A leading professional organization devoted to the care and treatment of diabetes patients has announced a conference convened to review ketoacidosis as one of a handful of possible SGLT2 inhibitor side effects.   The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) announced plans for the conference on June 29 after receiving questions... Read more »

A Minnesota family filed a Depakote lawsuit against drugmaker Abbott, alleging that the defendants failed to properly communicate the serious risks of using the drug during pregnancy – which is similar to claims made in lawsuits filed with regard to the dangers of Zofran use during pregnancy. The child, a 12-year-old... Read more »

A Zofran lawsuit has been filed by an Arkansas couple claiming that use of the medication to treat the mother’s morning sickness caused their child to be born with a cleft lip. The parents of the minor child filed the case individually and on behalf of their son on May 21 in... Read more »

Two women have each filed a Zofran birth defects lawsuit, alleging their children experienced serious defects after the women took the drug to treat morning sickness during their pregnancies. The two lawsuits, filed in Texas and Massachusetts courts, accuse Zofran manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline of failing to reveal risks associated with the drug,... Read more »

A recent study published in the medical journal Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics evaluated the possibility that the anti-nausea drug, Zofran (ondansetron) might be used to treat neonatal abstinence syndrome. In doing so, the researchers also assessed the possible transfer of the drug from mother to fetus via the placenta. Zofran... Read more »

An Alabama couple has filed a lawsuit alleging baby powder-induced cancer against Johnson & Johnson, after the plaintiff allegedly developed the disease from use of products manufactured by the company. Johnson & Johnson baby powder has been marketed to women for years as a way to keep the skin feeling dry,... Read more »

The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) has relied in recent years on The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Adverse Event Reporting System, also known as FAERS, to generate data for its QuarterWatch drug safety reports. FAERS is the federal government’s primary watchdog program for identifying adverse patient events from... Read more »

A plaintiff and his wife have filed a Byetta cancer lawsuit in California, claiming long time use of the drug to treat type II diabetes led to a thyroid cancer diagnosis. This complaint joins a growing number of Byetta & Januvia lawsuits in coordinated proceedings in the U.S. District Court... Read more »