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Extract Text From PDF, .Doc, and other Files

Posted on January 18, 2008
Thanks to the folks at lifehacker and elsewhere for this tip, which I started using. It works, at least on early use here in the office. It's a program called Text Mining Tool:From the text mining site: Text Mining Tool is a freeware program for extraction of text from files of the next types:pdf, doc, rtf, chm, html without need to have installed any other programs like Word, Arcrobat, etc...

Vioxx Registration Deadline Passes: Merck Hopes 85% Take the Deal

Posted on January 17, 2008
With the first milestone passing this week (1/15/08) Merck's confident it will reach the goals necessary to set a $4.85 billion Vioxx settlement into play. There are report that law firms representing more than 55,000 plaintiffs had registered their claims by the deadline...

Vytorin Video

Posted on January 17, 2008
Reporting on the drug's troubles. It's two minutes long, but it's not on YouTube.com Go here to see it.

Bad News for Vytorin: "It just doesn't work"

Posted on January 16, 2008
Vytorin is a combination of Zetia and Zocor. It is prescribed nearly 100,000 times a day, and sales topped $5 billion last year. Drug companies Merck and Schering split the profits from the medicines in equal parts.This week Merck and Schering-Plough revealed that the active ingredient in their cholesterol drugs Zetia and Vytorin had flunked a clinical trial measuring its effect on artery plaque...

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National Clean Out Your Desk Day Today

Posted on January 14, 2008
It's National Clean-Off-Your-Desk Day. Today is the day to fill your recycling bin to overflowing.You can use Jott to help you clean up that desk. Also high on my list is http://www.vitalist.com./ It handles do recurrent tracking, ticklers, in a basic way...

Did Avandia Contribute to Thousands of Heart Attacks?

Posted on January 13, 2008
According to a November 2007 report by the Senate Finance Committee, an analysis by FDA scientists presented at a July 30, 2007, safety panel meeting estimates that Avandia has caused approximately 83,000 excess heart attacks since coming on the market...

STLA in New Orleans, 1/31-2/2

Posted on January 11, 2008
Once again, the Southern Trial Lawyers will meet in New Orleans. You can read more about the STLA by going here.It's a lot of fun and worth your time.

Transfer Huge Files with PipeBytes

Posted on January 11, 2008
After having just downloaded a huge legal file in three parts, I've gone back to find a better solution ... and found one. If you a need to transfer a large file but learn that the party sending the file is having trouble, try PipeBytes. It's free. From their site: No software to install...

NY State Court To Dismiss Celebrex Cases

Posted on January 11, 2008
A state court judge has ruled that there is no: Plaintiffs suing Pfizer Inc. over its Celebrex do not have reliable scientific evidence to prove the drug can cause heart attacks and strokes at the 200-milligram dose. The 200 milligram dose is the most commonly prescribe dose of the medication...

Top 5 P.I. Attorney Web Site Mistakes

Posted on January 06, 2008
From the abajournal.comOf the "best" sites reviewed, here is a list of the most common mistakes:-- Firms spend more time talking about themselves instead of their clients.-- The sites lack compassion.-- Photos are canned, stock art, rather than of real people...

Top 10 PDF Tricks

Posted on January 06, 2008
Thanks to lifehacker, they include:Managing PDF files in iTunes: One of the lesser-known features of iTunes is that it can manage PDF files as well as music. Here.Another Top 10 is: Design your own DIY notepaper. "Check off your note-taking template options - with your name, project name, and optional hole-punch - and download a printable PDF of the result...

A Litigating MIST Cases Blog

Posted on January 04, 2008
You can find it here:litigatingmistcases.com/What is MIST? Minimum Impact, Soft Tissue case. It's a site worth checking out. A recent blog post included this:"The ABA recently published my newest article on MIST cases. This article provides some basic tips on MIST cases...

Top 10 Obscure Google Search Tricks

Posted on January 03, 2008
From lifehacker.comGood stuff, including:10. Get the local time anywhere.9. Track flight status.Good stuff, and you can find more here.

Organizing Your "To Do" List

Posted on January 03, 2008
It's that time of year when folks resolve to get more organized. I'm one of them. I found a helpful post on Getting Things Done, and the excerpt is below. The post emphasizes a next action list, as opposed to a plain ol' "to do." "There is nothing more demotivating and numbing than a large, unwieldy and obscure to-do list...

Avandia Warnings: Did They Scare People From Therapy?

Posted on January 02, 2008
"We believe that scrutiny of Avandia may have harmed the U.S. diabetic population by scaring some patients off of therapy. This is unfortunate, given lack of glucose control among diabetics and the growing diabetes epidemic in the country."So says David Risinger, go here for more.

