One of the many new lawsuits against manufacturer Takeda Pharmaceuticals, Inc. was filed by Pennsylvania resident Mona Marie Rolls. The case alleges she developed bladder cancer resulting from Actos. Plaintiff Rolls seeks to hold the defendant liable for her injuries and filed the case on... Read More

An Arizona plaintiff has filed a lawsuit in the ongoing multidistrict litigation case dealing with complications associated with the smoking cessation drug Chantix. Joseph Trimm, with the help of a personal injury lawyer, filed his lawsuit in the United States' District Court for the Northern... Read More

On December 29, 2011, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) established multidistrict litigation (MDL) to consolidate more than 100 pending cases filed by Actos lawyers. The MDL is headquartered in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, and has added... Read More

Chantix plaintiff Eric Hall filed a lawsuit against drug maker Pfizer on July 2, 2012, holding the drugmkaer responsible for injuries he suffered when he experienced serious psychological side effects as a result of his use of the drug. The case will be consolidated in... Read More

In 1999, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Actos as a treatment for type II diabetes. However, as cited in many lawsuits by an Actos attorney, Takeda Pharmaceuticals—the manufacturer of Actos—had knowledge of a two-year carcinogenicity study conducted before FDA approval. The study revealed... Read More

A New York woman who clams that she developed bladder cancer from Actos (pioglitazone) after taking the drug for five years has filed a lawsuit against Takeda Pharmaceuticals in which she seeks $10 million in damages. The lawsuit was originally filed on June 12, 2012... Read More

The Canadian class action lawsuit against manufacturer Pfizer filed by Chantix lawyers stems from two primary cases. In the first case, a woman sued after her daughter committed suicide, allegedly as a result of taking the anti-smoking drug Chantix for four months. In the other... Read More

Both Actos and Avandia belong to a class of drugs known as “thizolidinediones,” which help normalize blood sugar. A 2007 study published in the New England Journal of Medicine concluded that Avandia (rosiglitizone) increased the risk of heart attacks by 43 percent. The study suggested... Read More