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Takeda Offers $2.2 Billion Actos Settlement

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Takeda Pharmaceuticals, manufacturer of Actos, is willing to pay $2.2 billion to resolve claims that it concealed cancer risks linked to its diabetes medicine. The proposed Actos settlement, if accepted by plaintiffs, would mark one of the largest U.S. accords of patient lawsuits involving pharmaceutical... Read More

Actos Bladder Cancer Lawsuit Filed by 17 Plaintiffs

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Seventeen plaintiffs have filed an Actos bladder cancer lawsuit against manufacturer Takeda Pharmaceuticals, claiming use of the type 2 diabetes treatment led to the diagnosis of bladder cancer. Four of the plaintiffs filed their complaint on behalf of family members that died after their bladder... Read More

Three Case Management Orders Entered in Actos MDL

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There are currently more than 3500 Actos lawsuits centralized in the Western District of Louisiana in MDL: 2299 (In Re: Actos (Pioglitazone) Products Liability Litigation) before United States Magistrate Judge Hanna Doherty. In addition, Takeda Pharmaceuticals, the manufacturer of Actos, the diabetes medication, faces 4500... Read More

Jury Finds Takeda Intentionally Destroyed Actos Files

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A lawsuit that alleges the drug Actos causes bladder cancer has resulted in a bittersweet verdict for the plaintiff, Richard Myers, a retired bakery worker. Although the jury concluded that Takeda Pharmaceuticals must pay $155,000 for destroying documents crucial to numerous lawsuits, Myers could have... Read More

Takeda & Eli Lilly Get a Reprieve in Actos Lawsuit Award

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Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. and Eli Lilly & Co. won a partial but sizable reprieve from their $9 billion punitive damages Actos verdict in the Louisiana case of Terence Allen v. Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America Inc. Mr. Allen, a former hardware store manager from Attica, NY, alleged... Read More

Illinois Couple Files Benicar Lawsuit

A Pawnee, Illinois couple has filed a Benicar diarrhea lawsuit, after the female plaintiff became severely ill as result of ingesting the blood pressure medication. Deborah Dirksen and her husband, Richard, allege the drug makers knew or should have known about the risk of enteropathy... Read More