An excellent follow up in the New England Journal of Medicine to our weekly blog on quality fraud. Off label drugs are often promoted for uses that are not backed up by any real study or science at all. Like lawyers, don’t pick your medicines off of TV or by word of mouth. Ask medical experts what the studies say about the effectiveness of the drug for the particular condition you are considering taking it.
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1611755?query=TOC
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Bill Thompson, Jr. is a trial lawyer with extensive experience seeking compensation for serious harm caused by, among others, Hospitals, Physicians and other healthcare providers (Federal and State), Manufacturers of dangerous products and drugs (Ford, General Motors, Michelin, and pharmaceutical companies), Common Carriers (US Airways, Carnival Cruise Lines), Class Actions involving Data Breaches, product liability, Airline Crashes, and any other negligent act leading to harm for many. We have nationwide experience in State and Federal courts, traveling wherever significant cases merit. We are often asked to appear in cases by motion with local partners in places as varied as Michigan, Massachusetts, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Georgia, and every jurisdiction in Florida.