Yet another Januvia side effects lawsuit has been joined to Multi District Litigation (MDL) now proceeding against Merck and other makers of a controversial new class of incretin mimetics drugs allegedly linked to pancreatic cancer. The MDL, which was consolidated last year in the Southern District of... Read More

Talcum powder in Johnson’s Baby Powder is gaining even more notoriety for its alleged links to ovarian cancer, as late last month yet another complaint, this one filed by Barbara Mihalich in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, sought class action... Read More

The first Mirena IUD lawsuits of some 2,000 facing the contraceptive manufacturer Bayer, will soon try out their legs in early trials in a New Jersey state court. This initial small batch of pending cases will allow attorneys for both sides to gauge juries’ responses to... Read More

Hundreds of lawsuits proceeding in the federal court system alleging serious neurological side effects due to the Mirena intrauterine form of birth control (IUS) may soon be consolidated as multidistrict litigation, not just in New York, but also in Tennessee. In New York, where currently more... Read More

A 43-year-old Chicago woman received vindication in April when a jury awarded her $14 million in damages after she suffered a stroke six years earlier, at the age of 37, within two weeks of taking the birth control pill Yasmin. (or “Yaz”). The Yasmin birth... Read More

Researchers at Johns Hopkins have found that when taken during pregnancy the popular antidepressants known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI’s) are linked to autism and developmental delays in boys. The study, published in the online journal Pediatrics, looked at nearly 1,000 children with autism... Read More