A man has begun legal proceedings against Takeda after their diabetes drug Actos allegedly caused his bladder cancer. The lawsuit was filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, and is to be consolidated with related cases. According to the lawsuit, the plaintiff was... Read More

A young man who was only seven years old when he was prescribed the powerful antipsychotic Risperdal is suing Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiaries, claiming that he suffered a number of serious and permanent side effects of the drug, including the growth of male... Read More

In August 2013, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) decided to consolidate all products liability claims brought in federal courts nationwide involving incretin mimetics – a controversial class of diabetes drugs that have been linked to pancreatitis and cancer of the pancreas. The... Read More

A DePuy ASR hip replacement lawsuit has reportedly been settled, avoiding trial in a case that was set to begin later this month in California state court.  Johnson & Johnson, the parent of DePuy Orthopaedics, the maker of the DePuy ASR hip replacement system, is facing... Read More

A recent study in the British Medical Journal reported that when pregnant women take antidepressants close to their delivery date, they are at an increased risk for postpartum hemorrhaging. This study is one of many that reports that antidepressants can have very harmful effects on... Read More

The Orange County Register reports at least 71 deaths associated with da Vinci robot surgery since 2000, according to a recent study. The number of “injury” or “death” events in FDA records reached 105 in August 2013, more than triple the rate of any prior month, according to... Read More

Bloomberg reports that several pelvic mesh manufacturers including C.R. Bard, Boston Scientific and Endo Health Solutions may be entering behind-the-scenes talks with plaintiffs in an effort to negotiate transvaginal mesh settlements. Insiders who are familiar with the ongoing vaginal mesh litigation told the news source... Read More

Nearly 20% of all hip replacements and 10% of knee replacements done each year are secondary revision surgeries to replace defective devices, according to Consumer Reports. Knee and hip replacement complications such as infection, bone loss, device loosening, dislocation and longer hospital stays are more common... Read More