Debra Kilmer filed suit against Stryker Corporation, Stryker Sales Corporation and Howmedica Osteonics Corporation (“Defendants”), asserting that she had been injured by a defective knee implanted in her in Florida state court. Defendants removed the action to the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida citing diversity […]
Category: Mass Torts
Several plaintiffs that were implanted with Boston Scientific’s Obtryx transobturator Mid-Urethral Sling System alleged in their lawsuits that the manufacturer, Boston Scientific, ignored warning that devices containing polypropylene should not be implanted in humans. These plaintiffs assert that Boston Scientific was aware that the polypropylene used in the Obtryx device […]
In laparoscopic hysterectomies, a power morcellator is used to mince the uterus into smaller pieces in order to extract it from the abdomen. A California woman is suing the manufacturer of a power morcellator that was used during her laparoscopic hysterectomy. She alleged the use of the power morcellator spread […]
Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. developed the prescription medication Benicar (Olmesartan Medoxomil) to treat high blood pressure. In April 2002, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Benicar. Since that time, it has become a widely prescribed blood pressure medication. However, researchers have discovered Benicar use has a high association with […]
Marketing study after marketing study shows mobile is the future for all industries – “big pharma” included. But marketing study after marketing study also shows drug companies fall far behind in making their Web sites compatible with smartphones, tablets and other devices. One-third of Web sites belonging to 150 leading […]
The reasons the seemingly cutting-edge pharmaceutical industry lags behind in the mobile-application domain are far and wide, say medical marketers, who predict that, in the end, companies’ bottom lines, doctors’ choices and patient health will suffer. Let’s look at the facts: First, one-third of drug-makers’ Web sites are optimized for […]
Eli Lilly & Co., the producer of the popular antidepressant Cymbalta (duloxetine), is facing a spate of litigation over injuries associated with the drug. Plaintiffs allege that Cymbalta can cause severe withdrawal symptoms, including dizziness, nausea, headache, fatigue, paresthesia, vomiting, irritability, nightmares, insomnia, diarrhea, anxiety, hyperhidrosis, and vertigo within 12 […]
The pharmaceutical industry appears to be looking out for No. 1 in the case of India vs. HIV / AIDS. Since 2000, the southeastern-Asia country has become a leader in lowering the cost of treatment for patients with the deadly disease. That year, the humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders started […]
On November 24, 2014, the Food & Drug Administration made another significant step in improving the safety of women. The FDA issued its latest safety alert relating to the widespread use of power morcellators. A power morcellator is a medical device that is used during a number of gynecological surgeries – the removal of […]
A Short History Viagra (sildenafil) was a breakthrough in the pharmaceutical world when it was first researched and released to the public. Never before had a pill been able to produce an erection. A groundbreaking (and likely very uncomfortable) presentation at the 1983 Urodynamics Society conference in Las Vegas […]
