In an Actos injury lawsuit filed on July 15, 2013, ten plaintiffs contend that Takeda Pharmaceuticals failed to adequately warn about bladder cancer and heart failure risks. The bundled complaint is proceeding in the U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana – site of the... Read More

A Houston woman has filed a Mirena side effects lawsuit alleging damages stemming from severe IUD complications. The complaint, filed July 31, 2013 in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, states that the plaintiff began suffering abdominal pain in 2008, and... Read More

Due to increasing concerns regarding a link between incretin mimetics and pancreatic cancer, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has conducted a review of popular drugs including Januvia, Byetta, and others used by Type II diabetes patients, to see if there was indeed a connection. Results... Read More

Zoloft causes birth defects, according to a products liability lawsuit filed in federal court in Pennsylvania on July 5, 2013. The plaintiff, whose child was born with serious congenital birth defects, claims that Pfizer ignored the known risks to pregnant women inherent in selective serotonin reuptake... Read More

A federal judge recently ruled in favor of manufacturer Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (BIPI) in a Pradaxa class action lawsuit. After reviewing the pleadings, Judge David Herndon determined that there was insufficient evidence to support many of the plaintiff’s claims, as well as the lawsuit’s... Read More

The Zimmer NexGen Products Liability Litigation (MDL No. 2272) gained a new case that involves allegations of a defective CR-Flex knee implant. Transferred via short form complaint, the Zimmer NexGen knee lawsuit was filed by plaintiff James Griffith, a resident of West Virginia. His complaint... Read More

A California man recently filed yet another Medtronic Infuse spine surgery lawsuit, shedding further light on the controversial off-label use of the Infuse Bone Graft medical device. The 85-page complaint was filed against manufacturer Medtronic, Inc. in in Los Angeles Superior Court on June 19,... Read More

According to allegations in a Yaz blood clot lawsuit, defendant Bayer is liable for fraudulently representing to the healthcare community, the FDA and the public that its birth control pills Yasmin/Yaz were safe and effective. The plaintiffs contend that as a direct and proximate result... Read More