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 »

Adding to the growing docket of Zofran birth defect lawsuits is a new complaint filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California by a mother who alleges that her young daughter’s heart malformations and resulting health difficulties are attributable to exposure to the anti-nausea drug... Read more »

Another Granuflo lawsuit involving a wrongful death has been filed in the coordinated proceedings currently underway in U.S. District Court in Massachusetts. This plaintiff has filed a complaint on behalf of a deceased family member who died after receiving dialysis treatment using Granuflo or Naturalyte products manufactured by Fresenius. The... Read more »

The use of testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) has been increasing, yet some have expressed concerns about potentially life-threatening side effects of testosterone gels, creams, patches, and other products. Cardiovascular complications are of particular concern. Some men have filed lawsuits against a handful of TRT product manufacturers, claiming that the drugs... Read more »

A mother from Marion County, Illinois, has filed a Zofran heart defect lawsuit against GlaxoSmithKline LLC (GSK), the manufacturer of Zofran, the anti-emetic also known as ondansetron. The Plaintiff is the mother and natural guardian of her son, who the suit claims was born with a ventricular septal defect as a... Read more »

On August 13, 2015, two New York residents filed an AndroGel lawsuit, alleging that the drug caused a stroke on multiple occasions. The plaintiffs, Denis Sitruk and Suzanne Sitruk, have added their complaint to the multidistrict litigation (MDL) No. 2545, which is proceeding in the U.S. District Court for the... Read more »

According to a recent study, Pradaxa and Xarelto bleeding complications may be no less prevalent than those associated with warfarin, an anticoagulant (blood thinner) that has been on the market for many years. The study contradicts some claims made about the newer drugs in terms of their overall safety and... Read more »

Morning sickness is a common, but severely debilitating, symptom of pregnancy that for some women lasts the entire gestational period. For a select unlucky few, the condition becomes so severe that constant vomiting prevents the intake of nutrition – placing the developing fetus in jeopardy. For these women, who suffer... Read more »

Thirteen plaintiffs have filed a lawsuit against multiple defendants, claiming that Xarelto, a blood-thinning medication, caused serious and sometimes fatal internal bleeding. The lawsuit names as defendants Janssen Research & Development LLC, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Johnson & Johnson, and Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals and demands that these parties be held accountable for... Read more »

Federal regulations are currently in effect to ensure adverse events associated with prescription drugs are reported promptly to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). However, a new analysis of adverse event reporting has discovered some drug manufacturers may be neglecting those federal guidelines, which could be putting the lives... Read more »