The first hearing for the newly-created Pradaxa MDL has been scheduled for October 3, 2012, at 1:30 PM at the United States Courthouse in East St. Louis, Illinois. On August 8, 2012, the Judicial Panel on Multi-District Litigation (JPML) granted the plaintiffs’ request for establishment of an MDL and assigned […]
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Finasteride, one of the most popular drug used in the fight against baldness, has been linked to long-lasting sexual dysfunction in men using the drug. Commercially sold as Propecia, the drug was originally approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat prostate issues. One side effect was that […]
When participants left a two-day public hearing convened by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to discuss metal-on-metal hips (MoM) there were few answers and a lot of questions. The goal of the 18-member FDA advisory panel made up of surgeons, industry reps, and consumer advocates was to try and come […]
In the three years since Stryker first introduced the Rejuvenate and ABG II modular hip implant systems, thousands of patients have had these devices implanted. The devices were distributed by Stryker throughout the United States. The promises made about the Rejuvenate seem to have all been false. Since the device […]
The United States Justice Department has fined British drug company GlaxoSmithKline $3 billion for failing to accurately report safety data related to two of its most popular drugs, Wellbutrin and Paxil. The fine is divided – $2 billion to resolve the largest fraud settlement in U.S. history and $1 billion […]
For the past few years orthopedic device manufacturers have come under intense scrutiny for selling hip implant devices that fail prematurely. These failures have been due to designing systems that include too many metal parts. It has been determined that when metal touches metal in an implant designed to carry […]
Kids continue to be targets of tobacco manufacturers. They have been from the very beginning and as tobacco company sales fall, the tobacco industry has demonstrated a willingness to pull out all the stops to maintain their beginner smoking programs. In 2009, as part of President Obama’s comprehensive Family Smoking […]
Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley has developed and launched a new website designed to provide consumers and clients with valuable information about a potentially dangerous drug — Pradaxa. Searcy Denney believes that consumers deserve to be well informed about drugs, medical devices and products in order to prevent […]
Our law firm has tried eight trials in a row to successful plaintiffs’ verdicts; involving what has become known as the “Engle Progeny Cases”. These cases arise from the “Engle” case tried two decades ago in which juries heard 12 months of evidence and made a series of findings about […]
You wouldn’t let your toddler play in a busy street. That’s just good common sense that you already know. However, if you’re in a more precarious position—perhaps you’re pregnant and depressed—you need expert guidance you can trust to keep you healthy and your baby out of danger. You should be […]
