On Oct. 12, a Las Vegas jury was excused after a confidential resolution was reached in a civil trial regarding Actos, a diabetes drug. The medication is used in conjunction with diet and exercise to improve control of blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus. “We use the... Read more »

The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) issued a transfer order on October 13, 2015 to centralize all federal Zofran claims into a multidistrict litigation (MDL). The MDL is pending in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, where it is proceeding under the direction of Judge F.... Read more »

John A. Purvis of Mississippi has filed a wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of the estate of Betty Jo Purvis. The lawsuit lists Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc. as the defendant. Mr. Purvis added his short form complaint to the Granuflo multidistrict litigation (MDL) No. 2428 on September 23, 2015,... Read more »

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 »

On September 30, 2015, a husband and wife filed their complaint in the ongoing Testosterone Replacement Therapy Products multidistrict Litigation (MDL) against drug makers including AbbVie, Eli Lilly, Pfizer, and several others. These cases, which have been consolidated before Judge Matthew F. Kennelly of the U.S. District Court for the... Read more »

A Kentucky couple has filed a Zofran lawsuit against manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline, LLC (GSK) over the death of their son. The lawsuit also names Hospira, Inc., and Pfizer, Inc., makers of the generic form of the drug, as defendants. The lawsuit was filed on September 30, 2015, in the United States... Read more »

A 15-chapter expose on Johnson & Johnson by a Huffington Post reporter reveals how J&J’s drug Risperdal became a blockbuster product for the company. This drug was approved by the FDA in 1993 to treat severe mental disorders like bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. However, Risperdal has also been prescribed off-label to... Read more »

Four bellwether trials have been scheduled in the ongoing coordinated proceedings underway involving the blood-thinning medication Xarelto. The judge overseeing the coordination has put four trials on the calendar in the first half of 2017, which will provide valuable insight into how subsequent Xarelto lawsuits may be resolved. All of... Read more »

Already the subject of increasing controversy in the United States, next generation diabetes drug Invokana is now the target of a newly-filed class action lawsuit in Canada. Filed at the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, the lawsuit alleges that Jannsen’s treatment for Type 2 diabetes poses a serious risk of kidney... 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 »