A new medical study has found that the anti-clotting drug Xarelto could have less of a risk of causing a stroke than older blood thinners, but the drug appears to share of the same risks as Pradaxa. The study, which was funded by Johnson & Johnson, the manufacturers of the…
The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has decided to create three new multidistrict litigations (MDLs) for all vaginal mesh lawsuits. These lawsuits involve products manufactured by American Medical Systems, Inc. (AMS), Boston Scientific Corp. and Ethicon, Inc. The new MDLs will be centralized in the Southern District of West…
According to medical experts, a medical study underway is expected to reveal that side effects of metal-on-metal hip replacements can cause genetic damage, which could lead to an increased risk of cancer. According to the U.K.’s Telegraph newspaper, a study to be presented next month at the British Hip Society…
The litigants in the federal NuvaRing litigation are scheduled to meet with the Court to discuss a plan to settle the lawsuits filed by women who allege that they suffered serious blood clot injuries from side effects of NuvaRing birth control. All NuvaRing lawsuits filed in federal district courts are…
Plaintiffs from Louisiana have filed a lawsuit against Pfizer that alleges the drug maker intentionally hid the link between their popular antidepressant Zoloft and congenital birth defects when the drug is taken by pregnant women. The two Zoloft birth defect lawsuits were filed in January in the U.S. District Court…
A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against ALZA Corporation by the family of a Utah woman who died in 2010, after using one of the company’s fentanyl pain patches. The fentanyl patch lawsuit was filed by the family of Janine Ward last month in Salt Lake City’s 3rd District…
A Texas plaintiff has filed a federal complaint against Biomet Orthopedics over problems with their M2A Magnum metal-on-metal hip replacement system, which she says failed shortly after being implanted. The complaint was filed by Carol St. Cyr in January, alleging that the Biomet M2A Magnum hip replacement she received was…
The plaintiff lost the trial of a Levaquin lawsuit. The man suffered two ruptured Achilles tendons after taking the popular antibiotic. The jury determined that the drug maker failed to adequately warn consumers and doctors of the risk of tendon damage from side effects of Levaquin. A Minneapolis jury ruled…
According to a Johnson & Johnson lawyer, J&J properly warned of the risks of its antibiotic Levaquin and shouldn’t be held liable for tendon injuries sustained by a 78-year-old man. Clifford Straka, tore two Achilles tendons after taking the drug for pneumonia, sued J&J and its Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical unit in…
Product liability lawsuits against generic drugs are facing a tough uphill battle, which usually ends in dismissal, as exemplified by the Fosamax update below. U.S. District Judge Joel A. Pisano, has dismissed claims against Watson Pharmaceuticals, the manufacturer of generic versions of the popular osteoporosis drug. Plaintiffs had alleged that…