US Stem Cell Inc (USRM)

[Dragon Lady]

RECENT Article, BLIND LADIES "INVESTIGATION PENDING" ??

RECENT NEW ARTICLE DATED ONLY ABOUT THREE SHORT MONTHS AGO-

Published in the FLORIDA DAILY BUSINESS REVIEW, April 11, 2017.

HOLY FREAKING COW? This is a local South Florida paper, and the female business writer/author for a South Florida paper printed since 1926, she says there is a "INVESTIGATION PENDING" regarding USRM and their blinding of at least three women at their little "clinic" biz thingy, as written about in the world's top medical journal, THEE NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE. HER FREAKING WORDS, NOT MINE, LOL !

DIG THIS RECENT INFO- wild stuff if you ask me (I may try and contact the author to see if she'll reveal her sources or what she knows?). AMAZING INFO IF YOU ASK ME:

http://www.dailybusinessreview.com/id=1202783473144/Unsafe-StemCell-Eye-Injections-Draw-Rebuke-Prompt-Settlements?slreturn=20170416183946

Quote of full article:

"Unsafe' Stem-Cell Eye Injections Draw Rebuke, Prompt Settlements

Celia Ampel, Daily Business Review
April 11, 2017

The procedure was supposed to treat their macular degeneration—but instead, it made them blind. The two women who lost their sight have settled their cases against a South Florida eye doctor as their experience draws national attention.

Coral Gables law firm Grossman Roth Yaffa Cohen filed lawsuits on behalf of the two patients, both over age 70, who traveled to Sunrise and paid $5,000 each for what they believed was stem-cell therapy that would help with age-related vision loss. According to thecomplaints, U.S. Stem Cell Inc. injected each woman in both eyes with what it claimed were stem cells harvested by removing fat tissue from patients and processing the tissue to isolate the cells.

Instead, both women quickly ended up blind, with one of them unable even to perceive light. Their experience was highlighted March 16 in the New England Journal of Medicine after doctors at the University of Miami's Bascom Palmer Eye Institute observed the results of the injections.

"The patients paid for a procedure that had never been studied in a clinical trial, lacked sufficient safety data, and was performed in both eyes on the same day," the physicians wrote in the journal article. Experimental injections in both eyes, they continued, "are both atypical and unsafe."

The final claims in the litigation were confidentially settled days before the article was published, drawing attention from the New York Times, the Associated Press and BuzzFeed. U.S. Stem Cell and the nurse who performed the 2015 procedures settled earlier in both cases, which were filed in separate circuits, one in Miami-Dade and one in Broward.

The last remaining defendant was Dr. Shareen Greenbaum, an ophthalmologist with Hollywood Eye Institute who performed pre-procedure exams on the patients, according to the lawsuits. Greenbaum settled with plaintiff Elizabeth Noble in 2016, but the case filed by the other patient, Patsy Bade, did not reach a settlement until last month.

Bade alleged Greenbaum became involved with U.S. Stem Cell through a friend she met at her gym. Starting in 2013, the doctor was held out as the principal investigator for what was listed as a clinical trial on the U.S. National Institutes of Health website ClinicalTrials.gov. (According to a warning now posted on the site, the studies listed on the site are not necessarily endorsed by the NIH.)

According to the lawsuit, Greenbaum realized the company was nothing more than a for-profit business after hearing U.S. Stem Cell employees lie to patients and seeing there would be no gathering of information or follow-up with the patients about the procedure. But she agreed to stay on to do the pre-procedure exams.

"Dr. Greenbaum did nothing to communicate her concerns about the clinical trial, nor did she do anything to dissuade Ms. Bade from going forward with this procedure," the complaint alleged.

Greenbaum's attorney, Marc Ganz of Nosich & Ganz in Coral Gables, declined to comment. Grossman Roth partner Andy Yaffa, who represented the patients, also declined to comment on the settlements except to say they were to the mutual satisfaction of the parties.

U.S. Stem Cell Inc. said in a statement that it does not currently treat eye patients and that its clinics "have successfully conducted more than 7,000 stem cell procedures with less than 0.01% adverse reactions reported."

