News of more legal action related to pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim's controversial Pradaxa anticoagulant has emerged from East St. Louis, Illinois. The Pradaxa lawsuit, filed on June 17th, was added to the ongoing multidistrict litigation (MDL 2385) now underway at the U.S. District Court for... Read More

Fresenius Medical Care may soon be facing a Granuflo class action lawsuit in Pennsylvania, if the court certifies the action. The case was brought by Carmen Brysten, who lost her husband to heart failure shortly after he was treated with Granuflo in November 2011. Brysten... Read More

Designed to help type 2 diabetics control their blood glucose levels, prescription medications Byetta and Januvia have been blamed for pancreatic diseases in some patients, spurring a litany of claims against the drug manufacturers. Clinical studies and adverse event reports have demonstrated a causal link... Read More

Coordinated proceedings involving transvaginal mesh implants just grew bigger, with a decision by a panel of federal judges to coordinate Cook Medical surgical mesh lawsuits into multidistrict litigation. The transfer order sends federal cases involving the Cook vaginal mesh devices to U.S. District Court, Southern District... Read More

A new Actos side effects lawsuit was filed in Cook County Court of Illinois on June 14, 2013. The plaintiff is suing Takeda Pharmaceuticals and Eli Lilly Company, the manufacturers of a type 2 diabetes medication, for injuries sustained as a direct result of using... Read More

In 2006, the FDA approved the use of Risperdal for treating irritability associated with autism in children and adolescents, and in 2007, for treating schizophrenia and bipolar disorder in the same group. Post-marketing reports associated with the medication, however, indicated that some patients were suffering... Read More

A new Zimmer Durom Cup hip lawsuit has been filed in U.S. District Court in the District of New Jersey. The plaintiff in this complaint alleges she suffered extreme pain, limited mobility and the need for revision surgery after undergoing hip replacement procedures in both... Read More

A Zoloft heart defects lawsuit brought before the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania alleges that the antidepressant drug, manufactured by Pfizer, Inc., harmed a Pennsylvania mother's unborn daughter, causing congenital heart defects that required surgical correction. The suit was filed... Read More