Trasylol Tragedy Timeline: The Dates of Destiny
-Lawyers and Settlements
05/12/2008 - The tragedy that is Trasylol and the scores of people who have died at the hands of the expensive anti-bleeding drug reads like the plot line of a bad movie. Only in this case, the villain doesn't get it in the end. At least, not yet. That payback may eventually be found in the courts of law as hundreds of lawsuits move forward. More>>>
Trasylol: "I've Gone Through Hell"
-Lawyers and Settlements
05/09/2008 - Loretta M. says she is sure she was given Trasylol during her open heart surgeries because her doctor spoke about using blood-regulating drugs during surgery. More>>>
Trasylol: Bayer Bracing for Lawsuits
-Lawyers and Settlements
05/06/2008 - As Bayer AG continues to study the results of the Canadian BART trial on Trasylol, and whether or not those findings may compel the manufacturer to lobby health regulators as to the merits of re-marketing a now-vilified drug, its legal arm prepares for its day in court as lawsuits against Bayer mount. More>>>
Trasylol Death Unnecessary
-Lawyers and Settlements
05/04/2008- Hayti, MO: Although Trasylol has been recalled, many people are only now realizing that they or their loved ones may have been given the drug during open heart surgery and may have suffered serious adverse reactions to the drug, including kidney failure. More>>>
Trasylol May Have Caused Advanced Kidney Failure
-Lawyers and Settlements
04/29/2008 - Mark L. suffered kidney failure shortly after his open heart surgery. However, he does not know for sure if Trasylol was used. Mark is now trying to determine whether or not doctors gave him Trasylol to stop him from bleeding during surgery. More>>>
Bayer CEO says faces 78 Trasylol lawsuits in U.S.
-Reuters
04/25/2008 - Germany's Bayer AG is facing 78 lawsuits in the United States linked to its Trasylol drug used to stem bleeding during open heart surgery, its chief executive said on Friday. More>>>
Lawsuits seek damages from Bayer over anti-bleeding drug
-Miami Herald
04/23/2008 - Eight lawsuits filed in a Florida federal court are seeking damages from Bayer AG over a controversial anti-bleeding drug. More>>>
Heart Drug Trasylol Pulled From Market After 50 Percent Increase in Death Rate Discovered
-Natural News
04/20/2008 - Pharmaceutical giant Bayer AG has announced that it is withdrawing its drug Trasylol from the market in response to a request by the FDA, in the face of increasing evidence that the drug increases patients' risk of death. More>>>
Questions about Trasylol Since 1963
Lawyers and Settlements
04/20/2008- When Bayer AG convenes its annual stockholder's meeting on April 25th in Cologne, the German group Coalition against BAYER Dangers (CBG) will be on hand to introduce countermotions to the proceedings, one of which will focus on the history, and dangers of Trasylol (known as Aprotinin). More>>>
Trasylol: “What the Hell Did They Give These People?”
-Lawyers and Settlements
04/13/2008- Port Lavaca, TX: Alice G. says that in the six years since her mother died, her family has struggled to understand what happened. With the recent news about Trasylol, Alice says she may have a better understanding of why her mother died. Although she is not yet positive her mother was given Trasylol during surgery, Alice says that what her mother went through prior to her death sounds a lot like what other patients have experienced. More>>>
New Trasylol Trial Halted Due to Deaths
Lawyers and Settlements
03/29/2008-Washington, DC: On March 27, 2008 Bayer AG said that a new trial on Trasylol had to be halted because the risk of death increased due to excessive bleeding. In addition to this new trial, previous studies have shown that Trasylol has a strong link to kidney failure in patients administered the drug when undergoing heart bypass surgery. More>>>
Protect consumers' right to sue drug maker
Philadelphia Inquirer
03/14/2008 - Can you imagine what would happen if three jumbo jets crashed in one month? A thousand people dead. Uproar at the FAA. Planes grounded. Immediate comprehensive inspections of all aircraft. Congressional hearings and investigations. Everything possible would be done to immediately assure public safety. More>>>
Congress Hears Warnings about FDA
-Consumer Affairs
02/27/2008 - Congress got an earful today as it held hearings on legislation that would provide more funding and authority to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Consumer and industry groups said the agency is falling short in its mission to ensure the safety of drug and food products More>>>
Trasylol Linked to Over 20,000 Deaths
-Houston.Injuryboard.com
02/26/2008 —A recent study found that patients that received Bayer's Trasylol during heart surgery were significantly more likely to die within the next decade. Another study of 78,000 patients, originally withheld by Bayer, found a 78 percent increased risk of death within a week following the surgery. More>>>
Trasylol Linked to Death and Kidney Problems Following Surgery
-galvestonbay.injuryboard.com
02/26/2008 —Two studies published in the New England Journal of Medicine have linked the drug Trasylol, used to reduce bleeding during open-heart surgery, to an increased risk of death and kidney damage among other concerns. More>>>
Bayer’s Trasylol Poses Higher Death Risk Among Patients, Studies Say
-enews20.com
02/21/2008 —Two recent U. S. studies reinforced the already existing claims that the Bayer AG’s clotting drug Trasylol poses a deadly risk on heart surgery patients. More>>>
One Thousand Lives A Month
-CBS
02/17/2008 —This is the story of a drug that was on the market for 14 years and may have contributed to the deaths of thousands of patients. Trasylol, made by Bayer, is given in the operating room to control bleeding. It was a big money maker. More>>>
Researcher: FDA Was Too Slow On Trasylol
-CBS
02/15/2008 — A renowned researcher calculates that 22,000 patients could have been saved if the Food and Drug Administration removed the heart surgery drug Trasylol two years ago, when his study revealed widespread death associated with it. More>>>
22,000 died amid delayed Bayer drug recall: doctor
-Reuters
02/15/2008 —The lives of 22,000 patients could have been saved if U.S. regulators had been quicker to remove a Bayer AG drug used to stem bleeding during open heart surgery, according to a medical researcher interviewed by CBS Television's 60 Minutes program. More>>>
Aprotinin safe in on-pump CABG, but not off-pump (with ACE inhibitors)
-TheHeart.org
02/11/2008 - A new retrospective analysis of patients undergoing CABG in whom the antifibrinolytic aprotinin (Trasylol, Bayer) was used has found that the product appears to be safe during on-pump CABG surgery. More>>>
Aprotinin (Trasylol) Kidney Risk Linked to Off-Pump Bypass Plus ACE Inhibitors
-MedPage Today
02/11/2008 - The risk of renal dysfunction after aprotinin (Trasylol) was used during heart surgery appears limited to patients also given ACE inhibitors during an off-pump bypass, suggested a retrospective analysis here. More>>>
Bayer's Trasylol Safe in Some Surgeries, Study Says
-Bloomberg
02/08/2008 - Bayer AG's Trasylol, an anti-bleeding drug that was pulled off the market last year, is safe when used during a certain type of cardiac surgery, researchers said. More>>>
Aprotinin and Ace Inhibitors During Off-Pump Cardiac Surgery Associated with Postoperative Renal Dysfunction
-PharmaLive
02/07/2008 - The blood saving-drug aprotinin appears safe during on-pump cardiac surgery. However, the combination of aprotinin and angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors during off-pump cardiac surgery is associated with a significant risk of postoperative renal dysfunction. These are the conclusions of authors of an Article published in this week’s edition of The Lancet. More>>>
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