The Legal Examiner West Palm Beach Archives

• AMO Urges Consumers to Dispose of Evidence

  John Hopkins | June 27, 2007 9:54 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  The OCRegister reported that AMO and the FDA are "...urging people to dispose of Complete Moisture Plus Multi-Purpose solution...", which the CDC and FDA have linked to a rare and unusual eye infection. Acanthamoeba is an organism commonly found in water. Although most acanthamoeba infections occur in contact lens wearers, it is extremely rare; affecting only one or two wearers in every million...

• Family Awarded $5.5 Million in Duragesic Patch Suit

  Jenny Albano | June 21, 2007 9:37 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  The father of a man who died while wearing a Duragesic patch was awarded $5.5 million on Tuesday by a federal jury in West Palm Beach. The jury decided that the drug's company was liable for Adam Hendelson's death.The Hendelson family sued Johnson & Johnson subsidiaries Janssen Pharmaceutica Products and the ALZA Corporation over their son Adam's death in 2003. Adam died of an overdose of...

• What are the so-called "ancillary ingredients" in AMO's Complete MoisturePLUS?

  Armand Rossetti | June 15, 2007 7:44 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  On April 13, 2005, the FDA approved AMO's Complete MoisturePLUS. This time, AMO represented that Complete MoisturePLUS was the same as the currently marketed solution. But it wasn't just like it,...

• The Eyes Have It

  Armand Rossetti | June 14, 2007 5:52 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  AMO, Bausch & Lomb, and other solution manufacturers have been practicing market driven Science. While market driven science is not necessarily bad, if taken to its extreme, it can violate basic Voodoo principles.The eye is one of the most complex organs in the human body, and one of the few organs that are directly open to the environment. The biology and chemistry that is the eye has evolved...

• Two Questions that Concern AMO and Acanthamoeba Infections

  Armand Rossetti | June 12, 2007 2:24 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  The cornea is the only tissue in the body that Acanthamoebae (or Acanthamoeba) can invade in individuals with healthy immune systems. Otherwise, those individuals can usually avoid Acanthamoeba infections that affect the skin, brain and lungs. This blog briefly addresses two questions: 1) Why is the cornea more susceptible to Acanthamoeba than other tissues in the body; and 2) How could a...

• AMO Says the Fault Lies With the Consumers--Not With Complete

  John Hopkins | June 12, 2007 10:17 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Well, American Medical Optics' president and CEO, James Mazzo has finally taken the same path that Bausch & Lomb has in defending ReNu with MoistureLoc. Associated Press reported Mr. Mazzo as stating that the problem with Complete® MoisturePlus is not his company's problem. Instead, he has chosen to blame the consumer and, if some Chicago researchers are to be believed, it is even in the water....

• Its in the Water? Researchers Blame the EPA for Contact Lens Infections

  John Hopkins | June 11, 2007 8:58 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  So, AMO and Bausch want to blame the EPA and the water for their problems with ReNu® and Complete® contact lens solutions. Conveniently, researchers in Illinois stood ready with a study that gave the opportunity to blame the Environmental Protection Agency for the whole problem. The researchers, Drs. Tu and Joslin reported infections from acanthamoeba that were drastically higher than normal....