The diabetes drugs Byetta, Januvia, Janumet and Victoza – all types of incretin mimetics – have been tied to an increased risk of thyroid and pancreatic cancer. Last year, federal multidistrict litigation was established to better handle the escalating litigation involving alleged incretin mimetic side... Read More

Abingdon, Virginia resident Sandra F. Danna has initiated legal proceedings against Medtronic, Inc. and Medtronic Sofamor Danek, USA, Inc., in connection with the serious harm she allegedly sustained following surgical implantation of Infuse bone growth protein. Filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern... Read More

Diabetes medications can be lifesaving drugs that come with life-threatening risks.  As new diabetes drugs are approved by the FDA despite alarming side effects, a vicious pharmaceutical cycle seems to be repeating itself: Patients take drugs that raise their risk of developing type 2 diabetes, only... Read More

Results of a recent study have revealed that metal-on-metal hip replacement failure rates are two-to-three times higher than in other types of artificial implants. In the January issue of the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons, the... Read More

In August 2013, a Lipitor lawsuit was filed on behalf of Health Support Awareness, Inc., against Pfizer. The complaint is a whistleblower lawsuit, also known as a qui tam complaint. The plaintiffs, known as the relators, allege that the defendants engaged in deceptive marketing practices... Read More

Fresenius Medical Care, manufacturer of dialysis equipment and products, has announced a class II recall of some of their hemodialysis machines. The Fresenius dialysis recall applies only to machines in the 2008 Series. A previous recall of Fresenius dialysis products in 2012 led to a... Read More

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

An oral acne treatment, Diane 35, manufactured by the German drug maker Bayer AG, and declared responsible for four deaths in France, has been cleared for use by the French Health Authority. Sales had been suspended there for eight months due to an inordinately high... Read More