A new lawsuit against Pradaxa manufacturer Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals alleges that the company was aware of the risk of internal bleeding from Pradaxa, but failed to warn patients, the public, or the medical community. The lawsuit was filed by Thelma Hawthorne in the U.S. District... Read More

A new lawsuit involving a Chantix-related suicide attempt has recently been added to the multidistrict litigation case dealing with the smoking cessation drug which has been established in the United States’ District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. Jack Ellis Jr. filed his lawsuit... Read More

A California lawsuit has been filed claiming that the manufacturers of the birth control Yasmin should be held responsible for the serious side effects that its patients have endured and that the product is inherently dangerous for human consumption. The lawsuit, which was filed on... Read More

Monte Ann Dallas, a woman who developed bladder cancer from using Actos, has filed a lawsuit against manufacturer Takeda Pharmaceuticals and distributor Eli Lilly, claiming that because of the companies' inadequate warnings, she was not aware that using Actos could increase the risk of bladder... Read More

Some evidence has surfaced that indicates that device manufacturer Johnson & Johnson did not have Food and Drug Administration approval for the transvaginal mesh product they were selling for three years. This could mean a new wave of litigation might be filed against the drug... Read More

Federal lawsuits dealing with birth defects stemming from the popular antidepressant Zoloft were consolidated in a multidistrict litigation case in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on the 17th of April, 2012. The first status conference, according to an order issued on the 4th of May... Read More

A widow has filed a lawsuit against the manufacturer of the type II diabetes medication sold as Actos after her husband, George Ivkov, died as a result of Actos bladder cancer. Carol Ivkov filed her lawsuit in the consolidated proceedings taking place in the Circuit... Read More

In yet another DePuy hip replacement lawsuit, filed in the Northern District of Texas, plaintiff Stephen Dembrowski is suing the manufacturer of his Pinnacle hip replacement implant for compensatory, exemplary and punitive damages relating to his medical expenses, lost wages and costs of physical therapy... Read More