Mass Torts

It has been theorized before, that is, a link between the use of antidepressants by women either before or during pregnancy and autism. Antidepressant use is increasing with an estimated five to 15 percent of pregnant women now on antidepressants. At the same time, the rates of autism have been […]

It’s always a good thing when a bad product gets called out by mainstream media. Unless you have been fitted with a NuvaRing birth control device, made by Merck, or know one of the thousands of litigants who have suffered serious or fatal blood clots, you may be blissfully ignorant […]

The numbers of transvaginal mesh lawsuits keeps growing in the Charleston, West Virginia federal court where they are consolidated. At this writing there are 41,060 claims filed with thousands of suits naming six manufacturers being added every month. For the most part, women say they saw legal advertisements on television […]

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced another recall from a compounding pharmacy. This time Nature’s Pharmacy and Compounding Center of Asheville, North Carolina is recalling an eye drop and injectable drug after an FDA inspection found questionable conditions related to sterility. Nature’s Pharmacy distributed the drug regionally beginning […]

The television ad shows an excited child getting ready for Max’s birthday party. But there’s a problem. Jake is allergic to peanuts and who knows what’s in the birthday cake. No worries, the mother says…..“We’re prepared right, Jake? …With EpiPen.” The EpiPen Auto-Injector, made by Pfizer, contains a dose of […]

The final bellwether product liability trial against C.R. Bard has been rescheduled yet again. After a November and December date, the trial of Carolyn Jones has now been scheduled for January 10 in the federal courthouse where 40,000 transvaginal mesh lawsuits are consolidated in front of Judge Joseph R. Goodwin. […]

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will announce its concerns this week that the number of measles cases in the U.S. is on the rise.  For the first eight months of the year, the CDC reports there were eight measles outbreaks and 159 cases of measles reported in […]

Why is the smoking cessation drug Chantix still on the market? Consider that over the last five years, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has received 544 reports of suicide among those taking the drug and 1,869 reports of attempted suicide, according to a report by Al Jazeera America which […]

They are called 5-hour Energy and Red Bull, energy drinks are part of the growing multi-billion dollar industry that targets youngsters and teens and adults as a way to get through the day. Meanwhile, the industry that makes these caffeine heavy products goes largely unregulated as some reports of fatalities […]

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) wants a mail-in genetic testing company to stop marketing its $99 test because of fear the results may not be accurate. 23andMe Inc. is a Google-backed company that provides a genetic profile specifically about many inherited diseases. All the consumer has to do […]