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Additional Actemra Indication Being Explored, Despite Heart Attack and Other Adverse Event Reports Associated with RA Treatment
The manufacturers of Actemra are exploring yet another indication for the rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treatment, despite a recent analysis that linked the medication to thousands of adverse events, including heart attacks, strokes, pancreatitis, and death. Actemra Adverse Event Reports Actemra … Continue reading
Nexium Lawsuit Filings Continue, As Ohio Woman Claims Drug Makers Failed to Warn of Acute Interstitial Nephritis
An Ohio woman who allegedly developed acute interstitial nephritis after using Nexium and Prilosec has filed a new proton pump inhibitor lawsuit accusing the drugs’ manufacturers of concealing the kidney side effects allegedly associated with the popular heart burn medications. … Continue reading
Federal Court Overseeing Ethicon Physiomesh Lawsuits Convenes Initial Conference
The multidistrict litigation established earlier this year for federally-filed product liability lawsuits involving Ethicon, Inc.’s Physiomesh line of hernia patches is now underway, after an Initial Case Management Conference was convened in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia, … Continue reading
Johnson & Johnson SEC Filing Discloses 800 Invokana Lawsuits Pending Nationwide
Johnson & Johnson continues to face a growing number of product liability lawsuits involving Invokana, a Type 2 diabetes drug allegedly associated with several serious side effects, including diabetic ketoacidosis, kidney damage, heart attack, and stroke. In an August 3rd … Continue reading
Talcum Powder Lawsuit Trial Continues in California, as Jury Hears from Plaintiffs’ Epidemiology Expert
The plaintiff whose case was selected for California’s first talcum powder lawsuit trial continued to present evidence last week in Los Angeles Superior Court. On Friday, jurors heard from a Canadian epidemiology expert who was called to offer his opinions … Continue reading
Transvaginal Mesh Settlement News: Endo Agrees to Resolve “Virtually All” Remaining Pelvic Mesh Claims, Sets Aside Additional $775 Million
Endo International PLC has announced new agreements to settle “virtually all known” U.S. transvaginal mesh lawsuits involving devices manufactured by its American Medical Systems unit. In a statement issued yesterday, the company disclosed that it would reserve another $775 million … Continue reading
Stryker Hip Lawsuits Move Forward, With Issuance of New Case Management Order in New Jersey LFIT V40 Femoral Head Litigation
Stryker hip replacement lawsuits involving the company’s LFIT Anatomic CoCr V40 Femoral Heads are moving forward, following the issuance of a new Case Management Order in New Jersey’s Bergen County Superior Court. According to the August 1st Order, the multicounty … Continue reading
Bair Hugger Lawsuit Court Issues Amended Pretrial Scheduling Order
The federal court overseeing thousands of hip and knee infection lawsuits involving the 3M Company’s Bair Hugger forced air warmer blanket has amended its pretrial schedule, following a request from the parties. Per an Order issued on August 1st in … Continue reading
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