MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'colleen'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:29:32 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4495434&cid=t_115942_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FHhPYuHD5KLg%2F Actually, this particular recall was initiated on February 2, but is only now coming to light - 700,000 vials of Dermabond, a liquid wound-sealing adhesive, due to reports of discoloration and Securestrap, a new product for treating hernias that is getting yanked because of concerns that packaging is, unfortunately, not sterile. The Dermabond recall is mostly restricted to the US and replacements are available, but it is not clear what caused problems with Securestrap or when shipments will resume, a spokeswoman tells us. As you may recall - pun intended - Johnson & Johnson has suffered a remarkable string of product recalls for more than a year involving a wide range of products - over-the-counter meds, including Tylenol, Rolaids, Sudafed, Mylanta, Motrin and Benadryl, some of which ... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4495434 Fri, 18 Feb 2011 13:55:30 +0100 4495434 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4322691&cid=t_115942_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FAP9cHW0nUeY%2F Just before the holiday break, an interesting lawsuit was filed charging Johnson & Johnson board members and high-ranking execs with malfeasance, incompetency and indifference to patients and shareholders. And the 111-page complaint reads like an indictment as it delves into off-label marketing of prescription drugs, kickback schemes and manufacturing failures that led to those infamous product recalls of tens of millions of over-the-counter meds and surgical devices. In short, the lawsuit pulls no punches. One section of the complaint carries this heading: ‘J&J Suffers Fundamental Control Breakdowns Across All of its Business Segments Over the Better Part of the Past Decade.’ The lawsuit opens by arguing J&J officials displayed “utter disregard for their ... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4322691 Fri, 07 Jan 2011 17:07:46 +0100 4322691 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3994347&cid=t_115942_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FIplZB9_KYDE%2F There is a 12 noon (Eastern Standard Time) deadline for Johnson & Johnson to hand over some documents to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee today. As a result, the Congressional stage is, once again, set for drama. The last time this committee demanded documents from J&J, the health care giant was accused of whizzing past the deadline, although the committee never followed through with its implied threat of issuing a subpoena (look here). What is it the committee wants this time? A copy of an alleged agreement between J&J’s McNeil Consumer Healthcare, which has recalled tens of millions of bottles of over-the-counter meds, and the FDA that supposedly gave McNeil a green light to pursue a “soft market withdrawal” instead of a formal recall. ... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3994347 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 13:35:47 +0100 3994347 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3976705&cid=t_115942_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2Fr0fWl66kRMk%2F Just months after the widespread recall of over-the-counter meds erupted into a scandal, Colleen Goggins has announced her retirement as worldwide chair of the Johnson & Johnson consumer group. Her departure becomes effective March 1, after nearly 30 years with the health care giant. Although the 56-year-old exec has played a key role at J&J for many years, she only came into public view last May at a congressional hearing held to examine what the health care company did - and didn’t - do about quality-control problems that caused some products to have musty smells or contain metallic flecks. Tens of millions of over-the-counter pediatric meds have since been recalled. At the May congressional hearing, Goggins filled in for J&J ceo Bill Weldon, who was said to be recup... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3976705 Thu, 16 Sep 2010 21:52:03 +0100 3976705 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3976707&cid=t_115942_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2Fa-ZUu8Bbtq4%2F Picking up where he left off last spring, the chair of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform plans to hold a hearing on Thursday, Sept. 30, to once again interrogate Johnson & Johnson execs about the huge recall this year of millions of bottles of over-the-counter meds, including such veritable brands as Children’s Tylenol, due to quality-control issues. And in announcing the hearing, Ed Towns, a New York Democrat who chairs the committee, made a point of noting that he intends to further explore what has come to be known as the ‘phantom recall,’ a reference to a move by J&J’s McNeil Consumer Healthcare unit to hire contractors to quietly purchase OTC meds from stores in order to avoid publicity (read here, here and here). Among those invi... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3976707 Thu, 16 Sep 2010 19:21:56 +0100 3976707 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3687357&cid=t_115942_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F0iCZukJSBk4%2F Once again, the House Committee on Oversight & Government Reform is asking Johnson & Johnson ceo Bill Weldon to testify about the recent recall of more than 135 million bottles of various pediatric over-the-counter medicines, including Tylenol and Motrin, after a series of ongoing quality-control problems plagued different plants run by J&J’s McNeil Consumer Healthcare unit. [UPDATE: As of 6 pm EST, the initial June 30 hearing date has been postponed due to a scheduling conflict. A new date has not been set, taking some heat off Weldon for now]. In a letter today, committee chair Ed Towns, a New York Democrat, wrote the usual boilerplate invitation to Weldon, who backed out of a May 27 hearing because he was said to be recuperating from recent back surgery. In his stea... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3687357 Tue, 22 Jun 2010 22:51:17 +0100 3687357 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3662926&cid=t_115942_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FCHKmout4DYs%2F The objective was to remove the affected product in a quick and effective manner from a unique distribution channel – mainly convenience stores and gas stations – with as little disruption and confusion as possible among these retail partners and consumers. Specifically, the information submitted to the committee confirms that: · After discovering that two lots of Motrin were out of specification, McNeil contacted the FDA, informed FDA about its plans to survey stores and to remove the product, and regularly updated FDA on its progress. · There was no patient health or safety risk, nor any consumer complaints. The reason for the recall was that McNeil internal tests showed that some tablets might not dissolve as quickly as intended. · The memo that was of concern to the Committee e... