The National Center for Health Statistics reports that among people 75 and older, the use of blood-thinning medications like Coumadin (warfarin) and Pradaxa (dabigatran) have dramatically increased from 3-4 percent to 10-11 percent. These medications help people avoid blood clots, which can lead to
After the first federal transvaginal mesh case ended in a $2 million verdict for plaintiff Donna Cisson, the MDL court was preparing for the second trial, scheduled to begin August 19, 2013. As planned, on that Monday, jurors were selected to determine if Bard was…
In February 2013, a public health website reported that Takeda Pharmaceuticals, manufacturers of the type 2 diabetes drug Actos, secretly surveyed doctors about whether they would prescribe a medication with a bladder cancer warning on it. According to evidence revealed in an Actos lawsuit, the…
In the third transvaginal mesh lawsuit across the county to go to trial, and the first in the MDL, plaintiff Donna Cisson has prevailed. After a California jury awarded $5.5 million to a woman who complained of complications from a C.R. Bard product, and a…
Since 2008, when the U.S. Judicial Panel for Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) established the NuvaRing MDL in the Eastern District of Missouri, more than 1,200 plaintiffs have filed claims against manufacturer Merck & Co. and their subsidiary, Organon USA Inc. Plaintiffs claim the companies failed to
According to a recent Bloomberg report, e-mails and documents revealed in the Bard transvaginal mesh MDL court proceedings in West Virginia provide evidence that the company used a resin-based plastic in the manufacture of their mesh products that was not approved for human implantation. Women…
In the first DePuy ASR lawsuit to go to trial at the beginning of the year, plaintiff Loren Kransky claimed that DePuy Orthopaedics and parent company Johnson & Johnson (J&J) failed to provide adequate warnings about the products health risks. Having been implanted with the…
Mirena litigation is already underway at the federal level, with the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation consolidating all federal cases in April 2013. While these lawsuits are…
Mirena litigation is already underway at the federal level, with the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation consolidating all federal cases in April 2013. While these lawsuits are…
Mirena litigation is already underway at the federal level, with the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation consolidating all federal cases in April 2013. While these lawsuits are…
After the FDA announced a Class I recall of dialysis products GranuFlo and NaturaLyte in June 2012, Fresenius Medical Care became associated with health care concerns around the country,…
After years of defending thousands of lawsuits concerning its DePuy ASR and DePuy Pinnacle metal-on-metal hip replacement devices, Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has announced that it will…
