Article: Conman Foster in diet pill case.(News)

Article: Diet-Pill Deal Leaves American Home Products' ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  December 23, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... earlier awarded $150 million to five diet-pill users for suffering heart and lung damage ... about $1.5 million, although most diet-pill users are expected to receive much less ... uncertainty associated with large numbers of diet-pill users who choose a court battle rather ...

Article: Deal Lets American Home Products Avoid Damaging ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  December 22, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... resolved "substantially" all of the diet-pill lawsuits in Mississippi. The 11th ... in the settlement." Now, though, diet-pill users may not have the same incentive ... preliminary approval by a federal judge. Diet-pill users have until March 31 to decide whether ...

Article: New diet pill's tacky name tough to swallow
Chicago Sun-Times;  April 3, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... But it's for real. There really is a diet pill called AnorexTM. "When is a Diet Pill worth $153 a bottle?" is the question posed ... and tired of wasting money on one ordinary diet pill . . . after another." The Web site shows ...

Article: New Jersey Judge Dismisses Jury as Settlement in ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  October 4, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... Home Products Corp. and millions of diet-pill users, a state judge yesterday dismissed ... between American Home and lawyers for diet-pill users were "very serious." But she ... reach about $5 billion and cover most diet-pill users, except those with a fatal lung ...

Article: Fallout from Ephedra Ban: Sales of Non-Ephedra Zantrex-3(TM) ...
PR Newswire;  January 6, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... selling, most powerful non-ephedra diet pill, would make Zoller Laboratories(TM), the diet pill's manufacturer, thrilled about the ... face it, Zantrex-3 is the number one diet pill because it was the first and only non ...

Article: Big splash is expected for diet pill
Honolulu Star - Bulletin;  June 13, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... heavily promoted over-the-counter diet pill hits the shelves. Alli (AL-eye) is the first diet pill approved by the Food and Drug Administration ... heavily promoted over-the-counter diet pill is being launched across the country ...

Article: Diet Pill Maker Discloses Details of Class-Action ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  April 13, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... yesterday disclosed that four out of five diet-pill users agreed to participate in a $4 ... represents less than 1 percent of all diet-pill users. The diet pills were withdrawn ... created thresholds much too high for some diet-pill users to qualify for compensation. However ...