A Northern California couple has filed a Zofran lawsuit against GlaxoSmithKline on behalf of their young daughter. The parents seek compensatory and punitive damages, equitable relief and other relief deemed appropriate for the injuries their child sustained as an alleged result of her mother’s use of Zofran during pregnancy. The... Read more »

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has asked Pfizer to update its Zoloft safety warnings to acknowledge that some studies have linked the antidepressant to infant heart defects. There is still no concrete evidence definitively connecting the drug to birth defects, but some researchers have noted an “increased risk of... Read more »

In July, researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill published a study on testosterone heart risks in the medical journal, JAMA Internal Medicine, finding that the side effects of testosterone injections may pose the highest risk of cardiovascular events, hospitalizations and deaths. The team examined the comparative... Read more »

The latest Actos trial to begin in U.S. courts started on Thursday, August 27 in Las Vegas, under the direction of Judge Jerry Wiese II. Attorneys working for two southern Nevada claimants argue that their clients suffered severe side effects from the diabetes drug, including death. The trial is expected to... Read more »

Dr. David Kessler, the former head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, claims that a medical article, which was co-authored by SickKids hospital’s top pediatrician, understated the serious nature and rate of Risperdal side effects in younger patients. The authors of the 2003 article were allegedly manipulated by the drug company Janssen,... Read more »

As the number of talcum powder cancer lawsuits against Johnson & Johnson continue to mount, plaintiffs have indicated that they support a request filed by the company to centralize the litigation. All plaintiffs cite similar allegations that use of the manufacturer’s Baby Power and Shower-to-Shower body powder products around the... Read more »

An Alabama mother has filed a Zofran lawsuit against GlaxoSmithKline on behalf of her daughter. She claims the pharmaceutical giant engaged in false and misleading marketing of the drug, which caused her and her physician to believe it was safe for use by a pregnant woman. The mother was prescribed... Read more »

GlaxoSmithKline has filed a motion with the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) to consolidate all federal Zofran lawsuits for coordinated pretrial proceedings. As the number of product liability lawsuits filed on behalf of children born with heart defects, cleft palate and other congenital defects allegedly caused by exposure... Read more »

A number of plaintiffs from Tucson, AZ have filed an Actos lawsuit against Takeda Pharmaceuticals citing personal injury, wrongful death and/or loss of consortium. They claim that use of the drug caused them to develop bladder cancer. Their lawsuits will be added to the ongoing multidistrict litigation in Louisiana. Actos,... Read more »

In April, the Colgate-Palmolive Co. was ordered to pay $12.4 million in damages to a woman who filed a talc cancer lawsuit against the company. Judith Winkel and her husband John Winkel of Santa Barbara were awarded the funds after a Los Angeles jury found that an asbestos-contaminated talcum powder... Read more »