Medicine
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Medicine Risperdal trial opens
The state's lawsuit against Johnson and Johnson's Janssen pharmaceutical unit went to trial today in Circuit Judge Tim Fox's courtroom. Here's a Bloomberg story on the case, in which the state maintains that the drug company mislead Arkansas doctors about the safety of the drug Risperdal, an anti-psychotic. Bloomberg reports:
It’s the fifth jury trial over states’ claims that J&J, the second-biggest maker of health products, hid Risperdal’s diabetes risks and tricked Medicaid regulators into paying millions of dollars more than they should have for the medicine. J&J ended the most recent trial in Texas with a $158 million settlement in January.
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Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Medicine Lipschitz leaves St. Vincent
Star geriatrician Dr. David Lipschitz is leaving St. Vincent's Longevity Center in what sounds like a dispute over pay. An unusually candid news release from hospital president and CEO Peter Banko said, “Unfortunately, after three proposals for working together and several months of discussion, both parties were unable to come to mutual agreement for a continued relationship.”
Lipschitz, also known as "Dr. David," left the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, where he was the longtime head of gerontology, in 2008 for the job as longevity center executive director at St. Vincent. Arkansas Business reports he will go to Baptist Health; we have a call in to confirm that. UPDATE: Mark Lowman of Baptist Health said the hospital has been in talks with Lipschitz for a couple of months, but no contract has been signed yet.
Lipschitz's last day at St. Vincent will be Feb. 29.
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Saturday, July 24, 2010
Medicine VA smiles on marijuana
The Department of Veterans Affairs is moving to allow medicinal marijuana in its facilities in 14 states where it's legal.
That would not be Arkansas currently, of course. Polls continue to show strong support here for medicinal marijuana, however. Someday, inevitably.
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