Zoloft has been approved by the United States' Food and Drug Administration as an antidepressant since 1991. The drug, manufactured by Pfizer, is one of the most commonly prescribed medications used in the treatment of psychological illnesses, and acts as a blocker that prevents the... Read More

On July 6, 2012, Stryker Orthopaedics issued a voluntary recall of two components of its metal-on-metal hip implants. The components affected are the Rejuvenate and ABG II modular-neck stems. FDA has received more than 45 complaints over Rejuvenate in 2012 The company announced the Stryker... Read More

The FDA has proposed a new regulation that would require all new medical devices to carry a unique device identifier (UDI). The UDI would be a code of letters and numbers. Such a code would make it much easier to track devices, which in turn... Read More

A lawsuit filed by a new plaintiff in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama against drug maker Pfizer claims that the plaintiff involved suffered from serious side effects as a result of her use of the smoking cessation medication Chantix.... Read More

Fresenius Medical Care has settled a lawsuit with the surviving children of Teresa Gayton for a reported seven figures. Gayton was a mother of five who died during her third dialysis treatment at an Illinois Fresenius Medical Care facility. The dialysis injury and ultimate death... Read More

According to recent reports, the manufacturer of Yaz and Yasmin—Bayer—has reached settlement agreements in at least 1,444 cases. On June 22, 2012, the parties reportedly told Chief Judge David R. Herndon that good faith negotiations are continuing. Though the number of settled cases is promising,... Read More

Pradaxa first hit the drug market in October 2010. Between January and March of 2011, 932 adverse event reports involving the drug were received by the FDA, including reports of Pradaxa side effects such as internal bleeding, hospitalization and death. More than 500 of those... Read More

Propecia’s warning label mentioned the risk of erectile dysfunction, poor quality of semen, and possible male infertility, but per Food and Drug Administration (FDA) request, the label will now caution patients against other forms of Propecia sexual side effects. Included in the update are the... Read More