Health Canada has issued a warning regarding inferior vena cava (IVC) filters. The agency has alerted healthcare providers to the fact that these filters can lead to serious complications, including perforation of the vein by the filter, fracture of the filter and patient death. The... Read More

A Minnesota woman alleges she suffered permanent hair loss after taking the chemotherapy drug Taxotere to treat her breast cancer. The plaintiff also concludes in her complaint that the manufacturers of the drug failed to warn of this side effect and falsely touted their drug... Read More

With thousands of lawsuits involving testosterone products currently pending, eight of those cases have now been selected by a federal judge for early trials. Known as bellwether trials, these first lawsuits may provide insight into how juries will react to evidence and testimony in the... Read More

A plaintiff alleges long-term use of the heartburn drug Nexium led to kidney failure and the need for dialysis and a kidney transplant. The plaintiff took Nexium for nearly five years before being diagnosed with interstitial nephritis, a condition that causes inflammation of the kidneys... Read More

A Texas woman has filed a lawsuit against the manufacturer of the drug Taxotere, alleging the chemotherapy drug left her with permanent baldness. The lawsuit is just one of a growing number of claims filed by women who argue that the manufacturer of the drug failed to... Read More

In the midst of thousands of lawsuits currently pending against Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary Ethicon, two states have now filed lawsuits against the pharmaceutical giant as well. The Attorneys General in both Washington and California have filed consumer fraud lawsuits alleging Johnson &... Read More

Amid concerns that use of testosterone products like Androgel could lead to a higher risk of heart attack, a new study sheds light on why that link may be present. Scientists in the United Kingdom have found that testosterone could lead to calcium build-up in... Read More

The FDA has launched an investigation into allegations that Boston Scientific has used counterfeit materials in manufacturing their mesh products. The investigation comes at a time when the medical device manufacturer is facing thousands of lawsuits involving their mesh devices, filed by women claiming the... Read More