Firm Announcements

Recalls

BEASLEY ALLEN LEGAL NEWS | November 18, 2009

More dietary supplement products designed to increase muscle mass are being recalled after an analysis by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) identified undeclared substances that it considers to be steroids, including Madol, Turinabol, Superdrol, and/or Androstenedione. The latest recall covers IDS Sports products sold under the brand names Bromodrol, Dual Action Grow Tabs, Grow Tabs, Mass Tabs, and Ripped Tabs TR.




Recalls

BEASLEY ALLEN LEGAL NEWS | November 18, 2009

A sheath designed to facilitate the entry of an intravascular device through the skin is being recalled by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) because the device may be fractured, which may require unplanned open surgery to remove the retained segments or control bleeding. The recall includes all lots of the ViperSheath Sheath Introducer made by Thomas Medical and distributed by Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. (CSI).




Recalls

BEASLEY ALLEN LEGAL NEWS | November 18, 2009

New data indicates that omeprazole (Prilosec/Prilosec OTC), a medicine used to reduce stomach acid, also reduces the anti-blood clotting effect of clopidogrel (Plavix), a medication taken by patients at risk for heart attacks or stroke, by almost half when the two drugs are taken by the same patient, according to a new Public Health Advisory issued by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This drug interaction occurs because omeprazole blocks the conversion of clopidogrel into its active form. The interaction is not reduced if the doses of clopidogrel and omeprazole are separated with time.




Recalls

BEASLEY ALLEN LEGAL NEWS | November 10, 2009

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with Maclaren USA, Inc., of South Norwalk, Conn., today announced a voluntary recall of Maclaren Strollers. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. The stroller's hinge mechanism poses a fingertip amputation and laceration hazard to the child when the consumer is unfolding/opening the stroller.




Product Liability

BEASLEY ALLEN LEGAL NEWS | November 2, 2009

Last month, Toyota and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued a safety advisory alerting the owners of 3.8 million Toyota and Lexus vehicles to remove the driver's side floor mats in their cars. The mats, Toyota said, could slide forward and interfere with the gas pedal, whose design allowed it to be easily jammed, causing a dangerous Unintended Acceleration situation. The recall is the largest ever for Toyota and the fifth largest recall of a consumer product in the United States.




Community

ARCARACING.COM | November 1, 2009

If the world didn't know who Grant Enfinger was when he first showed up on tour in 2008, you better believe it knows who he is now.

In seven starts in 2009, in his own no. 83 BeasleyAllen.com sponsored Ford Fusion, Enfinger checked off four top-five finishes among a couple of near wins at Kentucky and Chicagoland, where he finished second. Third place finishes at Talladega and Kansas, and a seventh at Rockingham served notice that this guy's the real deal.




Recalls

BEASLEY ALLEN LEGAL NEWS | October 29, 2009

Several companies have recently recalled certain cat foods deficient in thiamine, dog foods containing mold, and dog foods that could contain plastic. For each recall the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is requesting that veterinarians file a report.




Recalls

U.S. CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION | October 29, 2009

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with Target stores, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.




Personal Injury

BEASLEY ALLEN LEGAL NEWS | October 29, 2009

Halloween can become a scary time for all the wrong reasons. Unsafe costumes, walking in the streets, getting candy from strangers... The risks are real, but there are a number of things you can do to keep your trick-or-treaters safe.




Pharmaceutical

BEASLEY ALLEN LEGAL NEWS | October 27, 2009

Dr. Diane Harper, the lead researcher in human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine development and director of the University of Minnesota's Gynecologic Cancer Prevention Research Group, was expected to promote the vaccines Gardasil and Cervarix at the 4th International Public Conference on Vaccination in Reston, Virginia, earlier this month. Instead of promoting the vaccines, however, Dr. Harper pulled the covers off of what appears to be a highly bogus and ethically questionable scheme concocted by Merck to have young girls mandatorily vaccinated in public schools.