurology offices sort through the confusion. (Source: American Academy of Neurology)
Source: American Academy of Neurology - November 7, 2009 Category: Medical Law Source Type: organizations

Science: AAN.com Talks with Joachim Gerber About Neurogenesis in AdultsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Joachim Gerber, MD, discusses his team's use of immunohistochemical methods to study neurogenesis in brain sections of patients who underwent autopsy subsequent to bacterial meningitis, stroke, or brain trauma. (Source: American Academy of Neurology)
Source: American Academy of Neurology - November 4, 2009 Category: Medical Law Source Type: organizations

Science: AAN.com Talks with Ergun Uc About Cognitive Impairment in Early Parkinson's DiseaseEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Ergun Y. Uc, MD, is the first author of a publication from the Deprenyl and Tocopherol Antioxidative Therapy of Parkinsonism (DATATOP) cohort in the November 3, 2009, issue of Neurology (2009;73:1469-1477), entitled "Incidence of and risk factors for cognitive impairment in an early Parkinson disease clinical trial cohort." Uc is Associate Professor of Neurology at the Department of Neurology of the University of Iowa and at the Neurology Service of the VA Medical Center of Iowa City. (Source: American Academy of Neurology)
Source: American Academy of Neurology - November 5, 2009 Category: Medical Law Source Type: organizations

Home: Free Webinars in October Offer What You Need to Know About Influenza and GBSEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Learn about the CDC's National Vaccine Safety Monitoring Campaign with free webinars, available in October. The two webinars, entitled "Influenza and Guillain-Barré Syndrome: What You Need to Know," are designed for neurologists and other health care professionals. (Source: American Academy of Neurology)
Source: American Academy of Neurology - October 20, 2009 Category: Medical Law Source Type: organizations

Issues Of Fact Preclude Dismissal Of Fraud Counterclaims, California Judge HoldsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
SAN FRANCISCO - Disputed issues of fact preclude a grant of summary judgment on an insurer's counterclaims against a claimant for misrepresentation and fraud, a California federal judge ruled March 5 (Eniko Prakash v. Pulsent Corporation Employee Long Term Disability Plan, Sun Life Financial and Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, real parties in interest, No. 3-06-cv-07592, N.D. Calif.; 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 17116). Full story on lexis.com (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Disability Insurance Legal News)
Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Disability Insurance Legal News - March 25, 2008 Category: Medical Law Source Type: info