Following in the footsteps of Germany and France, both of which mandated an Actos recall due to bladder cancer concerns, the Indian Ministry of Health and Welfare announced it was banning the controversial diabetes drug pioglitazone. As reported in The Times of India, the announcement... Read More

In a lawsuit filed on June 14, 2013, plaintiff Cherry Young is seeking more than $50,000 in damages for injuries allegedly caused by the Type II diabetes drug pioglitazone. Takeda Pharmaceuticals manufactures the drug under the brand name Actos, which has been implicated in hundreds... Read More

A plaintiff is seeking $10 million in damages in the latest Actos lawsuit, filed in Lafayette District Court in Louisiana on June 26, 2013. Anthony Vavalle, a 60-year-old New York resident, was prescribed Actos to treat Type II diabetes in December 2008. By July 2010, he... Read More

A new Actos side effects lawsuit was filed in Cook County Court of Illinois on June 14, 2013. The plaintiff is suing Takeda Pharmaceuticals and Eli Lilly Company, the manufacturers of a type 2 diabetes medication, for injuries sustained as a direct result of using... Read More