Rare Disease facts for Rare Disease Day 2019

Patient lawsuit against IDSA and insurers moves forward in Texas

Patient lawsuit against IDSA and insurers moves forward in Texas www.lymedisease.org/idsa-lawsuit-pfeiffer/ A federal lawsuit that may just validate the pain of thousands of Lyme disease patients – and the flaws in prevailing tests and treatments — is moving ahead in a Texas courthouse, despite attempts to kill it. The lawsuit’s progress is a big development […]

Family of local veteran who died plans to sue Jacksonville nursing home

  https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/investigates/family-of-local-veteran-who-died-plans-to-sue-jacksonville-nursing-home/925183454 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The family of a local veteran plans to sue a Jacksonville nursing home, after a Florida Department of Children and Families investigation found evidence his death was related to inadequate supervision and neglect. Tom Edwards, the attorney for York Spratling’s family, described the 86-year-old as an honorable man who died […]

‘Effectively-organized-up or quilt-up?’ Horsham drugmaker performs one-man military in opposition to FDA in opioid crisis – Philly.com

www.worldweeklynews.com/2019/02/24/effectively-organized-up-or-quilt-up-horsham-drugmaker-performs-one-man-military-in-opposition-to-fda-in-opioid-crisis-philly-com/ Edwin Thompson, the president of a pharmaceutical company in Horsham, Pa., didn’t abet encourage when he confirmed up at an FDA advisory committee assembly final June to chat about opioids. “The root motive of the opioid epidemic is the illegal FDA approval of opioids for the therapy of chronic wretchedness,” Thompson said, urging a […]