April 14, 2018
Hundreds of patients have died while taking Nuplazid, a drug manufactured by San Diego-based Acadia Pharmaceuticals to control psychosis related to Parkinson’s disease, a debilitating movement disorder that affects hundreds of thousands of individuals and has a typical…
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April 13, 2018
A federal jury in Arizona just last week ordered medical device maker C.R. Bard to pay $3.6 million in compensatory and punitive damages in the first IVC filter lawsuit to go to trial. And while the…
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April 9, 2018
As product liability claims involving Roundup weed killer and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma continue to be investigated by attorneys across the country, the federal judge presiding over all federal Roundup lawsuits will consider expert testimony presented by both sides…
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May 3, 2016
In the second major talcum powder trial loss for Johnson & Johnson this year, the pharmaceutical company was ordered by a St. Louis jury earlier this week to pay $55 million to a 62-year-old South Dakota woman who blamed…
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April 27, 2016
Amid increasing concerns about the potential health risks associated with “low-T” products like Testim and AndroGel, a new study conducted by researchers from the U.K. examines the reasons why side effects of testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) may put…
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March 18, 2016
Johnson & Johnson has been hit with a $498 million verdict in the second bellwether trial in the multidistrict litigation involving allegedly defective Pinnacle hip implants manufactured by the company’s DePuy Orthopaedics subsidiary. The product liability lawsuit was made…
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March 2, 2016
After more than 5,000 women have filed adverse event reports with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) alleging devastating complications from Essure, the FDA is finally requiring a new “black box” warning for the permanent contraceptive device to “call…
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