A manufacturing company in New Jersey has been cited for serious safety violations. National Manufacturing Company, Inc., which produces precision deep drawn enclosures (metal cans, cups, canisters, containers, etc.) and shallow drawn metal components, was cited for failing to protect employees from
At the end of August 2016, New York State Health Commissioner Howard Zucker stated in a letter that New York followed federal guidelines when it came to dealing with contamination of Hoosick Falls’ water with toxic perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA). The problem, he continued, was that…
In a new case study published in the medical journal Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings, doctors from Baylor health centers in Texas warn that inferior vena cava (IVC) filters left implanted for too long can cause a number of complications in patients. The study provides…
The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) consolidated all federal Xarelto lawsuits into one court in the Eastern District of Louisiana in December 2014. Since then, both sides have been working toward selecting a few key cases to go to trial first, to gauge…
In December 2014, all federally filed Xarelto lawsuits were consolidated into one court in the Eastern District of Louisiana. Now, Judge Eldon Fallon, who has been overseeing the proceedings, has selected four cases to serve as the first bellwether cases. These will represent the thousands…
In June 2014, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) consolidated all federally filed testosterone therapy lawsuits into one court in the Northern District of Illinois. Since that time, both sides have been busy collecting evidence and choosing a small number of cases that…
A new editorial published in Pharmaceutical Journal by Dr. Daniel Marks, Clinical Pharmacologist at University College London Hospital, calls for limiting inappropriate prescribing of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) , like Nexium and Prilosec, because of the risk of adverse effects. Marks acknowledges
There have been many incidences over the past year or so that have raised concerns about toxins in drinking water. First, there was lead in the Flint, Michigan water supply. Then there was the perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) contamination in the northeast that started in Hoosick…
One of the main safety concerns associated with the blood-thinner Xarelto (rivaroxaban) and other similar anticoagulant drugs is that there is no readily available antidote. Patients taking warfarin, the leading anticoagulant for decades, who experience excessive bleeding events, can be treated with
Federally filed testosterone replacement lawsuits have been in centralized litigation in the Northern District of Illinois now for over two years. Parties have been working toward selecting a small number of AndroGel cases that would serve as “test” or “bellwether” trials. These cases would go…
When type 2 diabetes drug Onglyza first came on the market in 2009, manufacturers advertised it as superior to other similar medications. According to a recent study, however, as far as their long-term efficacy and how much these drugs protect patients’ overall health, there isn’t…
In drug-related personal injury lawsuits, plaintiffs often claim that manufacturers engage in aggressive marketing tactics that overstate the benefits of their products while glossing over the potential risks. Such tactics encourage patients to ask their doctors about prescriptions that may or may n