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3662926 Tue, 15 Jun 2010 12:29:04 +0100 3662926 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3603870&cid=t_115942_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FPhSiCrehX9M%2F Worried about musty smelling Tylenol caplets? What about bacteria in your Benadryl? Wondering why Johnson & Johnson shut down its Fort Washington, Pa., facility? Curious to know what, if anything, the FDA did to forestall the sorry string of product recalls throughout the Johnson & Johnson empire? Puzzled as to how J&J finds itself in this mess? Can J&J maintain its storied image? At 10 am EST - that’s this morning, folks - the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform will hold a hearing in an attempt to come up with some answers. YOU CAN WATCH THE HEARING RIGHT HERE (look for ‘connect to live webcast’). Among those testifying is Colleen Giggins, who heads J&J’s worldwide consumer health biz (that’s because J&J ceo Bill ... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3603870 Thu, 27 May 2010 12:56:17 +0100 3603870 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3599742&cid=t_115942_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FsKMljKVmmps%2F Just two days before the House holds a hearing into the unusually large number of products recalled by Johnson & Johnson, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee wrote the FDA in search of additional info concerning actions taken by both the agency and the health care giant. “I am especially concerned because so many of the drugs at issue in this recall were intended for infants and children,” Harkin (see photo) wrote in his letter to FDA commish Margaret Hamburg. He did not indicate, however, plans to hold a hearing. The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform will question FDA deputy commish Josh Sharfstein and Colleen Giggins, who heads J&J’s global consumer business on Thursday (see this). J&J’s McNeil unit was ci... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3599742 Tue, 25 May 2010 17:03:36 +0100 3599742 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3589040&cid=t_115942_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FW8jvepkv9ss%2F Despite a request by a fellow committee member to postpone a hearing into the Johnson & Johnson recall scandal, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform chair Edolphus Towns, a New York Democrat, is proceeding with plans to hold the session this coming Thursday, May 27. You may recall earlier this week that Darrell Issa, the committee’s ranking member and a California Republican, asked Towns for a postponement because J&J ceo Bill Weldon is unable to atttend - he underwent back surgery the other day - and the FDA, meanwhile, has not yet completed its inspections of McNeil Consumer Healthcare facilities. J&J’s McNeil unit was cited for quality-control problems that affected about 40 over-the-counter meds for infants and children, and failed to properly follo... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3589040 Sat, 22 May 2010 15:16:52 +0100 3589040 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3197545&cid=t_115942_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fdr-richard-sharpe-leads-massive-medical-evacuation-haiti%2F Navy trauma surgeon Dr. Richard Sharpe is helping lead the biggest military medical evacuation to the USNS Comfort since the invasion of Normandy. Military officers like Navy Capt. Colleen Gallagher and Arm Lt. Col. Robert Malsby are assisting in the efforts. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3197545 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:26:49 +0100 3197545 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2871924&cid=t_115942_131_f&fid=34989&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FGeneticsHealth%2F%7E3%2F9MLSjyfo_A4%2F It all started when I read about the mystery of the “Unknown Child” who drowned in the Titanic. In 1912, a small child, wearing a petticoat, frock, socks and leather shoes, was found among the wreckage of the Titanic and buried in Nova Scotia. The boy became known as The Unknown Child, and a symbol for all 53 children who died. Nothing was left in the grave of the child except three little teeth, and clues that lead to two possible identities: 13-month old Eino Panula of Finland, and 19-month old Sidney Goodwin of England. So the U.S. U.S. Armed Forces DNA Identification Lab turned to someone who was great at finding people – DNA Detective Colleen Fitzpatrick. Fitzpatrick is a nuclear physicist who gave up her day job to become a forensic genealogist, one finds people – dead or a... Genetics and Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2871924 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 03:57:41 +0100 2871924 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1131973&cid=t_115942_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F211876201%2Fethics_trump_profits_in_wegman.html I was particularly interested in Wegmans’ announcement today … No MORE CIGARETTE SALES … from an ethical point and because of the risk to the food chain’s profit.A brief letter to employees from leaders Danny and Coleen Wegman … highlighted an ethical core in their decision:We believe in a person’s right to smoke. But we believe there are few of us who would introduce our children to smoking. Since Wegmans is valued in this city for its commitment to health … they decided to risk a loss of sales to further that commitment. In their usual fashion … Wegmans’ leaders values choice and respect their employees … who still take smoking breaks during their shifts.Known for their encouragement and scholarships to help young workers ... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1131973 Sun, 06 Jan 2008 02:56:53 +0100 1131973 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=579296&cid=t_115942_87_f&fid=34865&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecancerblog.com%2F2007%2F04%2F30%2Fweight-no-longer-says-american-cancer-society%2F Filed under: Breast Cancer, Colon and Rectal Cancer, Kidney Cancer, Prevention, Esophageal Cancer, Research, Diets, Exercise, Obesity, Smoking, Daily newsDon't delay. There's no better time than the present to get your weight in check. Especiallly now that The American Cancer Society is reporting that maintaining a healthy weight is at the top of their cancer prevention list."We know that obesity is related to a number of different cancers, breast cancer among post-menopausal women, colon cancer, esophageal, kidney cancer," says Colleen Doyle of American Cancer Society spokeswoman. This makes the ACS recommendations more urgent than ever. The ACS urges individuals to eat a diet rich in fruits, vegetables, and whole grains and to exercise at least five days per week.There are no guarantees,... The Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=579296 Mon, 30 Apr 2007 04:00:00 +0100 579296