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 […]
Category: Mass Tort News
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 […]
A study released in June of 2014 shows an 84% increased risk of melanoma linked to use of the popular erectile dysfunction drug Viagra (which is also known as sildenafil). The study looks at data compiled from 25,848 men who participated in the Health Professional’s Follow-Up Study at Harvard’s School […]
Howmedica Osteonics Corp. (“Stryker Orthopaedics”), a subsidiary of Stryker Corporation, and Court-appointed committees of attorneys representing Rejuvenate Modular-Neck and ABG II Modular-Neck plaintiffs in New Jersey Multicounty and Federal Multidistrict litigations announced a Settlement Agreement. The lawsuits stem from two hip implants that Stryker recalled due to corrosion and other […]
Chantix, the drug aimed at assisting smokers who want to end their addiction, has been mired in controversy since Pfizer first began selling the drug. First, stories about bizarre behavior began leaking out to the press. One journalist back in 2008 even wrote a first person experiential essay about how […]
Lost in the Fine Print is a new short documentary narrated by former U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert Reich that tells the story of three everyday people who found themselves trapped in the forced arbitration system – and the impact on their lives and livelihoods. Lost in the Fine Print […]
On August 8, 2014, a Wisconsin federal court dismissed a case based on a defective hip implant because it found that it did not have jurisdiction over a case which did not state a basis for federal jurisdiction. Plaintiff, Yvonne Wright, brought claims against Zimmer Holdings Inc. asserting that she […]
The Food and Drug Administration has identified an information gap in its system of clinical trials and is working to fill it. The gap relates to women. There aren’t enough of them enrolled. “Underrepresentation of women (or minority or ethnic groups) results in a lack of information for these patients […]
The Alabama Supreme Court in Wyeth v. Weeks has reaffirmed its ruling in a case questioning whether a brand-name drug maker can be held liable for injuries from a generic version. Plaintiffs Danny and Vicki Weeks sued drug manufacturers for injuries that Danny Weeks allegedly suffered as a result of […]
Covidien is not one of the large names associated with pelvic mesh lawsuits. There are 65,000 product liability lawsuits consolidated in a federal court in West Virginia filed by women alleging life-altering complications from transvaginal mesh. But look at the fine print, the Dublin-based company is associated with one of […]
