The Food and Drug Administration has published an editorial detailing the complications patients have encountered associated with the blood thinning medications Pradaxa and warfarin. Pradaxa is a relatively new medication that was marketed as a replacement to warfarin, which was the leading anticoagulant drug on... Read More

Centralization of Mirena lawsuits is currently under consideration, as more plaintiffs come forward with reports of serious injury connected to the contraceptive device. The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JMPL) is currently weighing a decision to coordinate claims involving Mirena side effects into a... Read More

Factors like age, prior hysterectomies, and severity of pelvic organ prolapse (POP) may be risk indicators for vaginal mesh complications, according to new research conducted by a Russian medical team. Their findings were made public at the 28th annual European Association of Urology Congress. From... Read More

The Food and Drug Administration recently released a report that showed that the bleeding risks of Pradaxa are comparable to the risks associated with a competing, older drug, known as warfarin. Many patients are skeptical of this report, as the Food and Drug Administration relied... Read More

The trials against Johnson & Johnson’s faulty hip implants are now underway, and a jury has already awarded more than $8 million in damages in the first DePuy hip replacement lawsuit to reach court. More than 10,000 claims have been filed against the manufacturer thus... Read More

A new Zimmer NexGen knee lawsuit has been added to the growing multidistrict litigation (MDL No. 2272) in Illinois federal court. Susan Schwartz of Ohio, and her spouse David Schwartz, filed a complaint through their Zimmer knee lawyer on March 12, 2013. Schwartz is using... Read More

Four separate class action lawsuits have been filed in Colorado against DaVita Healthcare, a national dialysis treatment provider that uses Granuflo and Naturalyte during hemodialysis. The dialysis injury lawyer representing plaintiffs in each of the complaints alleges the clinics should have known about the risks... Read More

On January 23, 2013, two Texas plaintiffs filed a Zimmer Durom Cup lawsuit against Zimmer and Zimmer Holdings. The case was transferred from the District of Eastern Texas to the U.S. District Court of the District of New Jersey. It is currently proceeding under Judge... Read More