On July 1, 2015, a West Virginia-based plaintiff filed a personal injury and product liability lawsuit alleging that the drugs AndroGel and Axiron caused the onset of a pulmonary embolism – and the defendants failed to properly warn him of this known risk. The lawsuit was filed within the established multidistrict... Read more »

The surviving spouse of a Mississippi man, Marshall Russell Phillips, has filed a lawsuit against Fresenius Medical Care, alleging that Naturalyte caused a fatal heart injury. Nellie Phillips, the widow, and Nelda Neal, the anticipated personal representation of the decedent’s estate, filed the lawsuit on July 1, 2015 in the... Read more »

GlaxoSmithKline is facing a Zofran lawsuit that contends the off-label morning sickness drug is dangerous to the developing fetus. The complaint is just one among many others containing similar allegations regarding the anti-nausea medication and birth defects. The case, filed in the US District Court for the District of New Jersey, demands... Read more »

On June 22, 2015, Health Canada – an entity organized under the Government of Canada to help citizens maintain and improve their health – initiated a safety review of the drugs Farxiga and Invokana, which are both used to help control the blood sugar levels of patients diagnosed with Type... Read more »

Male breast reduction surgery is a treatment option for men who have developed large breasts. It is a type of cosmetic surgery in which extra fat and glandular tissue are removed in order to recreate the appearance of a flatter and more masculine chest.  While weight loss can accomplish this... Read more »

Over the past several years, the number of testosterone replacement therapy products prescribed to men approaching senior citizen status has literally soared – reaching sales topping $9 billion. The culprit? The apparent onset of the condition known as “low-t,” or low testosterone – a condition believed by some in the... Read more »

Foreign regulators in Australia completed a review of a new class or oral anticoagulants – Xarelto, Pradaxa and Eliquis – finding little evidence to support the benefits of routine blood monitoring in patients. Prescriptions for these blood thinning medications have skyrocketed in recent years, primarily because of their dosing convenience, allowing... Read more »

Defendants named in multiple talc body powder lawsuits have filed a formal request for case centralization. The defendants have asked that the lawsuits filed in New Jersey, which total over 100 with more than 156 plaintiffs, be consolidated into a multicounty litigation (MCL) in the Atlantic County Superior Court before... Read more »

An Ohio family has filed a lawsuit against GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), alleging that Zofran caused heart defects that led to the death of an infant. The Zofran lawsuit is currently pending in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Western Division. The plaintiffs are demanding a jury trial... Read more »

District Judge Matthew Kennelly, who is overseeing 1,500 AndroGel testosterone lawsuits in federal court, has denied a request by Abbvie, the manufacturer of AndroGel, to amend the schedule for a group of bellwether trials to be held in 2016 and 2017. Abbvie specifically requested that the court allow expert discovery and summary... Read more »