No criminal charges have been filed over the injections. An investigation is pending.

[color=purple]Grossman Roth just took on another stem-cell therapy case in Atlanta, and more of these cases may pop up around the country if oversight isn't ramped up, the authors of the New England Journal of Medicine article warned.

"Although numerous stem-cell therapies for medical disorders are being investigated at research institutions with appropriate regulatory oversight, many stem-cell clinics are treating patients with little oversight and with no proof of efficacy," the doctors wrote."

END OF ARTICLE from a local Florida biz journal and author.

AN INVESTIGATION IS PENDING???

HOLY FREAKING COW ??? The author uses the words "CRIMINAL CHARGES" and then "INVESTIGATION IS PENDING"? WTH? Sh*t, checked my dictionary and "PENDING" means "on going" or "waiting a decision" or "in process awaiting an outcome" etc?

WOWZA !!

www.dailybusinessreview.com/about-us

LOOK AT THAT- that freaking newspaper has been covering SOUTH FLORIDA since 1926 !! AND, it's apparently a MAIN SOURCE OF "NEWS" for Florida Judges, courts, lawyers, etc. Sh*t, amazing again ! This ain't some small time "blog" or whatever? HOLY COW AGAIN to me. Freaking fascinating IMO, for the author to use the word(s) and/or wording she did? Again, wonder what her sources are? I'd sure as H like to know?

"The Company:
Since 1926, the Daily Business Review has been an indispensable source of local news to the South Florida community. We reach the South Florida general public including property owners, business professionals, lawyers, bankers and real estate workers, who want the latest news on the news, people and events that drive the South Florida economy. South Florida readers want the most important news, delivered in print and online, to help them make decisions about their businesses and their properties, whether that news is local or is about national and international events and trends that affect South Florida. The Daily Business Review brings advertisers and readers together in print, in person and online and provides a valuable resource to the general public.

The Daily Business Review is designated as the Official Court Newspaper by the chief judges of the County and Circuit courts in Miami-Dade and Broward, and by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida"

I think the shark attorneys are gonna get FILTHY WEALTHY off all these little clinics doing NON FDA APPROVED, experimental "treatments", FOR CASH, on human beings, typically with ZERO scientific efficacy or proven research that said "treatments" even work, let alone are safe- according to what one of the most prestigious medical journals in the world published, the New England Journal Of Medicine", plus court documents, plus literally at least 50 legit major news outlets around the world.

http://regmedfoundation.org/2017/04/12/stem-cell-clinics-in-the-legal-crosshairs/

http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-stemgenex-lawsuit-20170418-story.html

https://ipscell.com/2016/08/class-action-lawsuit-filed-against-stem-cell-clinic-the-lung-institute/

Lawsuits PROLIFERATING as patients are bilked for cash, and often harmed. WOWZA, those are some fascinating article to read IMO. HOLY COW !

WORLD WIDE "NEWS", LOL ! Not even local Florida- it literally blew itself around the globe.


http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/03/15/520118310/3-women-blinded-by-unproven-stem-cell-treatments

https://blog.cirm.ca.gov/2017/03/15/three-people-left-blind-by-florida-clinics-unproven-stem-cell-therapy/comment-page-1/

LOOK AT THAT, freaking CIRM, the California major stem cell group/govt agency ran the story. DAMN, that can't be good for ole USRM, especially if they're now trying to pitch the FDA for some supposed "approval" for gawd knows what?

http://stemcellfoundation.ca/en/

http://stemcellfoundation.ca/en/blog/#post-3238

NEWS is all over Canada's science and stem cell community, big time.

