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Second Quarter 2001 Personal Injury Law News & Recall
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| June 17, 2001 |
St.
Louis Post-Dispatch Book Review, "Dispensing
With the Truth: The Victims, the Drug Companies,
and the Dramatic Story Behind the Battle
Over Fen-Phen" |
One
of the best qualities of Alicia Mundy's important,
interesting, sometimes flawed investigative effort, "Dispensing
With the Truth," is the title, with its
multiple meanings. More... |
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| June 14, 2001 |
NBC
News, "Major
Health Problems Caused by the Diet Drug Fen-Phen
Continue to Affect America" |
MARIA
SHRIVER, co-host: Remember the popular diet drugs
called fen-phen. Well, what began as a weapon
to end the war on fat, wound up with some of
the drugs being taken off the market. It's been
four years since the drugs were removed, but
some people think that their current health problems
are related to the fen-phen pills they took years
ago. More... |
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| May 01, 2001 |
The
Washington Post, "Fen-Phen's
Side Effects, Continued; A New Book and a
Court Settlement Revive Interest in the Controversial
Diet Drugs" |
Two
timely events -- the publication of a finger-pointing
book and the finalization of a multi-billion-dollar
settlement of a class action lawsuit -- are returning
the spotlight to fen-phen, the diet drug combination
that was wildly popular in the mid-'90s until
reports linked the drugs to illness and death. More... |
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| April 7, 2001 |
The
Dallas Morning News,"Texan
Wins Fen-Phen Lawsuit" |
American
Home Products Corp. must pay $ 56.5 million to
a Texas woman who said her heart was damaged
by the fen-phen diet-drug combination, a jury
decided. More... |
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