On July 29, 2014, Texas resident Jeanne Jeffcoat filed a new Xarelto lawsuit against manufacturer Janssen Pharmaceuticals and parent company Johnson & Johnson, and Bayer Healthcare AG. The case is currently pending in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. According…
On November 2, 2012, the FDA approved the use of Xarelto (rivaroxaban) for the treatment of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and/or pulmonary embolism, and to help patients reduce the risk of recurrence of these conditions. Illinois plaintiff Mary Lemp took the medication to prevent these…
On June 23, 2014, Florida resident Nancy Packard filed a Xarelto wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of her husband, William N. Packard, Jr. She named as defendants the manufacturers of the anticoagulant drug, Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and Bayer AG. The case is currently pending…
On July 31, 2014, California resident Gonzalo Menendez filed a new testosterone lawsuit against Pfizer, Inc. The case is currently pending in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. According to court documents, the plaintiff used Depo-Testosterone as prescribed, but suffered
In February 2014, Kentucky resident Virginia Stuntebeck filed a new Xarelto lawsuit against drug manufacturers Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and Bayer AG. The case is pending in the Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas. The plaintiff claims that after taking the anticoagulant, she suffered serious injuries…
On September 17, 2014, the FDA convened an advisory panel meeting to review the safety and efficacy of testosterone replacement products like AndroGel and Testim. The panel, according to the New York Times and other media outlets, made some key recommendations as a result of…
The Institute for Safe Medicine Practices (ISMP) released its latest QuarterWatch report on May 7, 2014. In it, they revealed that the number of serious adverse event reports associated with Xarelto (rivaroxaban) now outnumber those from rival blood-thinning drug, Pradaxa (dabigatran). The ISMP adde
On August 29, 2014, Shirley and James Boynton filed a new Xarelto lawsuit against manufacturers Janssen Pharmaceuticals; parent company, Johnson and Johnson (J&J); and Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals. The lawsuit is pending in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. According
AndroGel manufacturers Abbot Laboratories and subsidiary AbbVie already face a number of personal injury lawsuits in the U.S. concerning their testosterone replacement products. Plaintiffs typically claim the companies failed to provide adequate warnings about the cardiovascular risks. Now, plaintif
On September 17, 2014, an expert panel advised the Food and Drug Administration to enforce more regulations on testosterone treatment therapy drugs. Currently it is easy to get a prescription for testosterone therapy drugs and many men use them for low testosterone levels that occur…
Many plaintiffs filing Risperdal lawsuits have claimed that the anti-psychotic drug caused gynecomastia (unusual breast enlargement) in young boys. A number of studies have found this connection, including a 2006 study that reported some children and adolescents taking the medication experienced ele
On August 1, 2014, the family of a Virginia man filed a testosterone wrongful death lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah. The plaintiffs have named Androderm manufacturers Actavis and Watson Pharmaceuticals as defendants in the case. This is one of…