A Las Vegas jury has begun hearing arguments regarding potential safety problems linked to Actos, a medication designed and manufactured by Takeda Pharmaceuticals. The Actos trial began on August 27th, 2015 before Judge Jerry Wiese in the Las Vegas District Court. During this high stakes... Read More

A recent Canadian study has found that up to 10% of cerebral palsy cases may be caused by genetics. Consequently, the authors of the study recommend that all children should be genetically tested. “Our findings were shocking, actually,” said Dr. Stephen Scherer, director of the... Read More

On August 14, 2015, the mother of a minor child allegedly injured by the anti-nausea drug Zofran filed a claim for compensatory damages in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Named in the complaint are the drug makers responsible for the development,... Read More

A Manchester, U.K. baby boy died from a botched forceps delivery and just minutes later the doctor advised the mother that she should “smoke 50 cigarettes a day” to have a smaller child. Jenson Barnett tragically suffered a fractured skull as Dr. Sharon Oates delivered... Read More

Cooley Dickinson Hospital now faces a delivery room errors lawsuit filed by the family of Pamela J. Sampson, a 32-year-old Hadley woman who died in 2013. Sampson left behind a now 19-month-old boy and her family alleges that the hospital was negligent in missing signs... Read More

While questions continue to be raised about testosterone therapy risks, the FDA has taken a stand on the issue by requiring clinical studies from the manufacturers of testosterone products. The agency has also warned the general public and the medical community that no solid evidence... Read More

This past June, some of the plaintiffs who filed power morcellator lawsuits filed a motion to centralize the cases into multidistrict litigation (MDL). The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) is expected to hear oral arguments pertaining to this issue on October 1, 2015. Currently,... Read More

An article that appeared in a reputable medical journal in 2003 was “manipulated” by the manufacturer of Risperdal, a former FDA chief alleges. Dr. David Kessler, a pediatrician and former head of the FDA, stated in a report filed in U.S. court that Janssen “controlled... Read More