Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are a type of antidepressant medication widely prescribed in the U.S. and around the world. One of the most popular SSRIs is Zoloft, which was first marketed in 1991 by Pfizer. Since that time, Zoloft and other SSRI medications have... Read More

The U.S. District Judge presiding over the group of Zoloft birth defect lawsuits currently pending under multidistrict litigation in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has outlined the process of narrowing down the lawsuits eligible for the first bellwether trials. More than 420 product liability cases... Read More

A New York state judge has ruled that Pfizer is not liable for birth defects allegedly caused by a generic version of Zoloft. Judge Carol E. Huff of the New York County Supreme Court issued an order on October 8th, in which she explained the the... Read More

A lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania alleges the makers of antidepressant Zoloft are liable for heart defects present in the plaintiff's baby. The woman, from Iowa, had been prescribed the drug while pregnant. The case is the... Read More

A recent study in the British Medical Journal reported that when pregnant women take antidepressants close to their delivery date, they are at an increased risk for postpartum hemorrhaging. This study is one of many that reports that antidepressants can have very harmful effects on... Read More

Back in August, at least nine Effexor birth defect lawsuit filings were brought in courts across the country. Due to the similarities of the claims, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Legislation ordered that they be centralized before U.S. District Judge Cynthia M. Rufe in... Read More

There are currently more than 430 similar lawsuits consolidated in a Zoloft MDL. As part of the early discovery process, a small number of cases will be chosen as the first trials to be heard in court, which could set a precedent for those to... Read More

In recent years, clinical research has increasingly pointed to an association between the use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) during pregnancy and the risk of birth defects, along with other complications. Now, a recent study has highlighted the potential danger of taking these types... Read More