Laura Woods is committed to patient safety issues. She enjoys breaking news about FDA recalls, sharing important events in pharmaceutical litigation, and reporting on favorable outcomes for victims of dangerous drugs and medical devices.
Federal agents placed a hidden recording device on Johnson & Johnson (J&J) sales representative Judy Doetterl in 2004, and directed her to tape marketing presentations at a national company sales meeting. U.S. prosecutors were trying to prove claims that J&J increased sales by encouraging physicians... Read More
A master complaint was drafted on behalf of all plaintiffs who have filed Byetta and Januvia lawsuits under MDL 2452 against all named defendants. The complaint combines general questions of fact and law common to the incretin mimetic lawsuits pending under multidistrict litigation. “This Master... Read More
A group of attorneys representing plaintiffs with Janumet, Byetta, Victoza, and Januvia lawsuits filed under the incretin mimetics multidistrict litigation, currently pending in the Southern District of California, have been appointed to various leadership roles during coordinated pretrial proceedings. Federal Judge Anthony Battaglia held an... Read More
Risperdal received FDA approval in 1993. It is an atypical antipsychotic medication used to treat schizophrenia and symptoms of bipolar disorder, in addition to symptoms of irritability in autistic children. Some doctors have also prescribed it to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder, stuttering, Tourettes syndrome, and severe... Read More
A Maryland jury ruled that Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. is liable for the death of an ex.-U.S. Army translator, but a judge promptly threw the verdict out. The family of Diep An filed the Actos bladder cancer lawsuit following his death from the disease in 2012.... Read More
Plaintiff Angela White, a 27 year-old Tampa, Florida resident, filed a Mirena IUD lawsuit against Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals, in the Southern District of Illinois on September 17. The plaintiff claims the defendant distributed Mirena without properly disclosing the various side effects of the product, including... Read More
Plaintiff Beverly Lauria has filed a claim against Merck & Co. Inc. et al, following the untimely death of her father, Joseph Lauria. The Januvia wrongful death lawsuit was filed on August 30th in the Southern District of California. Judge Janis L. Sammartino will preside... Read More
Plaintiff Joseph Dasaro has filed a Pradaxa gastrointestinal bleeding lawsuit against Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH, for personal injuries and wrongful death suffered after the death of his mother, Rose Dasaro, which he alleges was caused by her use of the... Read More
