Takeda Pharmaceuticals, manufacturer of Actos, is willing to pay $2.2 billion to resolve claims that it concealed cancer risks linked to its diabetes medicine. The proposed Actos settlement, if accepted by plaintiffs, would mark one of the largest U.S. accords of patient lawsuits involving pharmaceutical... Read More

Seventeen plaintiffs have filed an Actos bladder cancer lawsuit against manufacturer Takeda Pharmaceuticals, claiming use of the type 2 diabetes treatment led to the diagnosis of bladder cancer. Four of the plaintiffs filed their complaint on behalf of family members that died after their bladder... 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

A lawsuit that alleges the drug Actos causes bladder cancer has resulted in a bittersweet verdict for the plaintiff, Richard Myers, a retired bakery worker. Although the jury concluded that Takeda Pharmaceuticals must pay $155,000 for destroying documents crucial to numerous lawsuits, Myers could have... Read More

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. and Eli Lilly & Co. won a partial but sizable reprieve from their $9 billion punitive damages Actos verdict in the Louisiana case of Terence Allen v. Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America Inc. Mr. Allen, a former hardware store manager from Attica, NY, alleged... Read More

A Pawnee, Illinois couple has filed a Benicar diarrhea lawsuit, after the female plaintiff became severely ill as result of ingesting the blood pressure medication. Deborah Dirksen and her husband, Richard, allege the drug makers knew or should have known about the risk of enteropathy... Read More

A 79-year-old retired accountant has won her legal battle with drug maker Takeda, securing a $2 million Actos lawsuit award. The product liability case was tried in Philadelphia state court, where after a short five hour deliberation, the panel found that Takeda failed to adequately... Read More

An Actos class action lawsuit filed in July as part of a larger multidistrict litigation (MDL) taking place in Louisiana will be tried separately, according to an order issued by the presiding judge. U.S. District Judge Rebecca Doherty issued the order on September 16. The... Read More