A new lawsuit was filed against Merck and Co. Inc., on September 19, 2012, for their medication Propecia (finasteride). The plaintiff chose to file a Propecia lawsuit after he claims to have experienced side effects from the drug. In his complaint, the plaintiff states that... Read More

A class action lawsuit against Stryker was filed on September 12, 2012, by Raymond Chasse Jr., in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts due to complications with their Trident hip implant device. Through his Stryker hip attorney, Chasse wishes to represent other... Read More

The court handling the Chantix-related multidistrict litigation case has allowed one plaintiff to sue drug maker Pfizer for punitive damages associated with side effects related to the smoking cessation medication. The United States' District Judge Inge P. Johnson approved a motion on September 18, 2012,... Read More

A plaintiff's claims of complications from a Stryker Triathlon knee implant in a new lawsuit bear striking resemblances to the allegations made in a typical Stryker hip implant lawsuit. The knee lawsuit was filed by plaintiff Elizabeth Culpepper, and on Sept. 4, 2012, the case... Read More

Pradaxa litigation continues to grow as more patients who have suffered bleeding from the anticoagulant file lawsuits against Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, the drug's manufacturer. But despite the lawsuits, there has been no announcement of a recall. Bleeding risk from Pradaxa Pradaxa was approved by the... Read More

The smoking cessation drug Chantix, manufactured by Pfizer, works by binding to receptors in the brain that respond to nicotine when smoking, but that action may also contribute to the increased reports and Chantix litigation relating to aggression, depression, suicide ideation or attempts. Because of... Read More

On June 27, 2012, the FDA issued a Class 1 recall of GranuFlo and NaturaLyte, which are kidney dialysis medications manufactured and distributed by the company Fresenius. The medications are the same; the difference is that NaturaLyte is in liquid form while GranuFlo is in... Read More

In a new lawsuit, a man charges that he has suffered side effects from Proscar, the 5-milligram tablet form of the hair-loss drug finasteride. The 1-milligram tablet form of finasteride is Propecia. Both Proscar and Propecia were manufactured by Merck. In his lawsuit, which was... Read More