Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, the maker of Testim and Testopel, is opposing a motion by several manufacturers of testosterone replacement drugs to centralize all testosterone therapy lawsuits before a single federal judge in an industry-wide multidistrict litigation (MDL). Most of the 85 federal lawsuits already filed involve the... Read More

Healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson has been ordered to pay a damages award of $1.2 million to a sixty-four year old woman in the first verdict against the company over the use of the Ethicon line of vaginal surgical mesh. The plaintiff argued that she... Read More

Researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital have just released new findings that show that pregnant women who use antidepressants during their second and third trimester are more likely to go into early labor and deliver prematurely than pregnant women who do not use antidepressants. The... Read More

An oral acne treatment, Diane 35, manufactured by the German drug maker Bayer AG, and declared responsible for four deaths in France, has been cleared for use by the French Health Authority. Sales had been suspended there for eight months due to an inordinately high... Read More