Resolution Time: 2008

Posted on December 26, 2007
I make and try to keep resolutions. For me it's been a year to remember: 2007 began with my decision to open my own law office. It was precipitated by a significant event at the end of 2006. This time last year my former "boss" tried to weasel out of a referral fee to another lawyer...

Retinopathy of Prematurity: Richard Shapiro and babyblindness.com

Posted on December 26, 2007
Preeminent Attorney Richard Shapiro has his site up and it is impressive. www.babyblindness.com is a site that addresses and explains Retinopathy of Prematurity."Retinopathy of Prematurity (R.O.P) is a potentially blinding eye disorder that primarily affects premature infants weighing approximately three pounds or less, born before 31 weeks of gestation (A full-term pregnancy has a gestation of 38?42 weeks)...

30 Seconds of Ad Related Levity

Posted on December 20, 2007
DeNiro - not law related - responds to 'direction' when cutting an ad:

Posted on December 15, 2007

Avandia: Higher Risk of Heart Attacks and Death

Posted on December 12, 2007
Older people taking Avandia and Actos had a higher risk of heart attacks, failure and death than those taking other diabetes pills, says a study from Canada. Diabetics over 65 on the drugs were 40 percent more likely to suffer heart attacks, according to a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association...

Vioxx Settlement Agreement Documents

Posted on December 12, 2007
You may find them at the Brown Greer site. The site informs: "BrownGreer PLC is the Claims Administrator for the Vioxx Settlement. The forms posted on this site may change, so be sure to check back often to get the most recent version. Also, legal developments and amendments to the Settlement Agreement may cause some of these documents to become outdated...

Merck Seeks OTC Approval for Mevacor (Cholestrol Drug)

Posted on December 11, 2007
From Bloomberg.com:Merck is asking the FDA to make Mevacor (a cholesterol-lowering medicine) available on drugstore shelves without a prescription. Merck's try is its third in ten years. The FDA is unlikely to approve nonprescription Mevacor becuase of concerns raised by the 250,000-member American Medical Association...

Avandia Dropped by Two Pharma Benefit Managers

Posted on December 10, 2007
Two dropped GlaxoSmithKline Plc's diabetes drug Avandia from their national formularies, based on concerns about safety. Prime and HealthTrans- the managers- issued separate statements, which claimedthat each made a thorough analysis of the clinical literature examining the safety and efficacy of Avandia...

Tim Tebow: Heisman Trophy Winner

Posted on December 10, 2007
I'm a Gator, having graduated from the University of Florida. Saturday night, Gator QB Tim Tebow won the Heisman Trophy: It's not law related, but it is nonetheless fun to watch - unless you are a nole.

Prempro Verdict Tossed

Posted on December 10, 2007
A woman who claimed that Wyeth's hormone-replacement drug caused her breast cancer failed to prove, with have sufficient evidence, that Wyeth's Prempro caused her damage. The opinion was written by Judge Ricardo C. Jackson. Four cases have gone to trial in Philly...

FDA's Shortcomings Put American Lives "At Risk"

Posted on December 03, 2007
From Bloomberg:American lives are at risk because the U.S. Food and Drug Administration lacks the funding to keep up with scientific advances, according to FDA advisers. The FDA has an ``appallingly low'' rate of inspections and a lack of scientists who understand new technologies, a subcommittee of an outside panel said in the report, posted today on the FDA web site...

Celebrex MDL: Breyer to Toss Out 200 mg dosage of Celebrex

Posted on November 19, 2007
The MDL Ruling from Judge Breyer came down mid-day today November 19, 2007. Based on Daubert, the science does not support claims of injury when a person took 200mg of Celebrex per day. Stay tuned.

Vioxx and New Orleans: A Busy Week in December

Posted on November 14, 2007
December 10, 11 and 14 you won't be able to swing a dead cat in New Orleans without hitting a Plaintiff's lawyer. On December 10 and 11, Mealey's will host a Plaintiff's Only National Settlement Conference chaired by my friend Tom Girardi, and which will cover among other things, the "View From the Bench" and the "Role of the Special Master...

Trasylol Pulled from Market b/c of Claimed Link to Kidney Problems

Posted on November 13, 2007
From AP, Reuters, Yahoo and others:Bayer AG last week voluntarily stopped worldwide sales of its antibleeding drug Trasylol after a Canadian clinical study found it could be linked to a higher risk of death than other drugs.Trasylol, also known as aprotinin, works by blocking enzymes that dissolve blood clots...

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