As a Texas medical doctor and Dallas Januvia/Byetta/Victoza dangerous drug Pancreatic Cancer attorney I am providing this latest information and investigation from the FDA. According to the FDA notice, posted on March 14, the agency is: “Evaluating unpublished new findings by a group of academic researchers that suggest an increased…
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Januvia, Byetta and Victoza Diabetes Drugs Risk For Pancreatic Cancers
According to a recent medical study, patients taking the newer diabetes drugs were affected by pancreatic cell growth and damage that may turn cancerous. The study, by UCLA Medical Center, provides evidence of increased pre-cancerous changes in diabetic patients using incretin mimetics drugs such as Januvia, Byetta and Victoza. FDA…
California Jury Hits J&J and DePuy: Must Pay $8.3 M on Defective Hip Lawsuit
The jury finally rendered a verdict today, in a hotly contested Johnson & Johnson defective hip lawsuit, being tried in California state court, Los Angeles. Johnson & Johnson (J&J)’s DePuy subsidiary unit was found liable for defectively designed metal-on-metal hip implant, in the first of 10,750 lawsuits over the device…
Texas Attorney Warns About Stryker Rejuvenate Hip Implants
As a Dallas, Texas Defective Metal on Metal Hip attorney, I have written extensively about the problems and the lawsuits filed against the manufacturers of metal on metal hips. It appears that the problems associated with the metal on metal hips is neither unique or limited to one manufacturer. Johnson…
Trial: Takeda Didn’t Warn of Actos Cancer Risk
The first Actos bladder cancer trial is currently underway in Los Angeles, California state court and the trial started February 19th. The plaintiff, Jack Cooper, was diagnosed with bladder cancer after using Actos for more than two years. The case was given a fast track trial date because of Cooper’s…
J&J Put Profit Over People in DePuy ASR Defective Hip
I have written extensively about the current trial underway in Los Angeles state court involving the DePuy ASR hip and now I am providing this trial update. According to the plaintiff at the first of 10,750 lawsuits over the recalled hip implant to go to trial, it was Johnson &…
Texas Defective Medical Device Attorney Warns About Bard G2 Filters
Our law firm on behalf of Judy Kay Alexander from Dallas, Texas have filed a defective product liability lawsuit against C.R. Bard over its G2 IVC Filter. Alexander’s lawsuit alleges that C.R. Bard was negligent, failed to warn, produced a defective design and manufacturing, breach of warranty, and negligent misrepresentation.…
J&J Ethicon Vaginal Mesh Injury Trial
Texas Transvaginal Surgical Mesh Attorney Dr Shezad Malik provides this timely update for women would have suffered injuries and complications as a result of Surgical Mesh. Transvaginal mesh is an invasive surgical option for patients suffering from pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and stress urinary incontinence (SUI). What is Transvaginal Mesh…
Texas Defective Hip Attorney Warns About Biomet M2A Metal On Metal Hips
As a Texas Biomet M2A-Magnum hip metallosis injury and replacement attorney I am providing this timely update for folks who have been injured by defective metal-on-metal hip replacement implants. What is the Problem with Biomet M2A Magnum Hip? The Biomet M2A-Magnum Hip is a metal-on-metal hip replacement system that has…
J&J and DePuy Recall ASR Hip Trial: Broken Promises
As a Dallas DePuy ASR Metal Hip attorney and Texas medical doctor I have been reporting from the DePuy ASR trial that is currently underway in Los Angeles, California. Over the past week of trial, the jury has heard from plaintiff’s engineering and metallurgic experts. and the videotaped testimony of…