Protecting the Public: Guidant Medical Devices and Unsafe Drug Litigation Seminar
October 12, 2006 09:48

ATLA SEMINAR: Protecting the Public: Guidant Medical Devices and Unsafe Drug Litigation Seminar

Does a life saving medical device actually save lives or threaten lives? What unsafe drugs currently on the market will become the next Vioxx? As the number of drug recalls increases, having an understanding of the potential risk factors becomes more critical for attorneys who represent people injured by the products that claim to help.

The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA) hosts a seminar on November 17-18 at the Wynn Las Vegas. Program highlights include litigation updates on Guidant, Medtronic, Vioxx, Ortho Evra, Zyprexa, Fosamax, SSRIs, Hormone Therapy, and Bausch & Lomb.

The Food and Drug Administration is considering not using the word recall to warn patients and doctors about defective pacemakers and defibrillators at the request of the Heart Rhythm Society, a physicians' group struggling to deal with a loss of public confidence... (Read this Article)