Baby powder manufacturer Johnson & Johnson (J&J) is currently defending nearly 12,000 lawsuits filed by plaintiffs claiming that its talc products caused their cancers. In…
A Texas widow has filed a new heater-cooler lawsuit against manufacturer Sorin Group Deutschland GMBH, on behalf of her husband’s estate. She alleges that after…
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced plans to “modernize” its fast-track 510(k) approval process, which has been heavily criticized by some as allowing potentially…
The FDA approved Tasigna (nilotinib) in 2007 for the treatment of chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML). A few years later, however, studies revealed a link between…
Janssen Pharmaceuticals recently announced the recall of one lot of Ortho-Novum 1/35 birth control pills and two lots of Ortho-Novum 7/7/7 birth control pills. The…
Patients who are taking certain type 2 diabetes drugs need to be aware of a potential risk for a rare but serious genital infection. The…
A Nevada widow recently filed a new Onglyza/Kombiglyze XR lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey on behalf of her…
November is National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month and in an effort to fight this debilitating disease that affects an estimated 5.7 million Americans, Chaffin Luhana…
Global online news organization The Guardian, together with the British Broadcasting Company (BBC) and other news organizations, has launched a new investigation into pacemakers, contraceptives,…
Global online news organization The Guardian, along with other news organizations, is investigating the medical implants industry in the wake of thousands of reports showing…