In 2008, Douglas Sutphin of Encinitas, California had DePuy hip surgery involving a total hip replacement in which he was fitted with the DePuy ASR Acetabular hip system. The hip replacement was supposed to solve his hip problems. Instead, over the following two years, he... Read More

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Zoloft (sertraline) in 1991; 15 years later, when manufacturer Pfizer's patent expired, the FDA approved the first sertraline generics. At the time, Gary J. Buehler, Director of the Office of Generic Drugs, emphasized that generics were a safe... Read More

New research into the popular blood thinners dabigatran (brand name Pradaxa) and warfarin (brand name Coumadin) indicate that the risks associated with dabigatran – Pradaxa internal bleeding, hemorrhaging, and even death from Pradaxa – are greater than those linked to warfarin. This information will likely... Read More

A Minnesota man has chosen to file an Actos lawsuit against drug manufacturer Takeda Pharmaceuticals for damages relating to the bladder cancer he allegedly contracted as a result of using the drug to treat his type II diabetes. George Geogleris filed suit on May 25,... Read More

A New Mexico resident, Stephanie Brazil, has filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois against drug maker Bayer Pharmaceuticals, the company responsible for the manufacture and marketing of the popular fourth generation drospirenone-based birth control known as... Read More

A new vaginal mesh-related lawsuit was filed on the 14th of May, 2012, by a North Carolina woman who claims that she experienced side effects and complications as a result of her use of the device. The plaintiff filed her lawsuit in the United States'... Read More

In response to the ballooning number of plaintiffs choosing to file a Pradaxa lawsuit, a motion has been filed with the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation seeking to consolidate lawsuits against Pradaxa manufacturer Boehringer Ingelheim that share common issues of fact. The motion seeks... Read More

The current multi district litigation case dealing with the type II diabetes drug Actos has recently grown by one lawsuit dealing with the case of an Indiana man who allegedly developed bladder cancer after taking the medication. Ralph Penrod of Hartford City filed his lawsuit... Read More