Five plaintiffs jointly filed a lawsuit dealing with side effects associated with Pradaxa, including bleeding, in a California Superior Court. This initial filing took place on May 23rd, 2012. On July 16, 2012, their complaint was removed to the United States' District Court for the... Read More

On July 18, 2012, a lawsuit was filed against pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim by a plaintiff who allegedly  suffered excessive internal bleeding after Pradaxa use and as a result, must undergo monitoring and medical treatment for the rest of his life. The plaintiff had been... Read More

According to his lawyers as they went about filing a Pradaxa lawsuit on his behalf, Texas resident William Martin was prescribed the drug in December 2010 for treatment of his non-valvular atrial fibrillation. Shortly thereafter, he allegedly suffered bleeding so severe that he had to... Read More

A man who suffered a severe stroke after taking the blood-thinning medication Pradaxa has sued the drug's manufacturer, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, charging that the company failed to warn about the risk of side effects resulting from Pradaxa use. The plaintiff, Jose Monebias, filed his lawsuit... Read More

Pradaxa received approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in October 2012 as a stroke prevention treatments for patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation. According to the manufacturer’s website, Pradaxa is “at the forefront of a new generation of oral blood thinning treatments, which prevent... Read More

As of July 2012, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has not announced any findings from its safety review of side effects from Pradaxa. Additionally, the agency has not called for a recall of the anticoagulant drug. Instead, the FDA recommends that patients not stop... Read More

A plaintiff who claims that she was a victim of Pradaxa gastrointestinal bleeding has filed a lawsuit against the manufacturers of the blood thinning medication that claims they failed to warn the public about risks associated with the drug. Lucille Nolan filed her lawsuit on... Read More

Pradaxa first hit the drug market in October 2010. Between January and March of 2011, 932 adverse event reports involving the drug were received by the FDA, including reports of Pradaxa side effects such as internal bleeding, hospitalization and death. More than 500 of those... Read More