In July 2012, nineteen plaintiffs filed Zoloft birth defect lawsuits in Wayne Circuit Court in West Virginia. Each lawsuit seeks to hold Pfizer, Zoloft’s manufacturer, liable for birth…
In the July 2012 issue of Orthopedics, researchers once again examined metal-on-metal (MoM) hip implants like the DePuy ASR, DePuy Pinnacle, Zimmer Durom Cup, and Biomet M2A Magnum. These…
On May 25, 2012, the FDA warned healthcare practitioners that incorrect use of GranuFlo and NaturaLyte acid concentrates during dialysis could result in serious side effects. About a month later,…
On December 29, 2011, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) consolidated all federal Actos lawsuits into one court in the Western District of Louisiana. They assigned Judge…
On June 26, 2012, Judge David A Katz, who is presiding over the DePuy ASR hip Multidistrict Litigation (MDL) in the Northern District of Ohio, signed an order setting the dates for the first two…
The FDA approved the drug Depakote (valproic acid) for the treatment of epileptic seizures in 1983, and later for the prevention of migraine headaches. Post-marketing reports, however, indicate…
Fresenius Medical Care is in the news again, but this time it is because of a disgruntled employee. The kidney dialysis giant came under FDA scrutiny earlier this year when an internal…
The FDA approved the antidepressant drug Paxil (pareoxetine) for treatment of depression in 1992, and later for the treatment of social anxiety disorder. In 2005, the FDA issued a warning to…
Most of us know that our country is in the grips of an obesity epidemic. Doctor recommended diet and exercise programs have not controlled the problem, so pharmaceutical companies are hard at…
Women who suffered from blood clots and related injuries because of the NuvaRing contraceptive device may soon be compensated for their medical expenses, pain, and suffering. According to court…
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one of the two main causes of hospitalization among people on hemodialysis is cardiovascular disease. According to the National Kidney…
Twenty-one plaintiffs claim to have suffered injuries from the DePuy ASR hip implant, which was recalled in August 2010, in a lawsuit filed on June 29, 2012 in Madison County Circuit Court. …