A Texas woman has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Takeda Pharmaceuticals, manufacturer of the type II diabetes drug Actos, after her husband died as an alleged result of Actos-related bladder cancer. Gail Hamilton filed her lawsuit on the 14th of August, 2012, in the... Read More

A new lawsuit alleging side effects resulting from Actos was filed in the Superior Court of California on September 21, 2012. The plaintiff, Jennie Tapia, used the medication to control her type II diabetes. In November of 2010, she was diagnosed with bladder cancer. Tapia... Read More

The court handling the Chantix-related multidistrict litigation case has allowed one plaintiff to sue drug maker Pfizer for punitive damages associated with side effects related to the smoking cessation medication. The United States' District Judge Inge P. Johnson approved a motion on September 18, 2012,... Read More

The smoking cessation drug Chantix, manufactured by Pfizer, works by binding to receptors in the brain that respond to nicotine when smoking, but that action may also contribute to the increased reports and Chantix litigation relating to aggression, depression, suicide ideation or attempts. Because of... Read More

A new lawsuit was filed by an Actos attorney in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, on September 14, 2012. The plaintiff, William Woodhurst, says in the filing that he began taking the type II diabetes drug manufactured by Takeda Pharmaceuticals in 2007 to... Read More

Doyle Swafford filed a lawsuit against the manufacturer of the type II diabetes drug Actos on the 10th of September, 2012, in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois. The plaintiff claims that there is a link between use of the medication and the development... Read More

Drug maker Pfizer has filed a motion which was dismissed in the pretrial processes for pending litigation against them dealing with the smoking cessation drug Chantix. Pfizer tried to bar testimony of expert witnesses for the plaintiffs, a move which was rejected on August 21,... Read More

In one of the latest Actos lawsuits, Lloyd White filed against Actos on August 31, 2012, in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois. White began taking Actos in 2008 for maintenance of his type II diabetes. White claims he was unaware that using the... Read More