| Asbestosis Like Mesothelioma Can Kill
But deaths from the cancer, largely of former workers from the long-closed Turner Brothers in Hindley Green, may have now peaked in the town.Seven local people died in 2003, latest figures in a Parliamentary written question reveal, compared with 11 the previous year and nine in 2001 and the illness claimed a high of 13 Wiganer's lives in 1999. Newcastle remains the main place for asbestosis in Britain with 101 people currently receiving treatment. The statistics were announced as Secretary of State for the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) John Hutton gave new details of how the system for compensating sufferers and their survivors would be improved and speeded up. He said that interim measures would be put into action and he was also determined to put a long-term solution into place.
(AFX UK Focus) 2006-07-20 12:37 GMT: UK govt streamlining claims handling for asbestos compensation claims
LONDON (AFX) - The government said it is introducing immediate measures to help victims of asbestos-related lung cancer get their compensation claims handled faster. Work and Pensions Secretary John Hutton said the interim action will include clarifying with claims handlers "best practice to ensure priority is given to those with mesothelioma", the medical name for the disease. "We will also work with Revenue and Customs so that employer records can be traced quicker," he said. The move comes on top of the government's decision to change the law through the Compensation Bill, in light of a Law Lords ruling which would have caused delays in resolving claims and made it more difficult for sufferers to recover full compensation. newsdesk@afxnews.com fp/joy COPYRIGHT Copyright AFX News Limited 2005.
Asbestos-death widow hits out over compensation judgement
A CARLISLE woman whose husband died of an asbestos-related disease says she has lost faith in the British legal system after being dealt a crushing blow by a judge. Gill Harrington lodged a claim for compensation when her husband Percy died of mesothelioma aged 59. But a series of rulings means she has been forced to accept a payout of a fraction of what she believes she would have been awarded previously. Percy died on Valentine's Day 2003 of mesothelioma, an agonising lung illness usually caused by exposure to asbestos, which was once a common building material. In his career as an electrician he had often been exposed to the deadly substance. For around 25 years, he had worked for Carlisle builders G Bowman, which has now folded, but solicitors were unable to trace any insurance details for the firm when he was working there.
FDA warns Lilly for Alimta marketing
INDIANAPOLIS - Federal regulators asked pharmaceutical maker Eli Lilly and Co. on Monday to withdraw a ''misleading'' marketing brochure for its cancer drug Alimta.The Food and Drug Administration said Indianapolis-based company published a 34-page patient brochure that ''omits material facts and risk information essential to the safe and effective use'' of the 2-year-old drug. .
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