New research indicates that Propecia, the controversial anti-baldness drug made by Merck & Co., reduces the desire for alcohol. The findings corroborate concerns from the medical community about Propecia's impact on the brain, and were published amid a flurry of allegations of permanent sexual dysfunction... Read More

Rosanne Schoenberger and her spouse are suing Bayer Pharmaceuticals, claiming the defendant is liable for failure to warn of dangerous Yaz and Yasmin side effects including deep vein thrombosis and other blood clot related injuries. Their complaint was severed from Yaz MDL litigation currently underway... Read More

The drug giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is facing legal action regarding their selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) Paxil. Removed from Philadelphia County's Court of Common Pleas and submitted to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on June 26, the Paxil lawsuit alleges... Read More

Following in the footsteps of Germany and France, both of which mandated an Actos recall due to bladder cancer concerns, the Indian Ministry of Health and Welfare announced it was banning the controversial diabetes drug pioglitazone. As reported in The Times of India, the announcement... Read More

A Risperdal lawyer is lobbying the FDA to publish documents that purportedly reveal undisclosed side effects caused by the controversial antipsychotic, but are currently classified under a court order. The documents were sealed by a Philadelphia judge as part of the ongoing litigation against drug... Read More

According to a new study published in Circulation, a journal of the American Heart Association, the number of patients who experience Pradaxa bleeding complications increases as patients are given higher dosages of the drug. The study followed up with patients who had participated in a... Read More

On June 6, 2013, a Texas woman and her husband filed a Zimmer NexGen lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. The plaintiff wife allegedly received a defective NexGen knee implant that directly caused her to sustain serious injuries. The... Read More

The judge overseeing pretrial coordination of federal AMS mesh lawsuits has selected four cases to serve as bellwether trials. The cases were identified by Judge Joseph R. Goodwin in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia. The first bellwether trial involving AMS... Read More