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  • Important Updates in Paragard IUD Case
    Important Updates in Paragard IUD Case
    The Plaintiffs of the Paragard IUD Products Liability Litigation case have won an important motion that moves the case into the discovery phase. Georgia federal judge Leigh Martin May denied the defendants’ motion to dismiss the case and found that the claims are not preempted by the FDCA, as the defendants pled. The judge found that the plaintiffs adequately stated...
  • JOHNSON AND JOHNSON SCORES REVERSAL OF MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR APPEAL
    JOHNSON AND JOHNSON SCORES REVERSAL OF MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR APPEAL
    On Tuesday, October 14, pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson won the reversal of a $72 million verdict in favor of the family of an Alabama woman who died from ovarian cancer. The victim’s family was originally awarded $72 million in a February 2016 St. Louis trial after correlating the victim’s death with her long-term use of Johnson & Johnson’s talcum...
  • LAWSUITS, SIDE EFFECTS AND WARNINGS: WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT ESSURE
    LAWSUITS, SIDE EFFECTS AND WARNINGS: WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT ESSURE
    Essure is a permanent birth control device created by Bayer. The device consists of a flexible coil that is inserted into the fallopian tubes to prevent pregnancy. In the following months after the coil is implanted, scar tissue grows around the inserts and blocks the fallopian tubes, creating an effective method of contraception. According to the device’s website, it is...
  • Essure Suffers Sales Losses and Health Bans Worldwide
    Essure Suffers Sales Losses and Health Bans Worldwide
    Essure, a permanent contraceptive manufactured by Bayer, has been banned from Brazil and discontinued in 2 European countries. Over the past decade, Bayer’s Essure has faced numerous lawsuits citing ineffectiveness and dangerous reactions. Since receiving FDA approval in 2002, Essure has received more than 30,000 reports of adverse effects, leading the FDA to issue a black box warning, its strongest...
  • $572 Million Verdict Against Johnson & Johnson Over Opioid Crisis
    $572 Million Verdict Against Johnson & Johnson Over Opioid Crisis
    An Oklahoma judge has ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $572 million for its role in the state’s opioid crisis. In the first of its kind ruling, Judge Thad Balkman declared that the crisis has “ravaged” the state. The verdict will likely shape the outcomes of the other approximately 2,000 similar cases pending throughout the country. It also offers hope...
  • NBC Nightly News Airs Part Two of IVC Filter Expose
    NBC Nightly News Airs Part Two of IVC Filter Expose
    IVC Filter Latest – Last night, NBC Nightly News aired the second half of a two-part report on a dangerous medical device known as The Recovery, a blood clot filtration device manufactured by 11 companies throughout the U.S. One of these manufacturers, CR Bard, is currently facing numerous lawsuits for failing to warn the public of the high risk the device posed...
  • JOHNSON & JOHNSON TO PAY $1.75M IN LATEST RISPERDAL VERDICT
    JOHNSON & JOHNSON TO PAY $1.75M IN LATEST RISPERDAL VERDICT
    A Pennsylvania state court ruled on November 9 that pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson must pay a $1.75 million fine after finding that the company did not adequately warn of the risk of gynecomastia associated with the drug Risperdal. Although the company did disclose that the risk was present, it was only reported to affect fewer than one in every 1,000...
  • FDA WARNS: INVOKANA® LINKED TO DANGEROUS SIDE EFFECTS
    FDA WARNS: INVOKANA® LINKED TO DANGEROUS SIDE EFFECTS
    On December 4, 2015, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a safety warning for the popularly prescribed diabetes drug Invokana®. The drug has been linked to a large number of serious and potentially fatal side effects, including ketoacidosis, a condition which results in a toxic buildup of acid in the blood when the body loses the ability to regulate blood sugar. Symptoms...
  • INVOKANA DIABETES DRUG INCREASES RISK OF LEG AMPUTATIONS, FDA SAYS
    INVOKANA DIABETES DRUG INCREASES RISK OF LEG AMPUTATIONS, FDA SAYS
    Since its release into the market for the treatment of diabetes, Invokana has been linked to a number of frightening health risks. The drug was created by Janssen Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, to maintain blood sugar levels for those with Type II diabetes. However, numerous lawsuits have since been filed against the creators of Invokana because of...
  • Hammers Law Firm TAKES ON BARD AND COOK MEDICAL IN IVC FILTER MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION CASES
    Hammers Law Firm TAKES ON BARD AND COOK MEDICAL IN IVC FILTER MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION CASES
    IVC filters, or Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) filters, were made to prevent blood clots from releasing into the veins and entering the lungs. Since 2005, however, the United States Food & Drug Administration has been receiving complaints that the devices had been designed ineffectively and caused injury or worsened medical conditions. Injured individuals from across the entire nation have come...