Takeda Pharmaceuticals and Eli Lilly are facing a new Actos bladder cancer lawsuit brought by a New Jersey couple who argue the defendants manufactured and distributed a dangerous drug. The claim was filed on November 27, 2013 by Alexander Vacula and his wife, Alice. The... Read More

Five plaintiffs have filed an Infuse bone graft lawsuit in California Superior Court, adding to the growing litigation against Infuse manufacturer Medtronic. All five of these plaintiffs allege they received the Infuse device off-label and have since suffered serious complications due to bone overgrowth, neuropathy... Read More

More than 15 million women across the globe have relied on the Mirena IUD for prevention of unwanted pregnancies. But the intrauterince device has arguable flaws, as evidenced by growing litigation in court rooms across the nation. Patients allege life-altering Mirena birth control complications ranging... Read More

A Propecia Peyronie’s disease lawsuit has been filed against Merck & Co, Inc. by a Madison County, AL husband and wife.  The plaintiffs claim that Merck either knew, or should have known, that hair loss drug Propecia can cause serious side effects when used as... Read More

A lawsuit involving Wright Medical’s Profemur hip replacement has been settled for an undisclosed amount.  The Wright Profemur hip settlement was entered by the court on November 7, about five days before the trial was expected to start. The plaintiffs are Timothy R. Courson and... Read More

Da Vinci robot surgery risks are believed to be underreported, but the FDA is investigating as more adverse events lead to more Intuitive Surgical lawsuit filings.

Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc. (BIPI), was fined nearly $1 million for discovery abuse in Pradaxa multidistrict litigation, currently pending in Illinois. U.S. District Judge David R. Herndon, who is overseeing the MDL, said BIPI failing to produce thousands of documents resulted in bad-faith conduct. BIPI,... Read More

A Medtronic bone graft lawsuit filed over complications associated with an off-label spinal fusion procedure will be remanded back to state court, according to a ruling handed down by Senior Judge Ortrie D. Smith. The Missouri district judge found that a surgeon named as defendant... Read More