Jacky is a long-time contributor to Injury Lawyer News who believes that education is a powerful tool. She hopes to empower readers with knowledge about the pharmaceutical industry so that they may become their own best advocates.
The first bellwether trial for the multidistrict litigation (MDL) consolidating all federally filed proton pump inhibitor (PPI) lawsuits has been scheduled for November 15, 2021. This MDL has centralized lawsuits filed against the makers of Prilosec, Nexium, Prevacid, Protonix, and other PPI medications. Currently, there... Read More
Johnson & Johnson’s Chief Executive Officer, Alex Gorsky, recently refused to testify before a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee hearing regarding the presence of cancer-causing asbestos in its products. The hearing was held on December 10, 2019, by the House Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer... Read More
An explosive report from Reuters alleges that for decades, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not only known about the presence of cancer-causing asbestos in Johnson & Johnson’s talc powder products, but has also declined to take action to ensure the safety of... Read More
Another plaintiff has filed a lawsuit against Gilead Sciences, claiming that the company marketed HIV medications it knew to be unsafe and intentionally withheld access to safer medications in order to maximize their profits. Philip Epstein filed his Atripla and Viread lawsuit in the Circuit... Read More
Nancy Cabibi and her husband, Phil, filed a lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson that alleged that the defendants’ talc powder products caused her diagnosis of deadly mesothelioma. Recently, a California jury agreed with the allegations in the lawsuit and ordered J&J to pay $40.3 million... Read More
There are now at least 13,269 product liability lawsuits filed with regard to Nexium and other popular heartburn medications, according to a status report released by a federal court on August 5, 2019. Those complaints are pending in the multidistrict litigation (MDL) created to streamline... Read More
Venus and Jason Calvert recently filed a product liability lawsuit against the makers of Zostavax, a vaccine intended to prevent shingles. It alleges that the vaccine caused the very disease it was intended to prevent. The Calverts further allege that the vaccine resulted in chronic... Read More
Thousands of plaintiffs have filed lawsuits against Johnson & Johnson, the manufacturer of Shower-to-Shower and Baby Powder products, claiming that the defendants’ talcum powder products caused ovarian cancer and mesothelioma. Recently, the U.S. District Judge presiding over the multidistrict litigation (MDL) heard arguments from the... Read More
