Pharmaceutical Negligence

Pharmaceutical Negligence is an act or omission by a pharmaceutical company causing physical injury to the patient and/or substantial loss of income. Simply put, pharmaceutical negligence is a form of product liability (by a pharmaceutical company) that causes an injury. According to the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), there are over 100,000 deaths per year in the United States due to adverse effects of medication.

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The third leading cause of death in the United States arses from adverse effects or complications caused by or resulting from medical treatment.

According to the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) and Johns Hopkins University the following are the estimated number of deaths annually in the United States which result from medical treatment or ancillary factors related to health care:

  • 106,000 deaths/year from non-error, adverse effects of medication;
  • 80,000 deaths/year from infections in hospitals;
  • 20,000 deaths/year from other errors in hospitals;
  • 12,000 deaths/year from unnecessary surgery;
  • 7,000 deaths/year from medication errors in hospitals.

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