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If you received a letter warning about a contaminated heater-cooler unit used in your open-heart surgery, you may be at risk of contracting a nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) infection and should contact your doctor immediately. Why Did I Receive A Warning Letter After My Open Heart Surgery? On June 1, 2016, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advised…

On May 8, 2020, Judge Robin L. Rosenberg of the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida appointed Goldenberg Lauricella Partner Marlene Goldenberg to the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee as part of the leadership structure for the Zantac Multidistrict Litigation (MDL). Marlene is currently serving on the Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee for the Valsartan, Losartan, and Irbesartan MDL in the…

On April 1, 2020, The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommended the universal recall of all Zantac and ranitidine products from the U.S. market. The Zantac recall comes after various third party tests have found that unsafe levels of the probable human carcinogen NDMA can be produced in Zantac and ranitidine products as they are stored…

New testing from a California pharmacy has found elevated levels of the probable human carcinogen NDMA in Zantac when the drug is exposed to heat. As a result of its troubling findings, Emery Pharma has filed a Citizen Petition with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requesting the agency pull all products containing ranitidine, Zantac’s active ingredient, from…

On February 13, 2020, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requested a recall of the prescription weight loss medications Belviq (lorcaserin) and Belviq XR after a study associated long term use with certain cancers. Belviq’s manufacturer, the Japanese pharmaceutical company Eisai Inc., voluntarily recalled the drug in response to the FDA’s recommendation. What Is Belviq? Belviq was…

Concerns over the lack of clinical evidence and medical device testing of hernia mesh products has led to an outcry in the United Kingdom. New data shows that there are more than 100 different types of surgical hernia mesh that were purchased by the National Health Service (NHS) Trusts from 2012-2018 in England and Scotland to perform the…