A man has begun legal proceedings against Takeda after their diabetes drug Actos allegedly caused his bladder cancer. The lawsuit was filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, and is to be consolidated with related cases. According to the lawsuit, the plaintiff was... Read More

A DePuy ASR hip replacement lawsuit has reportedly been settled, avoiding trial in a case that was set to begin later this month in California state court.  Johnson & Johnson, the parent of DePuy Orthopaedics, the maker of the DePuy ASR hip replacement system, is facing... Read More

The newest Mirena perforated uterus lawsuit against the makers of the intrauterine contraceptive device was filed in federal court this week and will be heard by the judge presiding over the centralized products liability litigation of similar Mirena cases. The plaintiff, a Kentucky woman, received... Read More

Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals, makers of the Yasmin and Yaz birth control pills, have settled claims to the tune of $1.4 billion as of July, 2013. At least 6,760 plaintiffs have reached Yaz lawsuit settlements in the United States – despite Bayer continuing to deny any wrongdoing. Yaz,... Read More

The makers of a vaginal mesh implant have reached a settlement with a woman whose lawsuit was set for a state court trial in Atlantic City later this month. C.R. Bard's transvaginal mesh lawsuit settlement will reportedly provide compensation of an undisclosed amount to a... Read More

A study published this month by Duke University raises new concerns about Medtronic's Infuse bone graft product. Published in the medical journal Neurosurgery, the study examines the potential link between the use of a bioengineered protein called BMP, which is contained in the Infuse bone graft, and... Read More

Yet another Mirena migration lawsuit was filed late last month in federal court. The plaintiff, Margaret J. Ponce of North Carolina, brought the product liability suit against the makers of the intrauterine birth control device, or IUD, after the device she received in April, 2008... Read More

An Arizona judge has ruled that state-level claims accusing Medtronic of improperly promoting off-label use of their Infuse bone graft product are not preempted and stand independently of federal law. On August 21, Judge G. Murray Snow issued an order explaining that when a medical... Read More