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/health-care/article139003663.html

http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/biotech/sd-me-clinical-trials-20170315-story.html

http://time.com/4703909/stem-cell-treatment-lose-vision/

TIME MAGAZINE. Millions are gonna read about this...uh oh?????

http://uk.businessinsider.com/ap-doctors-say-unproven-stem-cell-treatment-blinded-3-women-2017-3

UK, aka Europe.

http://www.wflx.com/story/34893920/doctors-say-unproven-stem-cell-treatment-blinded-3-women

http://uk.reuters.com/article/us-stemcell-consumers-ophthalmology-idUKKBN16M3D6

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/three-women-left-blinded-after-botched-stem-cell-trial/ar-AAop3vk

http://www.nationalpost.com/m/wp/news/blog.html?b=news.nationalpost.com/news/world/three-women-lose-sight-after-florida-clinic-injects-stem-cells-into-their-eyes-to-improve-their-vision&pubdate=2017-03-16

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-4318266/Unproven-stem-cell-therapy-causes-three-women-blind.html

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/03/16/world/science-health-world/unproven-stem-cell-therapy-makes-three-u-s-women-blind-deemed-off-charts-dangerous/#.WM1QUVsrKt8

JAPAN, that makes East Asia, almost China.

http://www.ctvnews.ca/health/unproven-stem-cell-treatments-leave-3-women-blinded-1.3326562

https://www.wsj.com/articles/stem-cell-clinics-treatments-left-three-patients-blind-doctors-say-1489614350

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=11819362

Down South to New Zealand, meaning the Aussies probably know by now too.

http://www.nation.co.ke/lifestyle/health/Unproven-stem-cell-therapy-blind/1954202-3851556-15rv5vsz/

.ke domain, that's Kenya, hello African continent.

https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2017/03/florida-clinic-blinds-three-patients-in-botched-clinical-trial/

Oh, there's .au domain, Australia covered.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/03/170315182348.htm

http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/ct-women-blinded-by-unapproved-stem-cell-treatment-20170316-story.html

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2017/03/15/three-patients-blinded-by-stem-cell-procedure-physicians-say.html

https://www.pressreader.com/usa/san-francisco-chronicle-late-edition/20170316/281496456095820

http://www.todayonline.com/daily-focus/health/unproven-stem-cell-therapy-causes-three-women-go-blind

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Singapore, so that's SouthEast Asia/Asia Pacific region. BAMMO, spreading like WILDFIRE (NO, not the 70's song by Michael Martin Murphy)

http://www.wtsp.com/news/doctors-say-florida-stem-cell-clinic-left-3-women-blind/423054933

http://www.latestafricanews.com/ke/kenya/2017/03/unproven-stem-cell-therapy-causes-three-women-to-go-blind/

AFRICA again, how many continents does that make now? I need to count?

http://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1448711/unproven-stem-cell-therapy-causes-women-blind

https://1israelnews.com/unproven-stem-cell-therapy-blinds-three-patients-at-florida-clinic/

Israel, means it's hitting the "Middle East" news, looks like to me?

https://www.davidicke.com/index.php/article/406386/three-women-blinded-off-charts-dangerous-stem-cell-trial-meant-cure-mild-vision-loss

https://ipscell.com/2017/03/nejm-paper-links-3-patients-blinded-to-publicly-traded-stem-cell-clinic/

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/stem-cell-treatment-blinded-three-women-florida/

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/mar/16/three-women-with-eye-disease-blinded-by-unproven-stem-cell-treatment

http://www.livescience.com/58287-unproven-stem-cell-therapy-blindness.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2017/03/15/three-women-blinded-by-unapproved-stem-cell-treatment-at-south-florida-clinic/?utm_term=.e862f156e90a

http://www.metronews.ca/life/health/2017/03/15/doctors-say-unproven-stem-cell-treatment-blinded-3-women.html

http://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/three-women-blinded-bogus-stem-cell-treatment-florida-n734091

http://www.healthline.com/health-news/three-women-blinded-in-unproven-stem-cell-treatment

https://www.mbnews.one/health_news_96956.htm

http://www.immortal.org/32973/three-women-blinded-stem-cell-treatment-florida/

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/881192/unproven-stem-cell-therapy-causes-three-women-to-go-blind

https://www.buzzfeed.com/peteraldhous/blinded-by-stem-cell-injections

http://khn.org/news/experimental-stem-cell-treatment-leaves-3-women-blind/

http://www.stuff.co.nz/science/90511597/experimental-stem-cell-treatment-leaves-three-women-blind

https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/03/stem-cell-clinic-masquerading-as-legit-research-blinds-three-in-florida/

