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As a Dallas Xarelto Bleeding Death attorney and Texas medical doctor, I would like to update my readers about the ongoing status of the Xarelto litigation. Most recently, a wrongful death lawsuit was filed against the makers of Xarelto; Bayer Healthcare and Johnson and Johnson’s subsidiary, Janssen.

The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation announced consolidation and centralization of all nationwide Xarelto lawsuits filed in federal courts before U.S. District Judge Eldon E. Fallon in the Eastern District of Louisiana.

1-Xarelto Bleeding Hemorrhage AttorneyOver 50 Federal Xarelto Lawsuits

Bayer Healthcare and Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen Pharmaceuticals subsidiary are exposed to at least 50 product liability lawsuits over their new-generation anticoagulant. These personal injury and wrongful death claims are pending in 24 different federal courts.

Today, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) heard oral arguments to consolidate all federal Xarelto lawsuits before one judge, in one centralized U.S. District Court.

xarelto side effects attorneyIt is widely anticipated that the U.S. JPML will establish centralized proceedings for coordinated discovery and a series of bellwether trials.

Patients who took Xarelto accuse the drug manufacturers of downplaying Xarelto’s bleeding risks and asked that the cases be sent to U.S District Judge David Herndon in East St. Louis, Illinois. An order maybe granted before the upcoming holiday season.

xarelto side effects attorneyThe medications reduce the incidence of blood clots and reduce the rate of strokes as in the case of atrial fibrillation and to prevent catastrophic injuries from pulmonary embolism including death.

Untreated deep vein thrombosis (blood clot in the leg) can result in a pulmonary embolism when the blood clot in the leg breaks off and travels in the venous system to the lung.

Bayer Healthcare and Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen Pharmaceuticals subsidiary, the manufacturers of the novel oral anticoagulant (NOACS) Xarelto, are exposed to several Xarelto product liability personal injury lawsuits, filed nationwide.

1-Xarelto Bleeding Hemorrhage AttorneyThese have brought by folks who suffered a catastrophic injury or death due to uncontrollable bleeding side effects while on the popular anticoagulant drug.

Illinois Xarelto Wrongful Death Lawsuit

Recently Shirley Boynton from California filed a product liability lawsuit against Bayer Healthcare and Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen subsidiary claiming that she almost died from uncontrollable hemorrhaging after using the new anticoagulant medication Xarelto.

xarelto side effect attorneyThe complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Boynton alleges that she suffered permanent injuries as a result inadequate Xarelto hemorrhage warnings provided to patients and doctors.

Xarelto: Dangerous and Defective Allegations

xarelto side effects attorneyCommon problem with Anticoagulants

Unfortunately, like all anticoagulants, Xarelto has an internal bleeding risk for which there is currently no effective antidote. Thousands of adverse event reports regarding bleeding side effects, including reports of deadly complications, have been filed with the FDA over this blockbuster medication.

A Texas woman is the latest to sue Bayer and Johnson & Johnson pharmaceutical companies, claiming that the anticoagulant Xarelto has inadequate warnings about the bleeding risk associated with the drug. Jeanne Jeffcoat filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, she claimed that Xarelto caused life-threatening bleeding event that left her permanently injured.

xarelto side effects attorneyThere are many defective drug product liability lawsuits filed nationwide over bleeding and hemorrhage side effects of Xarelto.

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