For the second year in a row, the controversial anticoagulant Pradaxa leads all other drugs in adverse event reports submitted to the Federal Drug Administration (FDA).  According to an analysis by the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP), in 2012 the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System... Read More

Stryker hip lawsuits involving the Rejuvenate implant that were filed in Florida state court will now be coordinated for the sole purpose of discovery, Harris Martin reports. On October 3, 2013, Circuit Judge Marina Garcia-Wood issued the order that will consolidate at least 13 products... Read More

Medtronic is the defendant in yet another Infuse bone graft lawsuit filed by a patient who alleges severe complications, physical pain and suffering and financial losses after having the product implanted in an off-label surgery. The personal injury/products liability claim was originally filed by the... Read More

Risperdal received FDA approval in 1993. It is an atypical antipsychotic medication used to treat schizophrenia and symptoms of bipolar disorder, in addition to symptoms of irritability in autistic children. Some doctors have also prescribed it to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder, stuttering, Tourettes syndrome, and severe... Read More

Manufactured by Boehringer Ingelheim, Pradaxa is promoted as a more convenient alternative to its predecessor warfarin for stroke prevention, as the medication entails less rigorous medical monitoring. Despite this convenience, the anticoagulant, which has no known antidote to quell bleeding events, has been linked to... Read More

Plaintiffs in a Mirena lawsuit were in danger of having their case dismissed, but have been given the opportunity to modify their complaint. The lawsuit was filed against Bayer Pharmaceuticals Corp., the manufacturer of the Mirena IUD birth control. Bayer had petitioned the court to dismiss... Read More

Another Januvia wrongful death lawsuit was filed in federal court in California earlier this month, alleging the makers of the popular diabetes medication failed to warn doctors and patients the drug could cause pancreatic cancer. The plaintiff, Teresa Sharit of Gardendale, Alabama, brought the lawsuit... Read More

On October 1, da Vinci lawsuit Armstrong vs. Intuitive Surgical Inc. was removed from the U.S. District Court of Minnesota. Once removed, the case can be transferred to or consolidated in another federal court where similar cases are being heard. This action was allowed partly... Read More