A United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recall was implemented for the dialysis products GranuFlo and NaturaLyte, manufactured by Fresenius Medical Care labs. The recall was issued after an internal Fresenius memo was brought to the attention of the FDA. The memo stated that... Read More

A Stryker hip implant lawsuit was filed on July 5, 2012 in the U.S. District Court of Texas (Houston). Mel Harrison, a 44-year-old corrections officer and resident of Texas named as defendants Stryker Corporation, Stryker Sales Corporation, and Howmedica Osteonics Corp. Harrison’s case was filed... Read More

A new lawsuit was filed against the anti-coagulant drug Pradaxa was filed on August 23, 2012 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri (St. Joseph Division). Shirley Jean Higdon’s filing a Pradaxa lawsuit against Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals is considered a tag-along... Read More

Male pattern baldness affects 30 percent of men by the time they’re 30, and 50 percent of men by the time they’re 50. Propecia (finasteride) was approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1997 to treat male pattern baldness. However, in... Read More

After the recall of Stryker's Trident hip replacement system components, which took place in January of 2008, a number of patients filed suit against the device manufacturer. On the 31st of March, 2009, the New Jersey Supreme Court centralized all pending and future cases involving... Read More

On July 13, 2012, a lawsuit was filed against Ethicon and other defendants in the U.S. District Court of Kentucky in Bowling Green. The plaintiff, Mary Emerson of Kentucky, alleged that Ethicon, et al deliberately withheld information about the dangers of their vaginal mesh products... Read More

The generic form of the diabetes 2 drug Actos, called pioglitazone, was approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on August 17, 2012. The medication has been linked to serious side effects such as heart problems resulting from Actos use, bone fracture,... Read More

Pradaxa lawyers are involved in a lawsuit filed by a Tennessee man who claims that the blood thinning medication caused the death of his mother on the 7th of April, 2011. Plaintiff James Lunsford filed suit on August 8, 2012, in the United States' District... Read More