The ECRI Institute (Emergency Care Research Institute), an independent nonprofit organization focused on safe medical care, recently released its annual safety report identifying its top 10 health technology hazards for 2020. The first of the ten? Surgical stapler misuse. “Injuries and deaths from
Nine plaintiffs have jointly filed a new Zantac cancer lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. The plaintiffs have named as defendants all Zantac manufacturers, including Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Chattem Inc., GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer, and the current manufact
Back in October 2016, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) consolidated all talcum powder lawsuits into one court in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. Since then, the parties have been working toward preparing a small number of cases…
The FDA recently announced a Class 1 recall—the most serious type of recall—of Ethicon Echelon Flex Endopath surgical staplers. The devices may not work as expected, presenting a risk of serious injuries or even death. The company initiated the recall on October 3, 2019, which…
Two plaintiffs—one from New York and the other from Virginia—recently filed a new generic Zantac (ranitidine) class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiffs claim that generic ranitidine manufacturer Perrigo Company put consumers at risk when s
A group of plaintiffs recently filed a motion with the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) to consolidate all federally filed Zantac lawsuits into one court for pre-trial proceedings. The plaintiffs assert that all the pending actions involve common factual questions—namely, that
Following a wave of Zantac and generic ranitidine recalls, a Colorado man has filed a new Zantac lawsuit against the manufacturers of the heartburn medication. The plaintiff alleges that he used Zantac for about 23 years, and as a result, developed bladder cancer. He filed…
On July 29, 2019, JUUL Labs filed a motion with the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) to consolidate all federally filed JUUL e-cigarette lawsuits into one court. The company noted at the time that with the increasing number of cases, consolidation was “both…
For the past few months, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and state health departments have been investigating a mysterious vaping-related lung illness that has sent over 2,000 people to the hospital and killed at least 39. At…
Facing increasing pressure from the U.S. Government, JUUL Labs, the leading manufacturer of e-cigarette products, recently announced it would stop selling mint-flavored pods. This announcement came after the company previously stopped selling fruit- and dessert-flavored pods like mango and crème brû
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced that medical company Medtronic is recalling over 106,000 catheters in the U.S. The administration has identified this as a Class I recall, which is the most serious type of recall, and indicates that use of these devices…
While Zantac (ranitidine) manufacturer Sanofi maintains that its product is safe, Australian drug regulators recently announced that three-quarters of the ranitidine samples they tested contained high levels of N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA), a probable human carcinogen. Sanofi recently recalled Zant
