On July 26, 2012, a panel of federal judges will meet to decide whether to establish a sixth transvaginal mesh multi-district litigation. There are currently five MDLs consolidating lawsuits involving transvaginal mesh problems: four in the in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District... Read More

A lawsuit filed by two adult siblings alleges that their father died of bladder cancer resulting from Actos  use.The lawsuit names as defendants Takeda Pharmaceuticals, et al., along with Eli Lilly and Company. The suit was filed on July 3, 2012 in the Superior Court... Read More

Nearly 300 plaintiffs who have filed suit against drug maker Pfizer because of their smoking cessation drug Chantix are waiting for the court to proceed with the multidistrict litigation case dealing with side effects of the popular drug. Multidistrict litigation cases are formed when a... Read More

 In response to the large number of lawsuits and reports of serious complications from various medical implants, including reported Zimmer knee problems from NexGen CR-Flex knee implants, FDA has proposed a new regulation that would require all new medical devices to have unique device identifiers,... Read More

An Illinois resident filed a lawsuit regarding side effects of the clot-busting drug Pradaxa in the United States' District Court for the Southern District of Illinois recently. Jacqueline Boston filed her lawsuit on May 11, 2012, claiming that drug maker Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals is liable... Read More

Utah resident Marlo Llewellyn has filed a DePuy lawsuit which is being added to the DePuy MDL. The MDL is located in the U.S. District Court Northern District of Ohio, Western Division, and is being overseen by Judge David A. Katz. Llewellyn used the short... Read More

A Texas resident is seeking a settlement that would help to cover the side effects he experienced after taking the hair loss drug Propecia. The medication was approved to treat male pattern baldness, which is a condition that occurs in 50 percent of men over... Read More

A new lawsuit claims that after ingesting the contraceptive Yaz, the plaintiffs' minor child suffered gallbladder disease that destroyed her gallbladder, as well as a ruptured cyst on one of her ovaries, “disregulation of her nervous system and other body systems,” and other side effects... Read More