Due to increasing concerns regarding a link between incretin mimetics and pancreatic cancer, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has conducted a review of popular drugs including Januvia, Byetta, and others used by Type II diabetes patients, to see if there was indeed a connection. Results... Read More

Zoloft causes birth defects, according to a products liability lawsuit filed in federal court in Pennsylvania on July 5, 2013. The plaintiff, whose child was born with serious congenital birth defects, claims that Pfizer ignored the known risks to pregnant women inherent in selective serotonin reuptake... Read More

On July 2, 2013, a California federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California decided that a plaintiff’s physician was properly included as a defendant in an Ethicon sling lawsuit. The judge ruled that the case should be remanded to... Read More

A Granuflo recall lawsuit has been brought against Fresenius, the pharmaceutical company behind the controversial dialysate. Filed late last month in Massachusetts, the complaint alleges that Fresenius failed to properly warn patients about the GranuFlo death risk posed by strokes and heart attacks. It is the... Read More

In a new Risperdal lawsuit filed July 17, 2013, Chicago resident Michael Johnson claims that Ortho-McNeil Janssen Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson (J&J), should be held liable for his injuries. He brings counts of negligence, breach of warranties, and more, stating that after... Read More

A mistrial has been declared in the first Bard Avaulta mesh lawsuit to be presented before a jury. The judge presiding over the case, and all transvaginal mesh lawsuits in multidistrict litigation, declared the mistrial on the second day of the vaginal mesh trial. Cisson... Read More

Another plaintiff is demanding compensation for a Stryker hip recall injury that left him with permanent disabilities, weakness, limping and chronic pain as a consequence of the widespread soft tissue damage resulting from metal contamination. Darriel Howard claims the Rejuvanate hip implant is a defective... Read More

The controversial anticoagulant Pradaxa has been linked to an increased risk of heart attack in two new studies. News of a Pradaxa heart attack risk comes in the wake of a string of high-profile court cases alleging serious – sometimes fatal – internal bleeding events... Read More