On April 3, 2014 a transvaginal mesh patient was awarded $1.2 million in damages after a jury in Dallas found Johnson & Johnson and Ethicon liable for mesh defects and the plaintiff’s injuries. Plaintiff’s attorneys argued that 64-year-old Linda Batiste suffered pelvic pain after the…
Takeda Pharmaceutical and Eli Lilly were ordered by a Louisiana jury to pay $9 billion in damages over Actos being linked to bladder cancer. Takeda, a Japanese drug maker, allegedly knew about the potential serious link between the drug and cancer, but did not inform…
A court order filed on April 2, 2014 showed that Janssen Pharmaceuticals, a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary, settled 76 Topamax cases in Philadelphia, according to The Legal Intelligencer. Plaintiffs claimed the drug, taken while pregnant, resulted in birth defects. Terms of the settlement have yet…
If a woman is diagnosed with “fibroids,” it’s usually not a major concern. Affecting about 20 percent of women, fibroids are typically non-cancerous tumors that grow in the uterus. If they’re causing no symptoms, often they are just left alone. Medications may help to shrink…
A study in the American Society of Clinical Oncology published by a group of German researchers found “no increased risk [of prostate cancer] in hypogonadal men on long-term testosterone treatment.” The study, “Long-term treatment with testosterone undecanoate injections and its effect of prostate c
Recent studies have suggested that Risperdal (risperidone), a medication prescribed to treat schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, can cause serious side effects, including abnormal breast development in boys and teens (gynecomastia). Over 400 individuals who used Risperdal and then experienced allege
On March 28, 2014 a motion was filed to combine all of the lawsuits filed against AbbVie Inc., and Abbott Laboratories, the manufacturers of Androgel, a testosterone therapy treatment. Plaintiffs asked the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) to centralize all the cases to the…
Vani Hari, founder of foodbabe.com, made the news when she petitioned Subway to stop using “azodicarbonamide (ADA)” in its breads. Later news reports and investigations revealed that hundreds of companies are using this chemical in foods, and that it could be potentially harmful to our…
Over 400 Risperdal lawsuits have been filed against drug maker Janssen Pharmaceuticals and parent company, Johnson & Johnson (J&J). Over 100 of those involve claims of “gynecomastia,” or abnormal breast enlargement in males. How is this antipsychotic drug tied to gynecomastia? Risperidone Prescribed
On January 31, 2014, the FDA released a drug safety communication concerning testosterone products like AndroGel and Testim. They stated they were investigating the “risk of stroke, heart attack, and death in men taking FDA-approved testosterone products.” They based the release of the communication
The WUSA 9 News reported recently that an Arlington, Virginia, woman was killed on Monday, February 24, 2014. She was trying to put her child into her minivan when a dump truck backed into her, striking her and the van and killing her. The child…
After a recent study raised concerns about testosterone replacement therapy and the risk of heart attacks, health experts are weighing in on the potential misuse of the therapy. AndroGel, for example, was initially approved in 2000 for the treatment of primary hypogonadism (a condition in…