Not a week goes by without a headline reporting on yet another settlement between a multi-national pharmaceutical company and state or federal prosecutors. Medical device manufacturers are often also frequently subject to similar prosecutions. While it is laudable that governmental authorities are finally taking action against chronic wrongdoers, the frequency […]
Category: Mass Torts
There have been a number of recent developments in the coordinated multi-district federal proceedings (MDL No. 1871) pending in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania against GlaxoSmithKline, the manufacturer of Avandia (rosiglitazone): Congestive Heart Failure Claims – Judge Rufe held hearings in late July on […]
On September 8 and 9, 2011, the Food & Drug Administration will convene a panel of experts to provide advice to the Agency with regard its regulation of gynecological medical devices. The Obstetrics and Gynecology Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee will focus on evaluating the safety and […]
Diabetes is a scourge that has prematurely taken my father and other dear members of my family. It is a disease that many others in my family deal with each and every day. We leave in fear of the devastating complications suffered by our loved ones – amputations, heart attacks, […]
On August 8, 2011, the Judicial Panel on Multi-District Litigation (JPML) announced a new MDL would be created for all of the Zimmer NexGen high-flex knee implant cases that have been filed in the federal court system. At the time the petition was filed with the JPML requesting that multi-district […]
What happened? 1.5 million current and former female Wal-Mart employees alleged Wal-Mart discriminated against them in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. They said that local managers disproportionately exercised their discretion over pay and promotions in favor of men, which was unlawful. The employees were […]
Tragically, it is too late for 2-year old Harrison Kothari. Harrison died as a result of using a anit-bacterial wipe that was contaminated with life-threatening bacteria. Wipes manufactured by Triad and H&P have been linked to very serious illnesses in the cases of four patients with multiple sclerosis. A […]
Johnson & Johnson has been ordered by a South Carolina court to pay $327 million for minimizing the links between its antipsychotic drug, Risperdal, and diabetes. The case centers on allegations that Johnson & Johnson marketed Risperdal in a way that was misleading in product labels, “Dear Doctor letters” and […]
Is it possible that four studies have demonstrated that certain birth control medications, like Yaz, Yasmin, and Ocella, are dangerous and the manufacturer, Bayer, knew nothing about the dangers? It is reasonable to conclude that if the manufacturer did not actually know, through reasonable and prudent drug evaluation; those dangerous […]
According to new studies, the latest generation of birth control pills, including Yaz, Yasmin, and Ocella, put women at a higher risk of blood clots than other types of birth control pills. These fourth-generation birth control pills carry a two-to-three times greater risk of venous thrombosis, also known as blood […]
