Zoloft has been approved by the United States' Food and Drug Administration as an antidepressant since 1991. The drug, manufactured by Pfizer, is one of the most commonly prescribed medications used in the treatment of psychological illnesses, and acts as a blocker that prevents the... Read More

On July 6, 2012, Stryker Orthopaedics issued a voluntary recall of two components of its metal-on-metal hip implants. The components affected are the Rejuvenate and ABG II modular-neck stems. FDA has received more than 45 complaints over Rejuvenate in 2012 The company announced the Stryker... Read More

The FDA has proposed a new regulation that would require all new medical devices to carry a unique device identifier (UDI). The UDI would be a code of letters and numbers. Such a code would make it much easier to track devices, which in turn... Read More

A lawsuit filed by a new plaintiff in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama against drug maker Pfizer claims that the plaintiff involved suffered from serious side effects as a result of her use of the smoking cessation medication Chantix.... Read More

Fresenius Medical Care has settled a lawsuit with the surviving children of Teresa Gayton for a reported seven figures. Gayton was a mother of five who died during her third dialysis treatment at an Illinois Fresenius Medical Care facility. The dialysis injury and ultimate death... Read More

A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed in the multidistrict litigation case taking place in Illinois over the death of a wife and mother who died allegedly as the result of a stroke related to her use of Yaz. The plaintiff in the case is... Read More

A new Actos case has been filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois by plaintiff James Porter West, Jr, who filed his lawsuit with the help of Actos attorneys on the 9th of July, 2012. His complaint claims that the diabetes medication is... Read More

The Food and Drug Administration recently released a public health advisory that warns the public about the risk associated with pregnant women using the antidepressant drug Zoloft because of potential harm to the fetus. Zoloft and other selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors are commonly prescribed to... Read More