Jacky is a long-time contributor to Injury Lawyer News who believes that education is a powerful tool. She hopes to empower readers with knowledge about the pharmaceutical industry so that they may become their own best advocates.
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released a report to the Subcommittee on Labor, Health, and Human Services of the House of Representatives detailing what it calls “problems with (the FDA’s) postmarket safety data.” The GAO report claims that the FDA “lacks reliable, readily... Read More
Legacy Emmanuel Medical Center and a Portland-area family have agreed to an out-of-court settlement to resolve the birth injury lawsuit. The parents had filed the lawsuit in 2015, in which they demanded compensatory damages of $36 million for their son’s cerebral palsy. The lawsuit alleged... Read More
C.R. Bard knew that a modified version of its IVC filter was as flawed as the product it was intended to replace, according to recently surfaced internal memos obtained by NBC News. An investigative report claims that confidential company records detailed potentially fatal problems with... Read More
The United States has been named as a defendant in a new birth injury lawsuit, which was recently filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of a West Virginia mother and her... Read More
A woman who sustained significant internal injuries after receiving the Ethicon Prolift vaginal mesh implant has been awarded $12.5 million by a Philadelphia jury. It is not yet known if the defendant - Johnson & Johnson’s Ethicon subsidiary - plans to appeal the verdict. The... Read More
The fourth Risperdal trial to date has resulted in a $500,000 award for the plaintiff. It took just six hours of deliberations for the Philadelphia jury to find in favor of the plaintiff in the case of Timothy Stange v. Janssen Pharmaceuticals. Calling the verdict “another... Read More
Patients who have undergone revision surgery in an attempt to resolve complications allegedly caused by the Stryker Rejuvenate hip prosthesis may be at a higher risk for additional complications. These findings were revealed in a study recently published in the Journal of Arthroplasty. The researchers,... Read More
One of the newer generations of diabetes medications, Invokana, has come under fire in recent months for potentially increasing the risk of serious health problems. Now, the FDA has issued a new safety communication informing healthcare practitioners and patients that the agency has revised labeling information... Read More
