InjuryBoard Dayton Archives

• Strattera patent challenged

  Richard Schulte | August 29, 2007 1:53 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  The patent on hyperactivity-disorder drug Strattera is being challenged by Novartis AG's Sandoz unit. Novartis is seeking a pre-emptive ruling that its proposed generic version of Strattera won't infringe a Lilly patent that expires in 2017, or that the patent is invalid.Icelandic drugmaker Actavis Group hf is already being sued by Lilly to block a generic version of Strattera, which generated...

• Annette Brown takes on City Hall

  Richard Schulte | August 22, 2007 1:01 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Discrimination

  City of Dayton Employee Annette Brown has a college degree, an MBA, and had worked in finance for 6 years. Until recently she was a dedicated civil servant. Now the City has placed her on administrative leave and she faces a hearing on August 27th to terminate her employment because the City of Dayton claims she is in violation of the city charter requiring that she "reside" and "live" within...

• City of Dayton refuses to budge on residency restrictions

  Richard Schulte | August 20, 2007 10:51 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Dayton has nearly double the population of Canton, but the two cities share many of the same struggles. Both have lost manufacturing jobs over the last two decades and experienced a steady decline in population. Poor performing school districts in both communities helped fuel a lament by city employees over forced residency. Only in Canton, city employees won.City officials in Dayton aren't...

• Update: 3 Rescue workers killed in second cave-in

  Richard Schulte | August 17, 2007 1:08 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  The search for six missing miners was abruptly halted after a second cave-in killed three rescue workers and injured at least six others who were trying to tunnel through rubble to reach them.The cave-in at 6:39 p.m. was believed to be caused by what seismologists call a "mountain bump," in which shifting ground forces chunks of rock from the walls. Seismologists say such a bump caused the Aug....

• Miners still not found after 3rd hole drilled

  Richard Schulte | August 13, 2007 2:24 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Another attempt to sink a video camera inside a coal mine where six miners have been trapped since a collapse a week ago yielded no signs of life. The camera was paired with better lighting, but still only saw about 15 feet when it was lowered into the mine. Two holes have already been drilled about 1,800 feet down into the mountain containing the mine. The first is a 2½-inch wide hole that...

• No Constitutional Right to Experimental Medication

  Richard Schulte | August 10, 2007 12:48 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Congress and the FDA have met numerous times over recent years to discuss experimental medication and/or treatments to terminally ill patients. Judge Thomas Griffith's opinion in a recent case has provided the public with an insight as to where the law currently stands on such an issue. Terminally ill patients do not have a constitutional right to access experimental drugs, a divided federal...

• Potential Botulism Risk from Canned French Cut Green Beans

  Richard Schulte | August 08, 2007 1:22 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Certain brands of French Cut Green Beans in 14.5 ounce cans manufactured by Lakeside Foods Inc, of Manitowoc, Wisconsin may not have been processed adequately to eliminate the potential for botulism toxin. This warning is not related to the chili sauce recall for botulism.The affected Lakeside cut green beans are sold nationwide under the following labels: Albertson's, Happy Harvest, Best...

• Ohio High Court Strikes Down Veto of Lead Paint Bill

  Richard Schulte | August 03, 2007 9:21 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  In a 5-2 decision, the Ohio Supreme Court struck down Gov. Ted Strickland's veto of a bill prohibiting lawsuits against the the manufactures of lead paint.The legislation says paint manufacturers can't be sued under public nuisance laws, which some U.S. cities have used to try to force companies to help pay for the removal of lead-based paint in older homes. Strickland vetoed the bill because he...