On July 5, 2012, Stryker Orthopaedics announced a voluntary recall of the modular-neck hip stems of its Rejuvenate Modular and ABG II hip implants, citing “the potential for fretting and/or corrosion at or about the modular-neck junction, which may result in adverse local tissue reactions... Read More

A new lawsuit against the manufacturer of the diabetes drug Actos, Takeda Pharmaceuticals America, Inc., was filed on August 1, 2012, in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois. The plaintiff, Rodkey Dale Roberts, alleges that Takeda did not adequately warn patients and medical practitioners... Read More

Pamela Deans Wilkins, a resident of North Carolina, adopted the short form complaint for the DePuy hip replacement lawsuit MDL on the 15th of August, 2012. The lawsuit was filed in the United States' District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Western Division, where... Read More

The FDA approved Propecia (finasteride) for the treatment of male pattern baldness in 1997. Since then, over one million people in the United States have used the drug. At the time of its release, manufacturer Merck & Co. warned that only a very small percentage... Read More

The FDA approved the Stryker Trident hip implant, manufactured by Stryker Orthopedics, in 2003. By 2007, the agency had launched an investigation of the company’s manufacturing facilities. In March 2007, the FDA sent a warning letter voicing concerns over the facility in Cork, Ireland. It... Read More

Pfizer has issued a response to claims made in a recent lawsuit issued by a plaintiff claiming to have experienced Zoloft side effects. The lawsuit, which was filed in New Jersey, claimed that the plaintiff's child was born with birth defects related to the mother's... Read More

Two products manufactured by the German company Fresenius—Naturalyte and Granuflo—were subject to a Class I recall recently in light of growing concerns over deadly adverse side effects from using Granuflo and Naturalyte. Patients who have been given these substances during hemodialysis treatments have experienced low... Read More

A Tennessee woman who filed suit along with her husband against the manufacturer of a vaginal mesh device claims that the device caused significant injuries and complications. The plaintiff, whose lawsuit was filed on July 13, 2012, originally saw her suit filed with the help... Read More