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Tasigna Lawsuit News: Study Suggests Drug Company Payments May Drive Cancer Drug Prescribing
A recent study has raised concerns that drug company payments might be influencing oncologists who prescribe Tasigna and other pricey cancer drugs. How the Study Was Conducted The authors of the study, which was published this month in JAMA Internal … Continue reading
Federal Court Overseeing Atrium C-Qur Hernia Mesh Lawsuits Convenes April Status Conference
Dozens of hernia mesh lawsuits involving Atrium Medical Corp.’s C-Qur Mesh implants continue to move forward in the U.S. District Court, District of New Hampshire, where all such federally-filed claims have been centralized before a single judge for coordinated pretrial … Continue reading
Abilify Settlements Reached in First Three Bellwether Cases
Bristol-Myers Squibb and Otsuka Pharmaceuticals have agreed to settle three Abilify lawsuits that were schedule for bellwether trials later this summer in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida. According to an Order dated April 28th, the Court has stayed … Continue reading
Nexium Kidney Failure Lawsuits Move Forward, as Federal Proton Pump Inhibitor Litigation Issues New Case Management Order
Hundreds of kidney injury lawsuits filed against the manufacturers of Nexium, Prilosec, PrevAcid, Protonix and Dexilant continue to move forward in the federal multidistrict litigation now underway in the U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. According to a Case … Continue reading
Nutricia Revamps Neocate Formula, Issues Updated Guidance Following Reports of Rickets, Unexplained Fractures, Other Bone Disorders
Nutricia has made some changes to Neocate Formula, following reports linking the elemental formula products to hypophosphatemia (low phosphate levels), unexplained broke bones, rickets and other bone disorders. According to the Clarion Ledger, the company recently began integrating a more highly-soluble … Continue reading
Johnson & Johnson Hit with Hernia Mesh Lawsuit Over Ethicon’s Proceed Ventral Patch
Johnson & Johnson has been named a defendant in a new hernia mesh lawsuit involving its Ethicon Inc. subsidiary’s Proceed Ventral Patch. Proceed Hernia Mesh Allegations According to a complaint filed in New Jersey’s Bergen County Superior Court, Plaintiff James Williams … Continue reading
Nexium, PrevAcid, Other Proton Pump Inhibitors Linked to Higher Risk of Pneumonia in Older People
A new study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society suggests that proton pump inhibitors like Nexium and PrevAcid may not be the safest treatment option for older people suffering from GERD and other acid-related digestive disorders. 2-Years … Continue reading
19 Additional AndroGel Lawsuits Scheduled for Trial Through Early 2019
The Illinois federal judge overseeing thousands of testosterone treatment lawsuits has scheduled 19 new trial dates involving AndroGel. AbbVie Has Not Agreed to Any AndroGel Settlements The trials will go forward unless AbbVie, Inc. agrees to a global settlement of … Continue reading
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