Federal Judge Cuts Roundup Cancer Verdict, Agrees Monsanto Deserves Punishment
An $80 million verdict recently awarded to man who claimed Roundup herbicide caused his cancer was reduced to $25 million earlier this week, even though a federal judge in California agreed that Monsanto “deserved to be punished” for its “reprehensible … Continue reading
3M Military Earplugs Court Approves Protocol for “Technology Assisted Review”
Hundreds of lawsuits filed over allegedly defective military earplugs marketed by the 3M Company continue to move forward in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida. According to a Pretrial Order dated July 1st, the Court has approved a … Continue reading
Bayer Loses Bid for New Trial in $80 Million Roundup Lawsuit
Bayer AG won’t be getting a do-over in the case of a California man who developed non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma following years of exposure to Monsanto Roundup. The company had sought a new trial in a bid to reverse the $80 million … Continue reading
Surgical Staplers Manufacturers Back FDA Reclassification Bid, But Wary of Special Controls
Two companies recently voiced approval for aU.S. Food & Drug Administration’s (FDA) proposal to reclassify internal surgical staplers as moderate risk medical devices However, Medtronic, Inc. and Johnson & Johnson also expressed concern over the agency’s plan to subject the … Continue reading
California Appeals Court Says Talcum Powder Lawsuit Plaintiff Deserves New Trial
The family of a California woman who died of ovarian cancer following decades of talcum powder use will have another chance for compensation, after an appeals court overturned part of a decision to dismiss her entire $417 million verdict. According … Continue reading
Gadolinium Deposits Shown to Accumulate in Brains of Early MS Patients
Researchers at the University of Buffalo have shown that gadolinium MRI contrast dyes can accumulate in the brain when administered to patients in the early stages of multiple sclerosis, or MS. While the gadolinium deposits did not appear to correlate … Continue reading
Takeda Faces New Uloric Heart Attack Lawsuit
Mark Gomez suffered a heart attack roughly two years after he began taking Uloric, Takeda Pharmaceutical’s controversial gout drug. According to a Uloric lawsuit recently filed on his behalf in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, adequate safety … Continue reading
Parties in 3M Combat Arms Earplugs Lawsuits Push for Single-Track Litigation
Lawyers representing plaintiffs and defendants in hundreds of lawsuits involving the 3M Company’s Combat Arms Earplugs, Version 2, are urging a federal judge to allow individual personal injury claims and class action complaints to proceed on a single litigation track. … Continue reading
Monsanto Roundup Juror Defends $80 Million Glyphosate Cancer Verdict
A member of the jury that awarded $80 million to a California man who blamed Monsanto Roundup for his cancer has come forward to defend the panel’s decision. Glyphosate Cancer Verdict Included $75 Million in Punitive Damages Plaintiff Edward Hardeman, 77, … Continue reading
Gilead’s Truvada Donation Raises Suspicions of Patent Ploy
Gilead Sciences recently made news by promising to donate 2.5 million of bottles Truvada, one of the company’s blockbuster TDF-based HIV medications, to government efforts aimed at eradicating HIV and AIDS. While the Truvada donation would improve access among those … Continue reading
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