In a complete reversal of their recent position, Bayer Healthcare has decided to pay $56.9 million in a Yaz injury settlement to 1,200 individuals who have been seeking damages in federal court for arterial thromboembolism (ATE) injuries caused by ingesting the birth control drugs Yaz... Read More

There is now documented evidence that Xarelto (rivaroxaban), the controversial anticoagulant used to reduce blood clots in patients with atrial fibrillation, transfers rapidly back and forth across the placenta between mother and fetus when ingested during pregnancy. A research team with The Motherisk Program at... Read More

A recently published study on the birth injury risk connected to gestational diabetes has singled out a mother’s use of glyburide (DiaBeta) versus insulin as being linked to complications in newborns. A higher risk of respiratory distress, hypoglycemia, and other birth injuries and anomalies was... Read More

The Irish Times reported in June that a 29 year-old woman, Ruth Carmel Foley, who was born with dyskinetic cerebral palsy has garnered a USD $2.32 million cerebral palsy settlement in her lawsuit against HSE (the Health Service Executive). The lawsuit was brought as a... Read More

Medical device manufacturer Boston Scientific Corp., facing more than 25,000 transvaginal mesh lawsuits in federal and state courts because of its allegedly flawed "Pinnacle" product announced last week that it has reached its first settlement agreement amounting to $119 million to resolve 2,970 cases. Boston... Read More

An Arkansas couple filed an Erb’s palsy lawsuit in United States District Court in Maryland on April 17, 2015 against Anne Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis OB-GYN Associates, and their obstetrician, Richard G. Welch. The birth injury lawsuit alleges that the defendants' medical negligence in the... Read More

There are currently more than 3500 Actos lawsuits centralized in the Western District of Louisiana in MDL: 2299 (In Re: Actos (Pioglitazone) Products Liability Litigation) before United States Magistrate Judge Hanna Doherty. In addition, Takeda Pharmaceuticals, the manufacturer of Actos, the diabetes medication, faces 4500... Read More

Another Januvia cancer lawsuit has been added to the growing ledger against drug manufacturing titan Merck & Co. in federal and state courts. It alleges that the pancreatic cancer death of Bettye Jean Alexander of Georgia was due to Merck’s relentless pursuit of market share... Read More