Two plaintiffs who lost a loved one due to GranuFlo side effects filed a motion on December 12, 2012 with the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, requesting that an MDL be established in the district of Massachusetts to consolidate lawsuits making claims against Fresenius... Read More

On December 11, 2012, a new GranuFlo lawsuit was filed by South Carolina resident Clarence Lee Dubose, Jr., individually and as a representative of the estate of his father, Clarence Lee Dubose. The defendant in the case is Fresenius Medical Care, the manufacturer of GranuFlo... Read More

The Fresenius manufactured dialysis products GranuFlo and NaturaLyte are used during hemodialysis treatment in order to cleanse the patient’s blood of impurities. Ordinarily this cleansing process is the responsibility of the kidneys, but some individuals require dialysis to facilitate the cleansing of the blood if... Read More

The Food and Drug Administration issued a recall of the dialysis treatments known as GranuFlo and NaturaLyte, both of which are products manufactured by Fresenius Medical Care and are used in hemodialysis treatments for those patients whose kidneys are not functioning properly. A New York... Read More

A woman whose husband died suddenly after using GranuFlo or NaturaLyte in dialysis is suing Fresenius Medical Care. The grieving widow, Deborah Swigert of Ohio, filed her lawsuit on November 13, 2012 in the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio. GranuFlo or NaturaLyte was... Read More

In November 2011, Fresenius Medical Care sent an internal memo to doctors in its network of dialysis centers, warning of the risk of adverse side effects from using GranuFlo and NaturaLyte – specifically, the risk of bicarbonate overdose leading to metabolic alkalosis, which can cause... Read More

When Fresenius Medical Care discovered in 2011 that its dialysis concentrates GranuFlo and NaturaLyte had the potential to cause serious complications including heart attacks and arrhythmias if the dosage was not properly adjusted, the company quickly sent out an internal memo to doctors at its... Read More

A Georgia resident has filed suit against Fresenius Medical Care after his father allegedly passed away as a result of his use of the dialysis chemical GranuFlo. Harold Bolton, Jr. filed suit in the United States' District Court for the District of Massachusetts on October... Read More