Documents recently posted to the FDA’s website say pharmaceutical company, Amylin, has not been completely forthcoming about its diabetes drug, Byetta, and related drug Bydureon, concerning their potential for cardiovascular complications. The active ingredient is the same in the two drugs which are both used to treat type 2 diabetes. However, Bydureon […]
(It Doesn’t Really Matter As Long As Patients and Surgeons Stop Buying the Defective Implants!) While it would certainly be nice to have a government that moved swiftly to recall defective drugs and medical devices from the market, we do not live in that world – at least in the […]
Two new lawsuits were filed this week against Bayer Corporation by Cal Warriner and Brenda Fulmer on behalf of clients from Oregon. The first lawsuit involves a 37 year old single woman employed in the accounting industry from Portland, Oregon. She ingested both Yaz and Gianvi for less than a year […]
The Searcy Denney Mass Tort Unit would like to thank our client, Howard Sadwin of Sarasota, Florida, for his poignant statements today before the Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee for the Food and Drug Administration. The hearings were convened in Gaithersburg, Maryland. In addition […]
Another DePuy ASR hip implant lawsuit was filed this week against DePuy Orthopaedics and its parent company, Johnson & Johnson. This lawsuit was filed on behalf of a 61 year old woman who lives on a farm near Gainesville, Florida. She had the misfortune of being implanted with not […]
As a Stryker hip implant attorney, I have written previously about our experience with clients who had Stryker hip replacement problems. Most of these clients tell us about conversations with their doctors before surgery in which they were told the Rejuvenate hip was better for them due to their young […]
According to an analysis by the Institute for Safe Medication Practices, Pradaxa drug (Dabigatran) topped the list of direct reports to the FDA for serious adverse drug events in 2011. Pradaxa took the lead with 817 direct reports, followed by Coumadin (Warfarin) with 490 direct reports, Levaquin (Levofloxacin) with 393, […]
The Searcy Denney Mass Tort Unit filed yet another individual lawsuit this week on behalf of a Florida DePuy ASR hip implant victim. This claim was filed on behalf of a Sebring resident who was implanted with bilateral recalled DePuy ASR implants in 2007 at Highlands Regional Medical Center. This plaintiff […]
It seems sort of nonsensical to blame the victim for his or her condition but that is what medical device maker Stryker appears to be doing in an April Field Safety Notice (FSN). In the United Kingdom, medical device manufacturers are required to report to the MHRA, their version of our […]
With all of the controversy, bad outcomes, and thousands of personal injury lawsuits concerning vaginal mesh, this medical doctor has a novel approach. Dr. John Wei of the University of Michigan suggests using a mid-urethral sling to prevent incontinence, even when the woman is not incontinent! Published June 20, 2012 […]
