ISSUES BLOG

Novartis Execs, Cover-Ups And Jawbone Damage
11/22/2011
Pharmalot.com In a devastating blow to Novartis, a federal judge denied a bid to overturn a verdict in which a jury decided the drugmaker failed to a ... Read More


Merck Loses Extraordinary Fosamax® ONJ Appeal In Boles II — Damages Hearing Up Next
9/23/2011
Originally posted at  http://www.anewmerckreviewed.wordpress.com Back in January 2011, immediately after the very-able Judge Keenan declined to ... Read More


High Court Won't Hear Novartis Appeal Of Zometa Suit
5/31/2011
By Derek Hawkins Law360, New York (May 31, 2011) -- The U.S. Supreme Court refused Tuesday to take up Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp.’s appeal of a ... Read More


Risk of Thigh Fractures Seen With Fosamax, Actonel, Other Bisphosphonates
2/24/2011
Long-term use of oral bisphosphonates, such as Fosamax, Actonel and Reclast, increase the risk of rare, atypical thigh bone fractures, according to a ... Read More


Long-Term Use of Osteoporosis Medication Associated With Increased Risk of Atypical Fractures
2/22/2011
ScienceDaily (Feb. 22, 2011) — Older women who used bisphosphonates (medications that prevent loss of bone mass) for five years or more were ... Read More


Two steps forward in field of osteoporosis
2/22/2011
CNN.com Osteoporosis, a condition where the bones become weak, affects 10 million people in the U.S. Two studies released Tuesday in the Journal of t ... Read More


‘Jawbone Death’ and the Law: The Latest Fosamax Trial Rolls On
11/11/2010
By Ashby Jones - Wall Street Journal Blog Full Article Here:  http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2010/11/11/jawbone-death-and-the-law-the-latest-fosam ... Read More


FDA Drug Safety Communication: Ongoing safety review of oral bisphosphonates and atypical subtrochanteric femur fractures
11/10/2010
Safety Announcement[03-10-2010] Patients and healthcare professionals may have questions about oral bisphosphonate medications and atypical subtr ... Read More


Bisphosphonates and low-impact femoral fractures: Current evidence on alendronate-fracture risk
10/25/2010
Published By Jennifer P. Schneider, MD, PhD Several recent medical articles have described multiple cases of unusual low-impact subtrochanteric stres ... Read More


When Drugs Cause Problems They Are Supposed to Prevent - An article from The New York Times
10/16/2010
By Gina KolataThe New York TimesPublished October 16, 2010 In the past month, the Food and Drug Administration has concluded that in some c ... Read More


F.D.A. Issues Warning on Bone Drugs
10/13/2010
By Duff Wilson via New York Times Updated: The Food and Drug Administration issued a warning on Wednesday linking long-term use of pop ... Read More


Bad Break: Bone Drugs May Cause Thigh Fractures
9/14/2010
By Ed Silverman Six months after the FDA determined there is no link between bisphosphonates and thigh-bone fractures, a task force says otherwis ... Read More


JBMR Publishes ASBMR Task Force Report on Atypical Femoral Fractures
9/14/2010
Published by The American Society For Bone and Mineral Research Drugs Commonly Prescribed for Osteoporosis Patients are Effective at Reducing R ... Read More


Doctor files suit, says bone drug leads to breaks
9/8/2010
Doctor leads effort to restrict the use of bone drug Fosamax. Full Article Here:   http://azstarnet.com/news/science/health-med-fit/article ... Read More


Jury Stuns Merck With $8M Verdict For Fosamax Plaintiff
6/25/2010
By Christie SmytheLaw360, New York (June 25, 2010) -- In the first-ever win on jawbone-death claims related to Merck & Co.’s osteoporosi ... Read More


Fosamax: Is Long Term Use of Bone Strengthening Drug Linked to Fractures?
3/9/2010
By CHRISTINE ROMO and LARA SALAHI - GMA Sandy Potter, 59 of Queens, New York, was jumping rope with neighborhood children when she felt her thigh bon ... Read More


Core Discovery...
7/10/2009
Presently, we are conducting what is known as core discovery. The Judge in Newman, NJ has required that the parties select 12 cases from litigation. T ... Read More


Study Links Oral Bisphosphonates to ONJ
1/9/2009
By Jennifer Garvin A new study in the January issue of The Journal of the American Dental Association suggests that the use of oral bisphosphonates c ... Read More


FDA Alerts: Fosamax, Aredia, Zometa
10/26/2008
The Food and Drug Administration monitors the potential side effects of popular drugs in order to ensure public health and safety. Drugs such as Fosam ... Read More


Side Effect Watch: Femur Fractures in Fosamax Patients
6/4/2008
Published by the Wall Street Journal A study in the current issue of the Journal of Orthopedic Trauma links Merck’s osteoporosis drug Fosamax to a ... Read More


Osteoporosis Meds and Heart Rhythm
11/1/2007
Published by Aetna InteliHealth Two bone-building drugs may be linked to irregular heart rhythms. The drugs -- Reclast and Fosamax -- belong to the c ... Read More


Study Finds Higher Incidence of Osteonecrosis of the Jaw in Alendronate Users
11/15/2006
From The American Dental Association - November 2006 In a retrospective study from the University of Southern California (USC), four percent of femal ... Read More


Fosamax Information
6/7/2006
Published by Fosamax-information.com What is alendronate or Fosamax®?Alendronate, or Fosamax® is a compound that can alter the cycle of bon ... Read More


Cancer Drug Linked To Rotting Jaws
5/21/2006
Published by The Cancer Blog Out of New Zealand comes reporting that four New Zealanders have suffered rotting jawbones after taking a bisphosphates ... Read More


FOSAMAX® (alendronate sodium) and Rare Cases of Osteonecrosis of the Jaw
4/14/2006
Statement by Merck & Co.  Merck is committed to putting patients first and providing accurate information regarding the efficacy, safety and tole ... Read More