Levaquin Lawsuit News: Federal Peripheral Neuropathy Litigation Convenes...
The federal court overseeing pretrial proceedings for hundreds of peripheral neuropathy lawsuits filed against the manufacturers of Levaquin and other fluoroquinolone antibiotics convened it most...
View ArticleCanadian Regulators Warn of Levaquin Side Effects
Canadian regulators have issued a new safety warning for Levaquin and other fluoroquinolone antibiotics, after a review identified dozens of serious complications possibly related to their use. The...
View ArticleZofran Lawsuit Plaintiffs & Defendants Spar Over Fraud Claims
Zofran lawsuit defendant, GlaxoSmithKline, is trying to convince a federal judge to dismiss fraud claims in hundreds of cases involving the drug’s alleged association with serious birth defects....
View ArticleOnglyza News: Sales of Type 2 Diabetes Med Dropped 22% in Fourth Quarter of ‘16
Onlyza, a medication that was recently the subject of heart failure warnings, doesn’t appear to be delivering for AstraZeneca PLC. According to the company’s latest earnings report, sales of the Type...
View ArticleDePuy Pinnacle Hip Litigation Continues, as Johnson & Johnson Reports 9,400...
Johnson & Johnson and DePuy Orthopaedics continue to face new product liability lawsuits over a metal-on-metal version of the Pinnacle Acetabular Cup Hip Replacement System. In a recent filing with...
View ArticleCentralization of Mirena Brain Injury Claims to Be Addressed Later This Month
Plaintiffs who have requested the centralization of all federally-filed Mirena IUD lawsuits involving a serious brain injury called pseudotumor cerebri (aka idiopathic intracanial hypertension) will...
View ArticleAppeals Court Upholds Wright Hip Verdict Awarded in First Conserve Hip...
Wright Medical Technology has been denied its bid to overturn the verdict in the first federal trial involving its metal-on-metal Conserve hip replacement. In a decision handed down on Monday, the 11th...
View ArticleStryker Hip Lawsuit Filings Following LFIT V40 Femoral Head Recall Prompt...
Plaintiffs who have filed Stryker hip lawsuits in state and federal courts following the recall of certain LFIT Anatomic CoCr V40 Femoral Heads are seeking to have their cases centralized in mass tort...
View ArticleMirena Brain Injury Lawsuits Centralized in New York Federal Court
The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) has agreed to create a centralized proceeding for all federally-filed lawsuits involving certain brain injuries allegedly associated with use...
View ArticleSeventh Risperdal Trial Ends After Judge Grants Defense Motion for Nonsuit
Pennsylvania’s seventh Risperdal gynecomastia trial came to a premature end last week, after the judge hearing the case granted the defense a Motion for Nonsuit. Attorneys representing the plaintiff...
View ArticlePharma Companies Face DOJ Scrutiny After Zantac Recalls
GlaxoSmithKline and Sanofi SA are facing more scrutiny over recent Zantac recalls. According to separate filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), federal prosecutors are trying...
View ArticleFDA Pushes Metformin ER Recalls After Cancer Chemical Turns Up in Type 2...
The metformin recalls are coming fast and furious, now that the U.S. Food & Drug Administration has confirmed the presence of a probable carcinogen in some versions of the widely used Type 2...
View ArticleNew York State Bans Firefighter Foam Incineration
A hazardous waste handler can no longer burn certain firefighter foams in New York, thanks to a new state law prohibiting the practice in some cities. New York Law Targets Norlite Incinerator in Cohoes...
View ArticleNew Study Links NDMA in Zantac to Ranitidine Degradation
New research has confirmed what many have long suspected: The presence of a cancer-causing chemical in Zantac results from the slow breakdown of ranitidine, the active ingredient in the popular antacid...
View ArticleOver 207,000 U.S. Military Vets File 3M Combat Arms Earplugs Lawsuits
In less than two years, the multidistrict litigation established for product liability lawsuits involving the 3M Company’s Combat Arms Earplugs, Version 2, (CAEV2) has grown to include over 207,000...
View ArticleParagard IUD Lawsuit MDL Set to Hold Initial Conference in Georgia Federal Court
The federal court overseeing pretrial proceedings for personal injury lawsuits involving the ParaGard IUD is scheduled to convene the multidistrict litigation’s Initial Conference later today....
View ArticleFDA Mulls New Xeljanz Restrictions After Study Raises Heart and Cancer Concerns
Federal drug regulators are considering further restrictions on Xeljanz after initial results from a new study linked the arthritis and ulcerative colitis medication to a higher risk of serious heart...
View Article3M Military Earplugs Lawsuits Move Forward, with First Federal Trial Set to...
More than a quarter-million lawsuits involving the 3M Company’s Combat Arms Earplugs, Version 2 (CAEV2), continue to move forward in the U.S. District, Northern District of Florida, where the first...
View ArticleNew Studies Add to Mounting Evidence of Zantac Cancer Link
A pair of new studies appear to confirm the alleged link between cancer and Zantac, a popular heartburn medication known generically as ranitidine. Both studies were conducted by Valisure, the online...
View Article3M Loses First Military Earplugs Lawsuit, Plaintiffs Awarded $7.1 Million
The 3M Company has lost the first bellwether trial involving its Combat Arms Earplugs, Version 2, which allegedly caused thousands of United States military veterans to suffer permanent hearing loss...
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