Xarelto manufacturer Janssen Research & Development LLC (and parent company Johnson & Johnson) recently announced that the FDA is reviewing a new low-dose version of the anticoagulant drug Xarelto. The announcement comes as the companies are defending against thousands of lawsuits filed by plaintiff
Xarelto manufacturer Janssen Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson (J&J), has long advertised the new-generation blood thinner as being much more convenient than warfarin, the leading anticoagulant for decades because it doesn’t require blood monitoring. Patients taking warfarin are req
On May 11, 2017, a Tennessee woman filed a Bard Hernia Mesh lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. She claims that after she was implanted with the Monofilament Soft Bard Mesh, she suffered from serious injuries. She seeks in…
All Stryker hip replacement lawsuits filed in New Jersey state court have now been centralized into one court as part of a new multicounty litigation (MCL). According to a Notice to the Bar dated May 30, 2017, all cases involving the recalled Stryker LFIT V40…
On May 16, 2017, a Florida woman filed an Ethicon Physiomesh lawsuit in the Northern District of Florida. She claims that she suffered serious injuries after having Physiomesh implanted. The woman blames manufacturer Ethicon and parent company Johnson & Johnson (J&J) for her injuries and…
The first testosterone replacement therapy bellwether trial from the consolidated litigation in the Northern District of Illinois began on June 5, 2017. It ended in a mistrial only a few days later. According to a Notification of Docket Entry dated June 12, 2017, U.S. District…
Last year, the FDA warned doctors and patients that open-chest surgery performed with a Stockert 3T heater-cooler devices could increase a patient’s risk of developing a dangerous NTM infection. The devices had been linked with Mycobacterium chimaera (M. chimaera) and Mycobacterium Abscessus (M. abs
In December 2015, all federally filed Bair Hugger warming blanket lawsuits were centralized before one court in the District of Minnesota. Since then, both parties have been working toward the selection of a few cases that will go to trial first, to determine how juries…
A Texas couple filed a lawsuit against Physiomesh manufacturer Ethicon and parent company Johnson & Johnson on May 11, 2017. They claim the Physiomesh Flexible Composit Mesh, which is used to repair hernias, caused serious injuries to the wife, who was implanted with the product.…
A new study published in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery supports the FDA’s recent warning linking textured breast implants to anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL). On March 21, 2017, the FDA issued a safety update, warning doctors and patients that breast implants may increase the risk…
The long-anticipated AndroGel bellwether trial is scheduled to begin on June 5, 2017. The case is the first to go to trial in the multidistrict litigation (MDL), which was established in June 2014, in the Northern District of Illinois. That litigation has over 6,500 cases…
In July 2012, Stryker Othorpaedics initiated a voluntary recall of its Rejuvenate Modular and ABG II modular-neck hip stems, due to potential risks of fretting and/or corrosion at the modular-neck junction. Such corrosion could lead to pain, swelling, tissue damage and eventual hip replacement failu
