Cholesterol lowering drugs, known as statins, and their potential side effects have been the topic of concern among health care practitioners, the FDA and consumers, as emerging research finds more evidence of serious risks.  In 2012, the FDA announced updates on statin risks for Pfizer’s... Read More

Takeda Pharmaceuticals and Eli Lilly are facing a new Actos bladder cancer lawsuit brought by a New Jersey couple who argue the defendants manufactured and distributed a dangerous drug. The claim was filed on November 27, 2013 by Alexander Vacula and his wife, Alice. The... Read More

A recent scheduling order issued by U.S. District Judge Robert L. Miller has outlined the selection process for bellwether cases in the Re: Biomet M2A Magnum Hip Implant Products Liability Litigation. The order, handed down on December 10, indicates that the first Biomet hip lawsuit... Read More

The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) issued a Notice of Hearing Session indicating the panel will reconsider the pretrial coordination of 56 Lipitor diabetes lawsuits pending in federal courts throughout the nation. The product liability complaints were brought by women who allege the... Read More

More than 15 million women across the globe have relied on the Mirena IUD for prevention of unwanted pregnancies. But the intrauterince device has arguable flaws, as evidenced by growing litigation in court rooms across the nation. Patients allege life-altering Mirena birth control complications ranging... Read More

The DePuy ASR recall has cost Johnson & Johnson millions of dollars in litigation and medical expenses, and despite a $2.5 billion settlement proposal to compensate 8,000 hip replacement patients, the accord may still leave thousands of injured recipients in a financial lurch. Concern is... Read More

A Medtronic bone graft lawsuit filed over complications associated with an off-label spinal fusion procedure will be remanded back to state court, according to a ruling handed down by Senior Judge Ortrie D. Smith. The Missouri district judge found that a surgeon named as defendant... Read More

The findings of a recent study on incretin mimetics should strengthen allegations raised in Byetta and Januvia lawsuits that claim the diabetes drugs caused acute pancreatitis and cancer of the pancreas. Italian researchers published their results in the medical journal Expert Opinion on Drug Safety... Read More