An Illinois man recently filed a new paraquat lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois. He claims that after being exposed to the popular herbicide, he developed Parkinson’s disease (PD). He seeks to hold manufacturers Syngenta Crop Protection LLC and…
On October 18, 2021, Philips announced its third-quarter results for the year. Though reporting continued order-intake growth, the company revealed a 7.6 percent sales decline due to “global supply chain challenges and Sleep & Respiratory Care recall consequences.” Philips CEO Frans van Houten added
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently warned doctors about a potentially serious infection that may occur in patients who have undergone surgery using heater-cooler devices. These devices help warm or cool a patient during open-chest surgeries. FDA Long Aware of Potential Heater-Coole
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced that Pfizer is expanding its voluntary Chantix (varenicline) recall to include all lots of 0.5 mg and 1 mg tablets. The company is pulling these products from the shelves because of unacceptable levels of N-nitroso-varenicline, an…
Medtronic continues to have problems with its MiniMed insulin pumps. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced another Class 1 recall for the devices, the most serious type of recall. This is an update on a previous recall for the same devices, implemented…
Two new lawsuits have hit Philips in recent weeks concerning its DreamStation CPAP machines. The first was filed by the makers of the SoClean CPAP cleaning device, and the second by a Pennsylvania woman who used the machine and is now concerned that it may…
A California woman recently filed a new Philips CPAP lawsuit in the Northern District of California. She claims that after purchasing the Philips DreamStation Auto CPAP device, she suffered several health problems. Then when Philips recalled the devices because of potentially toxic sound abatement f
On December 15, 2020, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) ordered all federally filed Elmiron lawsuits consolidated into the U.S. District Court of the District of New Jersey. Under the direction of District Judge Brian R. Martinotti, the parties are working to prepare…
A New York man has filed a new Philips CPAP lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. He claims that after using his Philips DreamStation CPAP machine for a couple of years, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. He blames…
Back in June 2021, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) consolidated all federally filed paraquat lawsuits into the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois under the Honorable Nancy J. Rosenstengel who was appointed to oversee the proceedings. Now, according t
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently required the manufacturers of arthritis medications Xeljanz (tofacitinib) and Xeljanz XR (extended-release) to add new warnings to their medications. These warnings will alert doctors and patients to an increased risk of serious heart-related even
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced the Class I recall (the most serious type) of about 8,825 Medtronic Pipeline Flex Embolization Devices. Doctors use these products to treat and prevent certain types of brain aneurysms. This is an expansion on a previous…
