Take three packets of information on pharmaceutical products.In response to AAJ AAJ All About Jazz (website) AAJ American Association of Jurists AAJ American Alpine Journal AAJ Administrative Appeals Judge AAJ Attitude Adjust members' need for timely information on emerging pharmaceutical products liability litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. , the AAJ Exchange has created several litigation packets to help members with cases involving the Ortho Evra birth-control patch, Bausch & Lomb contact lens cleaning solution, and Kugel ku·gel n. A baked pudding of noodles or potatoes, eggs, and seasonings, traditionally eaten by Jews on the Sabbath. [Yiddish kugel, ball (from its puffed-up shape), from Middle High German. Mesh hernia patches. All three products are the subject of litigation alleging that their respective manufacturers knew of risks and failed to provide consumers with adequate warnings or remove the products from the market. For example, recent studies indicate that Ortho Evra patch users are exposed to 60 percent more total estrogen than users of typical birth-control pills, placing them at serious cardiovascular risk. Similarly, consumers of Bausch & Lomb's ReNu with MoistureLoc solution were at risk of exposure to the fungal infection Fusarium Fusarium a genus of fungi; some species are plant pathogens and some are opportunistic infectious agents of humans and animals. Many also produce trichothecene toxins which cause poisoning of animals if the infected material, usually stored feed, is eaten. keratitis keratitis Inflammation of the cornea (see eye). The conjunctiva may also be inflamed (keratoconjunctivitis). Depending on the cause, including dryness of the eye (from low tear production or inability to close the eye), chemical or physical injury, or certain , but the manufacturer kept the product on the market even when it knew about possible contamination. Patients implanted with Kugel Mesh patches during hernia repair were also unaware of product defects and face an increased risk of injury. The three litigation packets provide an array of tools and resources. Each packet includes, for example, client questionnaires and complaints; time lines of key events; and FDA FDA abbr. Food and Drug Administration FDA, n.pr See Food and Drug Administration. FDA, n.pr the abbreviation for the Food and Drug Administration. materials relating to product approval, labeling changes, and adverse events. AAJ speaker papers, similar matters, and other secondary resources are also included. The Exchange also offers a comprehensive FDA litigation packet, "Pharmaceutical Products Liability Cases," which contains materials on the FDA prescription drug approval process and its inherent flaws; theories of liability and recent trends in pharmaceutical products liability cases; drug companies' direct-to-consumer marketing tactics and the effect on the learned-intermediary doctrine; drug company promotion of off-label use and its adverse effects; pharmacology; epidemiology and its role in proving causation; sample complaints; client-intake and case-evaluation forms; tips on selecting and "Daubert-proofing" your expert; and strategies, as well as case law, on avoiding preemption preemption U.S. policy that allowed the first settlers, or squatters, on public land to buy the land they had improved. Since improved land, coveted by speculators, was often priced too high for squatters to buy at auction, temporary preemptive laws allowed them to acquire in general. For more information on these and other litigation packets, log on to www.justice.org/exchange and click on "Litigation Packets," or call the Exchange at (800) 344-3023. |
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