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-stemcell-consumers-ophthalmology-idUSKBN16M3D6

https://tampanews.co/doctors-say-florida-stem-cell-clinic-left-3-women-blind/

http://www.menshealth.com/health/unproven-stem-treatment-blinds-three-women

Men's Health, it's hitting the magazine world now too then. I see LOTS of that mag in doctor's office waiting rooms.

https://www.statnews.com/2017/03/15/stem-cell-patients-blind-macular-degeneration/

http://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2017/03/unproven-stem-cell-therapy-blinds-three-patients-at-florida.html

Stanford, that's a power-hitter in the academia circles. Big league academia, like world class.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/women-blinded-untested-stem-cell-treatment-article-1.3000090

http://www.sciencealert.com/an-off-the-charts-dangerous-clinical-trial-in-florida-has-left-3-women-blind

http://www.sfchronicle.com/health/article/3-cases-of-blindness-raise-questions-about-stem-11004630.php

https://science.slashdot.org/story/17/03/16/2136247/unproven-stem-cell-treatments-blind-3-women

http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/stem-cell-therapy-blinds-patients-1.4026734

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/15/health/eyes-stem-cells-injections.html?_r=0

https://www.rt.com/usa/381084-stem-cell-vision-loss/

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/877280

https://www.baaz.com/trending/story/58c9ad63a9e362543b46a211

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/stem-cell-clinical-trial-women-blinded-patients-new-england-journal-medicine-thomas-albini-a7632051.html

http://www.straitstimes.com/world/united-states/unproven-stem-cell-therapy-in-us-causes-three-women-to-go-blind

http://www.krmg.com/lifestyles/experimental-stem-cell-treatment-leaves-women-blind/TyXDzpiYJ1Wi9rYHsrnToM/

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13882626

https://www.geneticliteracyproject.org/2017/03/16/3-women-blinded-after-receiving-stem-cell-therapy-for-macular-degeneration/

https://www.yahoo.com/news/doctors-unproven-stem-cell-treatment-blinded-3-women-210610493.html

http://www.680news.com/2017/03/15/doctors-say-unproven-stem-cell-treatment-blinded-3-women/

https://www.newdelhitimes.com/doctors-say-unproven-stem-cell-treatment-blinded-3-women123/

https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/03/16/3-women-blinded-in-stem-cell-clinical-trial/21897597/

http://www.kalb.com/content/news/Doctors-say-unproven-stem-cell-treatment-blinded-3-women-416269853.html

http://earth-chronicles.com/science/as-a-result-of-treatment-with-stem-cells-three-women-were-blinded.html

http://kcbx.org/post/3-women-blinded-unproven-stem-cell-treatments

http://www.nbc-2.com/story/34893920/doctors-say-unproven-stem-cell-treatment-blinded-3-women

https://1newsnigeria.com/unproven-stem-cell-therapy-blinds-three-patients-at-florida-clinic/

https://www.zawya.com/uae/en/story/Patients_left_blind_after_paying_for_experimental_stem_cell_treatment-ZAWYA20170317061559/

http://abc7ny.com/health/doctors-say-stem-cell-treatment-at-clinic-blinded-3-women/1804596/

https://www.adn.com/nation-world/2017/03/16/3-women-blinded-by-unapproved-stem-cell-eye-treatment-at-florida-clinic/

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/health/fl-sb-sunrise-stem-cell-20170316-story.html

http://www.wfdd.org/story/3-women-blinded-unproven-stem-cell-treatments-0


THAT is a butt load of free "coverage" for a pretty much no name, nothing lil medical "clinic" in ole Florida and their PENNY STOCK "PARENT" COMPANY ole "33% owner of said clinic" per SEC filings...seems to me. Like the FDA won't see this, along with every prospective customer or medical researcher and anyone else of importance in the "Stem cell world", LOL???

Gawd, it's got more coverage than freaking Beyonce and Justin Bieb combined if you ask me, LOL !! And it ain't the "good" kind of coverage if you ask me for my lousy FOUR CENTS worth....gawd what a freakin mess.