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FDA Suggests Reducing Acrylamide in Diet
December 2, 2013
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released a consumer update containing suggestions on how to reduce the amount of acrylamide in one’s diet.  Acrylamide is a chemical found in certain foods that have been fried, toasted or roasted, and has been shown to increase the risk of cancer. Acrylamide forms when starchy foods are cooked at high temperatures for a...
Prop 65 / Environment
Acrylamide, FDA, Food and Drug Administration, Proposition 65
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Johnson & Johnson to Settle Fraud Claims For $2.2B; Whistleblowers to Get $130M
November 6, 2013
Johnson & Johnson (J&J) will pay more than $2.2 billion to resolve criminal and civil liability allegations relating to the prescription drugs Risperdal, Invega and Natrecor, including promotion for uses not approved as safe and effective by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and, payment of kickbacks to physicians and to pharmacy providers, the U.S. Department of...
False Claims / Whistleblowers
False Claims Act, FDA, Johnson & Johnson, qui tam lawsuit, Whistleblower Act, whistleblower attorney
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FDA Proposes Limits for Arsenic in Apple Juice
July 15, 2013
On July 12, 2013, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) proposed a limit for arsenic in apple juice. The FDA’s proposal comes nearly two years after concerns about the juice were first raised during a segment of “The Dr. Oz Show.” The new proposed standard for arsenic, a carcinogen, is 10 parts per billion (“ppb”).  The...
Prop 65 / Environment
Apple Juice, Arsenic, Cancer, Carcinogens, EPA, FDA, Proposition 65
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Dems Urge Release of FDA’s Proposed Guidelines Re: Arsenic in Fruit Juice
June 19, 2013
Democrats in Congress, including Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Reps. Frank Pallone (D-N.J.) and Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), are concerned about the White House Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) extended delays in clearing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) proposed guidelines to reduce the amount of arsenic, a known carcinogen, in fruit juice....
Prop 65 / Environment
Arsenic, FDA, Food and Drug Administration, Juice, Office of Management and Budget, OMB
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Par Pharma to Pay $45M for Health Care Fraud, Whistleblowers to Get $4.4M
March 6, 2013
New Jersey-based Par Pharmaceutical Companies Inc. pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday and agreed to pay $45 million to resolve its criminal and civil liability in the company’s promotion of its prescription drug Megace® ES for uses not approved as safe and effective by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and not covered by federal health care programs, the...
False Claims / Whistleblowers
False Claims Act, FDA, Fraud, Fraud Against Government, Misbranding, Pharmaceuticals, Whistleblowers
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