The folks at the Drug and Device Law blog share their insights into how lawyers must take the negative press constantly swirling around the FDA into account while engaged in jury selection. They also welcome your suggestions.
According to Forbes Magazine , HealthGrades has ranked American hospitals based on quality of care and lack of complications. Here in New York, New York Presbyterian was the only hospital to make the list. Interestingly, prestigious academic medical…
According to today’s Business Wire , Physicians’ Reciprocal Insurers, the “ second-largest medical malpractice writer in New York State and one of the leaders in the nation,” has published a book entitled, PRACTICING MEDICINE IN DIFFICULT TIMES: PROTECTING PHYSICIANS FROM…
In a case decided on January 22, 2009, the Appellate Division, Third Department, affirmed the trial court’s granting of plaintiff’s motion to set aside a defense verdict, based on defense counsel’s violation of the principles…
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE PREMIUMS DOWN NATIONWIDE- Renal and Urology News reports that premiums have stabilized for most physicians, and that over 40% actually paid lower premiums over the last year. The report was based on a survey conducted by Medical…
In one of the saddest, and most infuriating pieces of bad news to emerge from Iraq to date, it turns out that a highly decorated, 24-year-old Green Beret died after being eloctrocuted while showering at…
According to today’s U.S. News & World Report , the FDA has approved the first human trial using embryonic stem cells . A California company, Geron Corp., will implant the stem cells in paraplegics. The hope is to ultimately be able to…
In the January 22, 2009 online issue of the New England Journal of Medicine , Dr. Robert Steinbrook discusses how physicians and medical institutions can profitably use the internet to disclose information concerning relationships with the drug and device…
The good news is that VA health centers around the country have begun implementing the use of electronic medical records for their patients. The bad news is that since a software upgrade in August of…
In my December 10 posting, I discussed how physicians are troubled by the FDA’s lax methodology in conducting clinical trial of drugs and medical devices. In today’s Torts Prof Blog , Bill Childs points out that today’s NY Times features an article…
