Pfizer Inc. said it agreed earlier this week to pay $894 million to settle most Celebrex and Bextra claims. Pfizer said in a statement that it is taking an after-tax charge of $640 million against profit in the quarter to cover the settlement sum. Pfizer said it plans to settle…
WASHINGTON — The Bush administration is planning to rewrite a wide array of federal rules with changes or additions that could block product-safety lawsuits by consumers and states. The administration has written language aimed at pre-empting product-liability litigation into 50 rules governing everything from motorcycle brakes to pain medicine. This…
According to court recordsJohnson & Johnson has spent at least $68.7 million to settle hundreds of lawsuits filed by women who suffered blood clots, heart attacks or strokes after using the company’s Ortho Evra birth-control patch. Majority of users claimed that the patch caused deep-vein thrombosis, (blood clots in the…
According to documents filed in federal court, the makers of gadolinium-based contrast agents currently face 391 lawsuits filed by individuals who allege that they developed a rare condition known as NSF, or nephrogenic systemic fibrosis, after an enhanced MRI. Gadolinium contrast injections are commonly used during MRI and MRA tests…
A Vermont woman was awarded more than $6 million when a jury ordered Wyeth, a pharmaceutical company, to pay her for failing to warn her about the risks of one of its drugs. But this case was appealed all the way to the US Supreme Court and the Court is…
United States District Judge Rodney W. Sipple issued an order Wednesday designating lawyers in the recently formed NuvaRing birth control MDL to serve in leadership positions and to act on behalf of all plaintiffs during discovery and pretrial proceedings. On August 22, 2008, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation centralized…
The FDA earlier this week imposed a ban on 30 drugs made by the Indian pharmaceutical company Ranbaxy Laboratories. Ranbaxy is one of the largest suppliers of generic medicines to the United States. This ban follows FDA inspections of two of the company’s plants in India that were found to…
Several thousand MacGregor and Mitre folding soccer goals were recalled today, after the death of a toddler. The Consumer Product Safety Commission said a 20-month-old Texas toddler was strangled when his head and arm became caught up in the net of one of the recalled goals. The agency received one…
NHTSA are warning owners of 5 million recalled Ford Motor Co. vehicles to go to dealerships to repair a cruise-control switch system that has been linked to engine fires. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recently issued a second consumer advisory to owners of certain unrepaired Ford, Lincoln and Mercury…
The FDA in an effort to improve communication with doctors and patients on prescription drug safety, began posting a list of medications under investigation for potential problems. The list is a compilation naming 20 medications and the potential safety issue for each drug. The listings will be updated for each…