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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…

E-cigarettes are the most commonly used form of tobacco among adolescents in the United States. The National Institute on Drug Abuse reports that e-cigarettes have become so popular among young people due to their “easy availability, alluring advertisement, e-liquid flavors, and the belief that they are safer than cigarettes.” Along with exposing users to serious injuries…

The government is finally fighting back against the burgeoning e-cigarette industry as the vping epidemic ravages teens with addiction and a mysterious lung illness that has hospitalized hundreds and claimed multiple lives. On September 9, federal officials at the Food and Drug Administration issued two warning letters to e-cigarette giant JUUL attacking its claims that its e-cigarette products…

A recent wave of plaintiff victories in California trials has brought the safety of the herbicide Roundup into the spotlight of public scrutiny. While its manufacturer, Bayer AG, claims the product is safe, three juries have thought otherwise after being presented with a trove of evidence from both sides of the debate. The plaintiffs…

On May 16th, 2019,  the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) required Ethicon, a division of Johnson & Johnson, to recall more than 92,000 Circular Staplers that are used in gastrointestinal and bariatric surgeries. The FDA has identified this as a Class I recall, the most serious type of recall. They have stated, “Use of these…