Defective & Dangerous Products

• Advanced Medical Optics does the right thing

  John Hopkins | November 22, 2006 10:28 AM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL

  Often I write about Big Corporations who place profits over people. It appears that some of the members of Corporate America can, in fact, demonstrate responsible and prudent conduct. Reuters reported today that Advanced Medical Optics recalled nearly three million units of their Complete Moisture Plus contact lens solution. Chris Muller, a senior marketing executive stated that, although they...

• Experimenting with Young Lives Does Not Show Good Judgment

  John Hopkins | November 21, 2006 4:21 PM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL

  The US Army has taken to using a drug, used to coagulate blood, in combat field hospitals. The drug, Recombinant Factor VII, is designated for use with rare forms of hemophilia. Hemophilia is a disorder that can cause patients to literally bleed to death from something as incidental as bumping against a table. The drug was the subject of an FDA warning last December in which the FDA said that...

• Frivolous Lawsuits "Picking On" Big Business

  John Hopkins | November 20, 2006 11:23 AM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL

  A California group, Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse (CALA), thinks that corporate America needs protection from lawsuits. They fear that Big Business can not continue to reap profits producing products they know are dangerous and so, they intend to continue a campaign to "inform" the public. According to Ralph Shaffer, Cal Poly Pomona Emeritus of History, they intend to continue their campaign of...

• Merck Rushing to Profit?

  John Hopkins | November 14, 2006 9:03 AM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL

  The Palm Beach Post reported that Merck is asking the FDA for approval of a new drug they hope will replace Vioxx; probably both in use and significant sales. The new drug is called Arcoxia and it has been received to very mixed reviews. The physician participating in the clinical trials, Dr. Christopher Cannon, indicated that all the COX-2 drugs probably have some risk of cardiac complications,...

• Bausch Decides an Eye for an Eye

  John Hopkins | November 10, 2006 9:56 AM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL

  I could not have said it better than an opinion editorial in the Minnesota Daily did on November 8, 2006. The editor discusses Bausch's less than stellar handling of recall for their ReNu with MoistureLoc no rub contact lens solution. The editorial summarizes the timeline of events and ends with:Would they have pulled the product at all if our country hadn't uncovered the problem? The thought is...

• University of Iowa Professor Tested MoistureLoc Solution

  John Hopkins | October 20, 2006 1:22 PM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL

  When multi-million dollar conglomerates send their products out to the trusting public, we expect some level of reasonable testing and safeguarding of the public's health. So, is that really too much to expect? Is the public's reasonable safety from profit motivated products really that insignificant? Is Corporate America really determining what the public should and should not be protected...

• "Crackberry" Addiction is Upon Us

  John Hopkins | October 10, 2006 9:06 AM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL

  The sky is falling; aliens are orbiting the earth; and Blackberry devices can apparently give you withdrawal sickness. Rutgers just completed a study that concludes the revolutionary devices we all use while trying to walk down the hall or drive a car can cause email and internet addiction.Apparently, these very handy devices are causing users to become so hooked that many can not go for more...

• Bausch RoundTable Discussion Spews Out Frail Defenses

  Kevin Walsh | September 28, 2006 8:31 AM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL

  In an orchestrated, well-choreographed and comprehensive parade of their own corporate opinions in Contact Lens Spectrum's September 2006 edition, Bausch & Lomb appears to have settled upon some of the soundbites we will hear as they defend their corporate arrogance in failing to recall MoistureLok, and the product itself which has blinded some and severely injured others. Bausch never misses...

• Sign Of The Times As Bausch & Lomb Ignores SEC Rules

  Kevin Walsh | September 22, 2006 9:40 AM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL

  Bausch & Lomb seems to be taking a lacksadaisical attitude toward everything these days. In an article today in the Rochester Business Journal, Bausch is seen explaining that documents due within 6 months of the end of last fiscal year will again be delayed as financial discrepancies overseas are being investigated internally.Bausch adopted a similar laissez faire attitude recently when their...

• Hygiene not the Culprit in Bausch & Lomb Fusarium Infections

  Kevin Walsh | September 18, 2006 9:47 AM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL

  Bausch ReNu with MoistureLoc is a culprit in Fusarium infections. Poor hygiene is not the reason for the infections, which have led to vision loss and lawsuits.An article appearing in the Bradenton Florida local newspaper gives voice to the possibility that Bausch & Lomb might defend themselves against an onslaught of litigation over its ReNu with MoistureLoc contact lens cleaning solution, by...